Year: 2005

EU mail giants moving in opposite directions

Posted by | Feb 9, 2005 | |

Fifteen years ago there wasn’t much to distinguish between the German and French mail monopolies, Deutsche Post and La Poste, as they faced the distant prospect of deregulation of the Europe Union’s postal industry. Today, with deregulation just a few years away, the two appear to have very little in common. On the day La Poste workers walked off the job in January to protest the impact of liberalization, Deutsche Post announced it had acquired Europe’s biggest logistics contract, continuing a $9 billion expansion program that has transformed it into one of the world’s biggest transport companies with interests ranging from express delivery to air and ocean freight forwarding. La Poste, by contrast, remains largely what it was — a mail monopoly with a few related activities awkwardly bolted on. The differences between the two companies goes to the heart of the problem facing the EU as struggles to reach its goal of overtaking the United States as the world’s most dynamic economy.

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US PostNet signs agreement with DHL

Posted by | Feb 9, 2005 | |

PostNet World Headquarters announced today that all PostNet locations will become authorized shipping centers for DHL, a worldwide leader in express shipping. This makes PostNet the only major player in the postal, business and communications services industry offering customers the choice of four major express shipping and mailing services. In addition to DHL, PostNet is an authorized shipping center for FedEx, UPS and the U.S. Postal Service. PostNet has more than 500 locations throughout the United States, and more than 935 worldwide.

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Royal Mail agrees to tighten its internal procedures following Postcomm’s investigation into anti-competitive practices

Posted by | Feb 9, 2005 | |

Royal Mail has agreed to tighten its internal compliance procedures following an investigation by Postcomm into allegations that two of the company’s promotion schemes were anti-competitive.

The schemes were designed by Royal Mail to encourage customers to use mail as part of their marketing activities. The complainant – another postal operator – alleged that, in encouraging customers to switch to Royal Mail, the company was intending to remove competition from the market.

Postcomm has concluded that Royal Mail appears to have contravened two conditions in its licence designed to facilitate competition. As a result, the company has given several undertakings to Postcomm on the way it will in future conduct any promotional offers and special deals with non standard terms.

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NZ Post and DHL look to improve links with Asia

Posted by | Feb 8, 2005 | |

Smaller New Zealand businesses could be doing a booming online trade with China through new services being developed between the two markets, says New Zealand Post’s joint-venture partner DHL. Last year, Deutsche Post-owned DHL entered a joint-venture partnership with state-owned New Zealand Post – now called Express Couriers Limited. Scott Price, chief executive of DHL Express Asia Pacific, said they were already looking at how to improve links between New Zealand, Asia and Australia.

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Emirates Post in talks with Libya Post for enhanced cooperation in postal services

Posted by | Feb 8, 2005 | |

A team of Emirates Post led by the Director General, Mr. Abdullah Al Daboos, recently visited Tripoli to enhance postal cooperation between Libya and the UAE.The Libyan side was represented by Mr. Ibrahim Mohammed Albu Aishi, Director General, Postal Affairs, General Corporation for Posts & Telecommunications, Dr. Sami Al Bakbak, member, Telecommunications Committee, Mr. Mohammed Omar Dakheel, Director Postal Services and Mr. Hadi Al Soodi, Director, Postal Financial Services. The Emirates Post delegation included Mr. Salem Al Shaya, Assistant Director General, Operations, and Mr. Khalid Shahdoor, Assistant Director General, Information Technology. Following the talks, the Libyan officials expressed a keen interest in exploring the possibility of signing an agreement to route mail through Emirates Post’s Dubai Mail Transit Hub located at Dubai International Airport. Both sides agreed to pursue steps to increase the movement of express mail between the two countries and expressed satisfaction over the smooth delivery of express mail in the past, with no record of missing or undelivered mail.

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An Post job cuts postponed due to new talks process

Posted by | Feb 8, 2005 | |

A plan by An Post to cut nearly 1,500 jobs as part of a restructuring of its mail service faces a delay of several more months following talks yesterday at the Labour Court. The court is expected today to establish a new talks process between the company and the Communications Workers’ Union, which is resisting proposals for change. An expert group is to be appointed by the court to engage in discussions with the parties and to try and find areas of agreement. It will report back to the court by May 6th. If there are issues still unresolved, the court will issue recommendations within two weeks of that date. That timetable means the company will be at least a year behind schedule with a major restructuring of its mail service, which it had hoped to implement in mid-2004.

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TNT Logistics receives third “Q1” award from Ford Motor Company

Posted by | Feb 8, 2005 | |

TNT Logistics, a leading provider of supply chain services to the automotive industry, has received its third Ford Motor Company “Q1” Award for quality services in North America. This award is for providing transportation services to Ford’s fleet business out of TNT Logistics’ Brownstown (Michigan) operation located south of Detroit. The winning of Ford’s “Q1” Award continues a tradition of excellence for TNT Logistics North America in the automotive industry as the company also won DaimlerChrysler’s “Gold” Award last year.

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