Year: 2005

Deutsche post expects foreign growth to balance loss of letter monopoly

Posted by | Feb 3, 2005 | |

Deutsche Post has said that it is expecting the current operating income of 2bn euros for its letter service division to remain stable for the long term. Although analysts fear that the profits for the division could fall following the ending of the companys monopoly on letter services at the end of 2007, management explains that the company will compensate for loss of domestic business with gains in international letter activities.

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TPN members plan future strategy

Posted by | Feb 3, 2005 | |

The Pallet Networks members met last week to tour its new hub near Rugby and to discuss future strategy. Chariman Richard Eldred says the hub move at the beginning of January went smothly: We were aware that some networks have experiended operational problems immediately after moving so we spend a lot of time planning the intricacies of how hub operations would take place. We were delighted that these plans fell very much into place from the first nights at the start of January, with virtually no teething problems at all, he says.

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DHL terminates partnership with Swedish Wilson Logistics

Posted by | Feb 2, 2005 | |

DHL has terminated its strategic partnership with the Danish unit of Swedish transport and logistics group Wilson Logistics Group, it was reported on February 2, 2005. The move was attributed to the acquisition of Wilson Logistics by Dutch postal, express and logistics company TPG NV in the summer of 2004, DHL’s Danish division communications director, Pis Baagoe Skat-Roerdam, said. Under the partnership, Wilson Logistics sold DHL’s courier services to its Danish customers at a special price. After the termination of the partnership, Wilson Logistics will have to buy DHL’s products at the traditional price.

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TPG’s Italian Logistics wins new 3-yr contract from Canon

Posted by | Feb 2, 2005 | |

TPG NV said that its TNT Logistics unit in Italy has won a new three year contract from Canon Inc. No financial details were disclosed. Under the terms of the new contract, TNT Logistics Italy will develop solutions for a new logistics system with a central warehouse in the Netherlands and local warehouses in several European countries. All logistics activities provided to Canon Italia will be managed from the TNT Logistics Italy warehouse in Cerro al Lambro, Milan, which will also integrate the activities of Canon’s central European warehouse to perform all cross-docking operations.

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US Postal Service says gains package market share

Posted by | Feb 2, 2005 | |

The US Postal Service said on Wednesday it has gained a little market share in package shipments during the last three months even as the volume of standard letters continues to decline. A spokesman for the Postal Service, which delivers mail to 142 million homes and offices, said package shipments have risen “in the high single digits” compared with a year earlier, with the lion’s share of the increase coming from two-to-three day priority shipments and from residential shippers using Internet auction service eBay Inc.’s online postage.
“It’s three things all coming together: access, making it easy to do business with us; price stability; and the good service,” said Jerry McKiernan, manager of media relations for the Postal Service. “When those three things are in combination, that’s a winning formula.”

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New contract for Nightspeed

Posted by | Feb 1, 2005 | |

Preston based clothing wear manufacturer CCM, part of the Johnson Service Group, is using Nightspeed Secure Worldwide Express to deliver up to 3 million garments per year as part of a £500,000 contract. Nightspeed is providing CCM with a range of next day and premium delivery services to domestic and international destinations.

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Parcelforce IT boosts productivity

Posted by | Feb 1, 2005 | |

Parcelforce Worldwide has improved driver productivity by 20% after rolling out route planning and scheduling software. Parcelforce also cut route planning time for its 2,000-vehicle operation by 90% after replacing a system based on Excel with software from Paragon. The company, which delivers 150,000 parcels a day, uses the software to allocate work to routes and calculate efficient route sequences. This helps it plan driver start and finish times, mileage, the number of drops and driver and van utilisation. Eddie McBride, project manager at Parcelforce, said, “Improving driver productivity by 20% has enabled us to reduce the number of drivers and the number of vehicles we need to use to achieve the same, if not higher, levels of service.”

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UK Exel shares rise on takeover talk

Posted by | Feb 1, 2005 | |

Shares in British logistics provider Exel closed up 9 percent at a two-and-a-half year high on Tuesday on speculation it is the target of a takeover bid. The BBC reported that industry speculation has focused on United Parcel Services as the most likely bidder. DHL, a unit of Germany’s Deutsche Post, and finance firm GE Capital have also been prominently mentioned. At Tuesday’s market close, Exel was valued at USD6.3 billion. Exel employs 109,000 people in more than 120 countries and has itself been active in the consolidation of the logistics sector, buying UK firm Tibbett & Britten last August.

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