Year: 2005

Belgian Post to deliver morning newspapers before 0730 H from 2006

Posted by | Apr 12, 2005 | |

Belgian postal services company De Post/La Poste will deliver daily newspapers before 0730 h local time from 2006, the company said on April 12, 2005.

Currently, De Post/La Poste succeeds to deliver some 82 pct of all dailies, or 370,000 newspapers, before 0730 h and some 18 pct between 0900 h and 1430h, as it had agreed with Belgian newspaper publishers. Publishers complained that they lost customers due to the late delivery of the dailies by the post. On the other hand, late delivery has also damaged the image of the postal company.

The delivery was especially irregular in the Walloon region, southern Belgium, and in the rural areas.

In order to improve its newspaper delivery service De Post/La Poste will need to buy 457 new vans and employ 167 full-time personnel, which would cost a total 11 mln euro (USD14.3 mln). One third of those additional costs will be covered by the newspaper publishers and the government will provide a subsidy. De Post/La Poste distributes about two thirds of all morning newspapers in Belgium.

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International express giants rush to Shenzhen market

Posted by | Apr 12, 2005 | |

The international express industry in Shenzhen, a city bordering on Hong Kong, has seen a booming prospect since some 30 home and international express companies including Fedex Express, DHL-Sinotrans, UPS, TNT, rushed to the local market.

The Shenzhen Airport has gradually become an international express logistics center in southern China, said Wang Huicheng, head of the Shenzhen Airport Customhouse.

The number of international expresses via the Shenzhen Airport Customs Monitoring Center totaled 18.899 million pieces last year, weighing 153,000 tons and valuing 10.65 billion yuan, ranking first in China for three consecutive years. UPS, one of the world’s four express giants, chartered airplanes in Shenzhen Airport for international express delivery for the first time starting from April 11, and it plans to have 24 flights a week. The takeoff of a chartered airplane means a keener competition among worlds express giants in Shenzhen.

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German Deutsche Post to strengthen logistics division

Posted by | Apr 12, 2005 | |

Deutsche Post AG is looking for acquisitions in the Asian and American region in line with the strategy to strengthen its logistics business, Frank Appel, member of the management board, said on April 12, 2005.
Deutsche Post’s DHL Danzas Air & Ocean unit in the Asia-Pacific region and German logistics company DHL Solutions are the two subsidies to profit the most from the expansion strategy. Deutsche Post aims to be market leader in air and marine cargo freight as well as to be among the top 3 in contract logistics.
The group’s logistics business reported a 15.4 pct year-on-year increase in sales to 6.8 bln euro (USD8.79 bln) in 2004. Danzas generated some 4.9 bln euro (USD6.33 bln) of them while DHL Solutions sales accounted for 1.8 bln euro (USD2.33 bln). The earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) rose to 281 mln euro (USD363.1 mln), compared to 206 mln euro (USD266.2 mln) in 2003.

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Moving fast in the New Zealand courier business

Posted by | Apr 11, 2005 | |

Mark Thompson, chief executive of Express Couriers, is not going to disclose how much New Zealand’s biggest courier business makes, even if it is part state-owned.

The courier companies built up by NZ Post “courageously” disclosed much information about parcel movements to customers, he said. But he was not about to telegraph sales and profits to rivals including Freightways, Peter Baker Transport, Toll Priority and a host of small round-town couriers.

He did say, however, that Express Couriers was probably more than a couple of points ahead of Freightways in market share.

Freightways estimated it had 39 per cent of the nation’s express package market when it floated on the stock exchange, and that it and NZ Post together had 85 per cent. Freightways has since estimated that both have slightly more than 40 per cent, the state-owned operator being a couple of points ahead.

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Belgian Certipost launches integrated e-communications platform

Posted by | Apr 11, 2005 | |

Belgian electronic bill services provider Certipost launched its new integrated electronic communications (e-communications) platform CertiONE, the company reported on April 8, 2005.

CertiONE is a horizontal platform which integrates Certipost’s existing vertical communications platforms CertiBusiness.Net, JCommerceRetail and MyCertipost. The company corporate clients access CertiONE through a CertiONE account while individual clients access is through a MyCertipost account. CertiONE allows its clients to exchange e-documents with 1,200 companies and 35,000 customers in Europe.

CertiONE has e-billing, e-supply, e-delivery and e-worker applications which connect the client with its customers and suppliers. The e-billing application handles invoice sending and receiving.

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CTT Portugal signs deal with Iberdrola

Posted by | Apr 11, 2005 | |

Iberdrola SA said it is targeting to reach a 15-20 pct share of the Portuguese electricity market in five years after signing a marketing deal with the country’s Grupo CTT Correios de Portugal today. In a statement, Iberdrola said the chairman of its Portuguese operations Joquim Pina Moura, signed a collaboration agreement with CTT’s Carlos Horta e Costa today in Lisbon to market electricity through the Portuguese communications company’s 3,500 offices in the country.

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DHL given lead role in setting up GCC-wide Emirate

Posted by | Apr 11, 2005 | |

The Deutsche Post World Net subsidiary revealed that it had agreed to partner Dubai Customs in implementing the pilot programme that will lead to the full-blown GCC system. The Dubai project is expected to lead to full e-clearance in the Emirate within the next 18 months and the possibility that shipments could be cleared even before they enter port.

Phil Couchman, DHL’s Director for the Middle East, said: ‘We are in the process of helping to adapt the system to the needs of all of the GCC countries. Progress has been extremely promising.

DHL, the region’s leading express and logistics supplier, has announced that it will play an imperative role in the introduction of a GCC-wide system of digitalised e-clearance that will allow shipments to be cleared through customs within seconds.

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Higher noon for SystemPlus

Posted by | Apr 11, 2005 | |

SystemPlus, the German-based road haulage alliance, has launched a new time-definite service with guaranteed delivery times in key European markets.
Since the start of April, the group has offered a noon delivery service in Denmark, Belgium, Luxemburg, France, Austria, Switzerland, the Netherlands and the Czech Republic. Other countries are in the pipeline. In Germany, noon and 10am services have been standard for several years.

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