Year: 2003

192.com loses database decision to UK Royal Mail

Posted by | Sep 2, 2003 | |

Royal Mail has won the first round of a court action to protect its rights in a database known as its “postcode address file,” or PAF. The High Court rejected an argument from the company behind 192.com that the PAF had been used under licence.

Database rights stem from a 1996 European Union Council Directive on the legal protection of databases. It grants copyright protection to database creators in the selection and arrangement of the information contained in databases, regardless of whether the database creator owns the copyright in the information contained within the database.

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Polish Post Office to buy stake in WEA

Posted by | Sep 2, 2003 | |

Poczta Polska (PP), the Polish post office, plans to purchase several cargo planes from a firm owned by Zbigniew Niemczycki, White Eagle Aviation (WEA), which has provided cargo services to PP. This idea is one of several to build a strong logistics company, said PP director for strategic development, Dominik Czajewski. Other ideas include acquisitions of smaller companies by PP, or development of PP subsidiaries to operate in this sector. WEA is 71-percent owned by Niemczycki’s Curtis Group, with the remaining stake controlled by the German travel firm TUI. The cargo firm WEA generates 85 percent of its income through contracts with PP. Earlier this year, the company closed its charter passenger services, following a loss of ZL5m in 2002. At present the company is divided into two groups, one for cargo, and one for services that have not yet been specified. The latter group may be offered to PP, sources say.

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USPS slims to meet demand

Posted by | Sep 2, 2003 | |

The U.S. Postal Service has begun shrinking the hours of operation at some post offices as a slump in first-class mail grows.

About half the post offices in Maine have scaled back operations in recent months, opening later or closing earlier or at lunchtime. Similar moves are under way in Vermont and upstate New York, and managers across the country are weighing the possibility of additional cutbacks, according to an agency spokesman.

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Dutch McGregor deal for DHL

Posted by | Sep 1, 2003 | |

DHL Solutions has won a 10-year contract to provide warehousing and distribution for McGregor Fashion.
The contract, which covers flat-packed and hanging garments, will be handled from McGregor’s central European distribution centre in Waalwijk, in the Dutch province of Noord Brabant.

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Selekt Mail predicts profits in 2003

Posted by | Sep 1, 2003 | |

Selekt Mail, the Netherlands based postal services compnay established in mid 2002 as a joint venture between Deutsche Poste and Dutch publisher Wegener, anticipates 2003 profits it it meets its target of processing 80 million items in 2003. Selekt Mail plans to achieve a 10 to 20% share of the Dutch unadressed mail market within 3 to 5 years.

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Messagerie-express company information

Posted by | Sep 1, 2003 | |

Messagerie-express company information & figures (in French) for La Poste / ColiPoste / Chronopost International / Taxicolis / TAT Express / Geodis / DHL France / Mory Team / TNT Express / ABX Logistics / France Express / Graveleau / Gefco / Schenker / GLS / Extand / Sernam / UPS / Exapaq / Heppner / Hays DX / XP France / Alloin / CAT France /
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