Year: 2005

FedEx launches industry’s first direct connection between mainland China and Europe

Posted by | Mar 3, 2005 | |

FedEx Express has launched the express air cargo industry’s first direct flight from mainland China to Europe. The flights, which will provide daily service from Shanghai, China to Frankfurt, provide numerous benefits for FedEx customers worldwide. “Again, FedEx leads the express industry in connecting our global customers with the world’s fastest growing market, China. The new flights emphasize the importance of China on the world business stage and the flourishing trade and political ties between China and the European nations,” said Michael L. Ducker, executive vice president-international, FedEx Express. “This past year, Europe became China’s number-one trading partner, and this new flight strengthens our leadership in facilitating trade between Asia, Europe and North America. These trade benefits are the direct result of the liberalization of China’s aviation market and support our belief that the elimination of trade barriers encourages global economic growth.”

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Hazchem Network launches Irish service

Posted by | Mar 3, 2005 | |

The Hazchem Network is to launch an Irish service in mid-March. MD Jim Scanlan, tells MT that the firm has “selected our partner which will have two depots – one based in Belfast, the other in Dublin”. He declined to reveal the identity of the partner. Scanlan hopes to push the membership of the UK Network up to 40, from its present 38, in the “next couple of weeks”. It has already added 18 members since the turn of the year. Scanlan says that his aim of increasing its input of pallets to 400 pallets a night with 38 members compared to 100 pallets a night with 20 members was “not far away” from being realised. He maintains that the network will not rise above 40 members.

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TNT Express invests EUR 14 million in Duiven International road hub

Posted by | Mar 3, 2005 | |

TNT Express has today announced a EUR 14.3 million investment plan to expand capacity and upgrade facilities at its European road hub in Duiven, the Netherlands. The planned expansion – to be completed by October 2005 – follows a significant increase in volumes since the hub first started operating in 1998. It will create around 100 new jobs over the next five years and clearly confirms the company’s commitment to the local area and to the development of its most important international road hub which handles 126,000 consignments and 5,700 tonnes of freight weekly.

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DHL reaches deal with US MobileMail

Posted by | Mar 3, 2005 | |

DHL announced March 1 an arrangement with MobileMail, a company that forwards mail to Americans spending a significant amount of time away from home.
MobileMail provides forwarding for customers who frequently travel and need their mail to follow them wherever they go. Truck drivers, actors, musicians and traveling nurses are typical customers. Recipients of MobileMail have their mail addressed to a private P.O. box at the MobileMail facility in Atlanta. When they are ready to receive mail, the MobileMail customer selects the time, date and location for delivery by calling in with a secure passcode. Under the arrangement, MobileMail customers can get their mail at any location served by DHL using its Next Day 10:30 a.m. service in the United States.

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Belgian Post Lost Consignments at 1.031 Million in 2004

Posted by | Mar 3, 2005 | |

Belgian postal services company De Post/La Poste registered 1.031 million lost consignments in 2004, compared to 800,000 in 2003.

De Post/La Poste delivers some 3.4 billion consignments annually.

The company registered 283 customer complaints about lost items in 2003, compared to 144 in 2002.

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Deutsche Post withdraws bid for La Poste

Posted by | Mar 3, 2005 | |

Deutsche Post AG has withdrawn its takeover bid for the Belgian state-owned La Post, according to a report in Die Welt, which did not cite any sources.

The bidding group of Dutch TPG and French La Poste is now considered front-runner to win the bid, it said.

Deutsche Post has also withdrawn its application to the German cartel office for approval of the acquisition of KarstadtQuelle’s department store and mail order logistics needs, Die Welt said.

Deutsche Post subsidiary DHL bought KarstadtQuelle’s logistics operations in late January in a deal worth 200 mln eur.

But both Deutsche Post and KarstadtQuelle rejected claims by the newspaper that the application was withdrawn because of concerns that the cartel office would not approve it in the first place.

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Norwegian postal monopoly ends in two years

Posted by | Mar 3, 2005 | |

In two years the Norwegian Postal Service (Posten) will no longer have monopoly on the distribution of letters in Norway. There is a majority in Parliament in favour of a Government proposal to end the monopoly by 2007. The Government states that it is important to maintain a high degree of service, and stipulates that mail shall be distributed six days a week, the same as today.
Also, there must be a unified nationwide postage for letters.

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Irish two-tier postal service proposed

Posted by | Mar 3, 2005 | |

The postal regulator, ComReg, has floated the idea of An Post offering a two-tier system for the delivery of standard mail. In a document issued yesterday, the regulator said An Post’s current performance on next-day delivery remained below acceptable standards and it was time to consider what services the company should be offering. It pointed out that in half of all EU states, customers were able to choose between a priority service with a next-day delivery target and a slower, but cheaper, non-priority service. “Where customers have a choice and there is a notable differential in price, about 70 per cent of mail is posted at the cheaper/slower non-priority postage rates,” the regulator said. The comments are included in a document which looks at what services An Post should be offering as a universal service provider. ComReg has published the document as part of a major consultation process.

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