Year: 2003

Kyoto / Bike courier gears up to deliver local mail

Posted by | Sep 2, 2003 | |

Bicycle courier service Losstime Co will become the nation’s first private mail delivery operator on Oct 1 in a limited area within Kyoto Prefecture.

The venture company, based in Nakagyo Ward, Kyoto, obtained a special mail delivery license on Aug 6 after submitting an application to the Kinki Telecommunications Bureau in July.

The company says it will deliver mail “within about three hours” from being received in central Kyoto at charges that will be decided “in consideration of Japan Post’s mail charges.”

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FedEx Express launches direct China-U.S. flight

Posted by | Sep 2, 2003 | |

FedEx Express on Tuesday launched its first direct flight from the Chinese city of Shenzhen to its hub in Anchorage, Alaska. FedEx has been serving Shenzhen for several years via Japan and its Asian hub at Subic Bay in the Philippines.
The new MD-11 service, operating five days a week, provides customers in South China with 10:30 a.m. next-day delivery to North America, FedEx said. “With nearly 40 percent of all foreign direct investment flowing into China earmarked for the Pearl River Delta, the region has clearly become the primary driver of China’s booming economy,” said David L. Cunningham Jr., president of the Asia Pacific Division of FedEx Express, the largest operating unit of FedEx Corp.

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DHL sets aside USD54m for India expansion

Posted by | Sep 2, 2003 | |

DHL has earmarked USD54m for spending on infrastructure and opening gateways in major Indian airports and ports from next month.

DHL Worldwide’s country manager in India, Chris Callen, said the company will set up its headquarters in New Delhi early next month and then open gateways to Mumbai, Bangalore and Chennai.

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Chinese courier tycoons preparing for competition

Posted by | Sep 2, 2003 | |

The Chinese express market will be eventful in the forthcoming September. With penetration of foreign-funded courier service tycoons into Chinese courier market and the opening of Chinese courier market to foreign-funded and private companies in 2005, China Railway Express Service (CRE), Zhai Ji Song Courier, and Postal EMS have launched their new services in succession to strengthen and take more market shares.

These actions taken by Chinese courier companies indicate a new round of competition is just around the corner.

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DHL announce organizational changes in US

Posted by | Sep 2, 2003 | |

DHL today announced organizational changes that represent a key step toward building a more efficient and competitive infrastructure for its U.S. operations following the close of the company’s acquisition of Airborne. Effective immediately, pick up and delivery services previously handled by 169 of DHL’s nationwide service centers will be transitioned to couriers currently servicing the Airborne delivery network.

Impacted DHL employees will continue to be paid and receive benefits through October 31, 2003, and will receive severance packages based on years of service.

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USPS Rule Change to Lower Postage for For-Profit Fundraisers

Posted by | Sep 2, 2003 | |

A prospective change in postal regulations soon could open the door to mail solicitations that enrich commercial fundraisers operating under the guise of raising money for charitable groups, nonprofit advocates said last week.

The U.S. Postal Service is expected to publish in the Federal Register this week changes to the cooperative mailing rule, which governs the use of less expensive postal rates for fundraising appeals by nonprofits.

A new exemption would remove the ban on the use of preferred mailing rates by partnerships between nonprofit organizations and for-profit businesses such as direct mailers. The ban was intended to ensure that only nonprofits benefited from the cheaper postal rates, which can shave as much as a dime off the cost of each piece of mail.

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Mail remains vital to business today, says Pitney Bowes

Posted by | Sep 2, 2003 | |

Michael J. Critelli, chairman and CEO of Pitney Bowes Inc. affirmed that, “contrary to the predictions of a paperless environment, mail remains a vital piece of the business communications flow,” during a presentation at Solomon Smith Barney today.

Critelli noted that there are more than 425 billion pieces of mail generated annually around the world, and 200 billion in the U.S. alone. “The mailing industry in the U.S. is a $900 billion industry that drives over eight percent of the GDP annually. Organizations understand the power of mail to exchange critical information, products and payments with their important stakeholders and, compared with other forms of marketing, businesses and non-profits can reach out to prospects in a non-intrusive manner.” He also mentioned that, though no one can predict the future of mail as a communications tool for organizations, “Pitney Bowes expects to have great growth opportunities in mail for a very long time, regardless of business mail volume trends, given the massive size of the mailing industry worldwide.”

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Deutsche Post to raise its parcels postage charge

Posted by | Sep 2, 2003 | |

Deutsche Post, the German post service, is raising its postage charge for parcels as a result of the toll on heavy goods vehicles which is to be introduced on November 2. These changes will initially only affect private customers, although the toll will be taken into account when the next price change for branch customers is introduced. An additional charge of 8cents per package is already being planned for commercial express and parcel deliveries. There is to be no change at present in the cost of sending letters.

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