Year: 2005

Lufthansa and DHL form specialised transport joint venture

Posted by | Mar 15, 2005 | |

Deutsche Lufthansa AG and Deutsche Post AG’s DHL DanzasAir & Ocean said they set up a joint venture to provide ‘temperature controlled’ transport solutions for the life science industry. The new Florida-based company, called LifeConEx, will help life science companies such as pharmaceuticals prevent damage to temperature-sensitiveproducts, the companies said. LifeConEx will begin operating on April 1 and, according to Lufthansa and DHL, it will be the only firm of its kind.

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Belgian postal regulator launches consultation

Posted by | Mar 15, 2005 | |

The Belgian postal and telecoms regulator, has launched on March 15 a consultation on “the current and future state of the postal sector in Belgium”. Results will help the Belgian government shape its postal regulatory policy. Part of the results will be posted on the IBPT’s website, ibpt.be. Two questionnaires have been sent out : one to the main postal stakeholders in Belgium (members of the “Postal Services Advisory Board” and private postal operators), the other to national regulatory authorities in Europe.The questionnaire to stakeholders aims to gather information on the current size and structure of the Belgian postal marketplace, understand their views and expectations as regards the future European and domestic regulatory framework and the role of the postal regulator.

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UAE delegation unfolds Emirates Post’s growth plans at European postal conference

Posted by | Mar 15, 2005 | |

Addressing the conference, Mr. Abdullah Al Daboos, Director General of Emirates Post, highlighted how in just three years after becoming a corporation Emirates Post had emerged as a leading and dynamic postal player in the region, driven by innovation and diversification. ‘Emirates Post believes there is a need for greater dynamism in postal business. As private companies increasingly enter areas that were once the sole domain of posts, we need to reinvent ourselves to meet the changing customer expectations and business needs,’ Mr. Daboos said. Mr. Daboos referred to Emirates Post’s plan of diversifying into logistics, financial services and retail operations through the postal network. He said Emirates Post was in negotiations to acquire a financial services company and a logistics & cargo company, as part of its diversification plan.

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DHL UAE wins Hitachi data systems logistics contract

Posted by | Mar 14, 2005 | |

Under the contract, DHL UAE takes bulk receipt of spare parts from HDS in The Netherlands, flies them into its express logistics centre in Dubai Airport Free Zone (DAFZA) where they are stored ready for express despatch to regional distributors and customers on demand.

‘DHL was selected after meeting our requirement for high service levels and after demonstrating its international and regional experience on other HDS operations,’ said Henk Witteman European Spare Parts Logistics Manager, HDS.

DHL UAE, the Emirates’ leading air express and logistics provider, has won a fiercely contested Middle East logistics solutions contract from leading storage solutions provider Hitachi Data Systems (HDS), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hitachi Limited.

‘Other determining factors included the proximity of its DAFZA facility to Dubai International Airport thereby securing speedy turnaround when orders for spares are placed, or a ‘repair and return’ service is needed.’

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TNT expands in Abu Dhabi, Al Ain

Posted by | Mar 14, 2005 | |

The announcement of the expansion by TNT, the leading business-to-business express carrier, was made by Mark Pell, managing director Gulf and Saudi Arabia.

Ben Roberts, former country manager-Kuwait is heading up an expanded sales division in the capital and Al Ain and the company’s new depot in Abu Dhabi is in full swing. The new depot has brought about a streamlining of services and transit times.

TNT has undertaken major expansion of its operations in Abu Dhabi and Al Ain with a major new facility and additional personnel, the company has revealed.

Pell says: ‘We now operate our trucking network in and out of all the GCC countries and we created the Abu Dhabi road hub because of its massive success. We recently opened a new state-of-the-art depot in Kuwait for the same reason. The Abu Dhabi road hub has streamlined our transit time in the UAE and that is why we are stepping up our operation in Al Ain. We can offer customers in Al Ain the best service they have ever had.

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DHL opens export facility at Sydney Airport

Posted by | Mar 14, 2005 | |

US-based logistics company DHL today opened a USD20 million export facility at Sydney Airport, as it anticipates further free trade agreements between Australia and its trading partners.

The air express cargo facility, dubbed Oceania Hub, is the largest of its kind in the Asia Pacific region, with the capacity to move over 90,000 kilograms of freight each day.

DHL said it was hoping to benefit from increased international trade following Australia’s free trade agreement with the US, as well an expected deal with the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN).

“Recognising the potential for further growth, DHL has implemented a business strategy that has focused on capacity building,” DHL Express regional director Gary Edstein said.

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Major mover on the road less travelled – interview with head of TNTs Express Road Network

Posted by | Mar 14, 2005 | |

When a fourth Boeing 737 joined his fleet last year, Niky Terzakis, MD of TNT Airways, told IFW it would enable the whole of Europe to be connected at speed. He chose Portugal to Finland as the longest possible journey across the continent, and one that most road operators would think twice about undertaking.
By genuine coincidence, however, one of the first packages I studied during a recent evening tour of TNT’s Express Road Network (ERN) hub in Duiven, near Arnhem, was a batch of Tyco wiring harnesses which had begun their journey in Lisbon on 15 February. Two nights later, they had reached Arnhem via Benavente in Spain, one of the network’s 14 sub-hubs. In another two days they would arrive at their final destination of Turku, either on a direct trailer or via an “overspill” trunker through the Helsingborg sub-hub.

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Deutsche Post abandons Austrian Post takeover

Posted by | Mar 14, 2005 | |

German postal company Deutsche Post has abandoned its plans to take over Austrian sector company Oesterreichische Post AG (Post) as the political framework over Post partial privatisation is still unclear, Deutsche Post said on March 14, 2005.

In July 2004 German media reported that Deutsche post had given an ultimatum to the Austrian government, which was later denied by the German company.

Recently Austria has proposed Post privatisation via the stock exchange.

Post largest shareholder state-owned holding company OeIAG sees the future of the postal company either listed on a stock exchange or managed jointly with a strategic partner like Deutsche Post.

The OeIAG supervisory board is not expected to discuss the Post privatisation at its meeting on April 7, 2005.

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