Japan Post, the newly created public corporation operating postal services, will team up with Nippon Express Co Ltd to handle parcel delivery services via convenience store operators Daily Yamazaki Co Ltd and am/pm Japan Co Ltd beginning June 1.
Read MoreTNT Logistics announced today that it has been awarded ‘Best 3PL-service
provider in Italy’ by the Global Institute of Logistics, a global forum for the 3rd Party Logistics (3PL) industry. TNT Logistics was the unanimous choice of
the Institute’s Awards Committee, following a detailed research and selection
process into the 7 leading providers of supply chain and 3PL- services in Italy, also performed by the Global Institute of Logistics.
Italian state-owned postal services company Poste Italiane SpA expects to register a profit for 2003, the president of the postal company, Enzo Cardi, announced on April 28, 2004.
Poste Italiane will swing into profit for the first time after two years in the red, Cardi said. The financial results, which will be examined by the board of directors of the company in the week starting May 3, 2004, are expected to confirm the positive trend. Cardi expressed satisfaction with the acquisition of a 35 pct stake in Poste Italiane by Italy’s non-bank credit institution Cassa Depositi e Prestiti SpA (CDP), which took place at the end of 2003.
Read MoreThe magazine industry’s campaigning body has hit out at proposals by the Royal Mail to introduce variable pricing structures for postal services.
The Periodical Publishers Association said it had deep concerns over the Royal Mail’s plans for “subjectivity” when establishing a price for individual items. Although negotiations have been taking place with the Royal Mail for two years on its size-based pricing proposals, the PPA has yet to have fears allayed over pricing decided by “flatness” of a mailed product or the extent to which it can be folded into a letterbox.
Read MoreUPS Mail Innovations, the business mail services unit of UPS, has deployed an advanced technology system that represents a significant innovation in the processing of business mail. The system, known as the Automated Processing System (APS), reduces the manual handling of flat business mail, a major advance from current industry practices.
Read MoreWith an improving economy and strong profits, UPS chief executive Mike Eskew says his company’s greatest challenge is to avoid complacency amid growing competition to deliver goods and services. In an interview with The Associated Press Tuesday, Eskew said the world’s largest shipping carrier plans to open at least 1,200 more UPS Stores, formerly known as Mail Boxes Etc., over the next several years and will use technology to attract more customers and fill planes making overseas deliveries.
UPS makes the most of its USD33 billion in annual revenue from small-package deliveries in the United States. But overseas shipments and its supply-chain management services are growing, and the Atlanta-based company has been concentrating more internationally, which is emphasized by its television commercials promoting its delivery workers around the globe.
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Read MorePostcomm today began consulting on Royal Mail proposals that would bring about
the biggest change in postal pricing since the Penny Black. The company has asked Postcomm if it can change the way it charges for letters and packets to take account of the size of the mail item. At the moment the price of the stamp depends on the weight of the letter. But Royal Mail says it costs more to sort, handle and deliver big envelopes and packets and it wants stamp prices to take account of the size of the envelope. Nigel Stapleton, chairman of Postcomm said:
“These proposals would involve major changes. They mean that light but large mail such as very large greetings cards, CDs, rolls of photographic film, audio cassettes and video tapes, would cost more to post, but that some heavier items – books for example – would cost less. I hope as many people as possible will let us know what they think.”
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