Year: 2005

Dempsey: Irish An Post will be wiped out

Posted by | Jul 3, 2005 | |

Communications minister Noel Dempsey has warned management and workers at An Post that the company will be wiped out” by competition unless it is dramatically reformed soon. The reality of this, and people have to grasp it, is that in 2009we will have a fully liberalised market, Dempsey said last week. And if we’ve a fully liberalised market, An Post as it exists today will be wiped out within, I would say, six months. Dempsey was blunt in his warnings to An Post, which has been beset by tensions between workers and management over a restructuring and rationalisation plan.

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Investigation into aid for Poland‘s postal provider

Posted by | Jul 2, 2005 | |

A formal investigation is to be launched into state aid for Poland’s postal service provider. The European Commission announced on June 29 that it plans to investigate compensation offered by the Polish government to Poczta Polska for providing the universal postal service. More specifically, the investigation will look at the aid granted to Poczta Polska both as compensation for losses incurred and for the investments made by the company as part of its day-to-day business of providing postal services in Poland. The Commission is concerned that Poczta Polska has failed to correctly evaluate the cost of running postal services, and that this evaluation could, therefore, mean that it has received more aid than it is actually entitled to.

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Japan Post to enter parcel delivery service for frozen food

Posted by | Jul 2, 2005 | |

Japan Post will start testing a parcel delivery service for frozen food in Kyushu this month through a tie-up with Nippon Express Co. ahead of the scheduled launch of a nationwide service later this year, the Nihon Keizai Shimbun reported Saturday. During the three-month trial, Japan Post will accept parcels whose senders and receivers are both located in the Kyushu region in southwestern Japan, the report said, adding Nippon Express will pick up, store and deliver parcels weighing less than 4 kilograms on behalf of Japan Post.

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Development of competition in the European postal sector

Posted by | Jul 1, 2005 | |

Postal sector regulation and postal sector policy

Forces governing competition (Porter analysis, contestability of markets)

The universal postal operator: facts, figures, strategy

Competitor postal operators and effect of competition on market structure and market performance

Regulatory framework, liberalisation and access regulation

Market size of the postal sector and country information

Facts and figures for the national postal operator (US provider)

Competitor postal operators and market structure of the postal sector

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Privatisation of Austrian postal service likely in 2006

Posted by | Jul 1, 2005 | |

Osterreichische Post (Post Austria), the 100percent state-owned mail service provider, is currently in the midst of a large-scale restructuring process aimed at streamlining operations and reducing costs ahead of the government’s objective to privatise the company in 2006 (a final decision on the sale is expected to be taken in September 2005). Post has cut its workforce by more than 5,000 employees over the past four years, and this, coupled with other cost-saving measures such as reduced overtime and the hiring of part-time workers, has turned the traditional loss-making firm into a profitable enterprise. In early May the company announced plans to close 310 post offices (out of a total of 1,640) by the middle of 2005, generating annual savings of EUR23m. All provinces will be affected, with Lower and Upper Austria hit particularly badly.

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Little used and mistrusted, Mexico’s state postal system works overtime to prove itself

Posted by | Jul 1, 2005 | |

Carlos Rodarte sends postcards to himself from almost every place he travels. Such a hobby seems strange, except Rodarte is the head of regional operations for Mexican postal service Sepomex. He’s testing his own company’s efficiency–and trying to change the image of his long-neglected state-run employer. “What better proof,” he says, pulling dozens of postcards out of his desk. Rodarte and his colleagues have a lot to prove. The Mexican postal system handles 700 million letters a year, which sounds like a lot but adds up to just seven pieces per inhabitant. Comparisons make it clear that Mexico’s postal system is under-used by a skeptical public. Brazilians, for example, send out 8 billion mailings a year, which translates into 46 letters per inhabitant. Plus, Sepomex officials are also working in a statistics vacuum: It’s difficult to gauge to what degree Mexican mail volumes have deteriorated over the years since past administrations inflated numbers. Despite low volumes, Sepomex operates at a loss.

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FedEx Thailand opens office close to new airport

Posted by | Jul 1, 2005 | |

FedEx has opened a new service centre close to Suvarnabhumi Airport, to serve customers in eastern Bangkok, Chon Buri, Chanthaburi and Rayong provinces and the heavy industrial areas of the Eastern Seaboard, The Nation reports. “This is probably the biggest centre in Thailand, compared to those of other international express transport companies,” said David J Ross, FedEx vice president for South Pacific. The centre is located on King Kaew Road, about 10 minutes from the new airport. It provides 500 per cent more space than FedEx’s old facilities.

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