Year: 2005

Hints of relaxed timetable over Japan postal reform

Posted by | Jan 25, 2005 | |

Senior aides to Junichiro Koizumi, Japan’s prime minister, have hinted that the timetable for postal privatisation could be allowed to slip, opening up the possibility of flexibility in talks with the ruling Liberal Democratic party (LDP), many of whose members vehemently oppose postal reform. Mr Koizumi has insisted until now that the post office should be split into four separate entities from 2007 to ensure that there are no cross-subsidies between the mail, insurance, savings and counter divisions. The prime minister has made privatisation of the post office, the biggest financial institution in the world, the centrepiece of his final two years in office, and has threatened to call a snap election if the LDP refuses to back his drive. A foretaste of the rocky time that Mr Koizumi may face during the next 150 days of the regular parliamentary session came yesterday when opposition members walked out of the Diet chamber in protest at his answers on postal privatisation. The chamber was thrown into confusion when members of the Democratic Party of Japan suddenly stood up and left, accusing Mr Koizumi of being vague in his replies to questions about postal reform.

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China’s Zhaijisong courier service plans Hong Kong listing next year

Posted by | Jan 25, 2005 | |

Beijing-based courier service Zhaijisong plans to list on the Hong Kong stock exchange early next year, company president Chen Ping said. Chen said the privately owned firm was the fourth largest domestic courier firm in China, holding five pct of a courier market dominated by China Post’s EMS. He would not disclose Zhaijisong’s fund-raising target but he told a business gathering that the money would be used to mechanize more of the company’s operations and add to its current fleet of 1,400 trucks. London-based Investment bank Cazenove would manage the listing, Chen said.

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Royal Mail cuts HR spend by GBP57m in two years

Posted by | Jan 25, 2005 | |

Royal Mail has slashed its human resources spend by GBP57m in two years as part of a massive organisational overhaul, leading HR magazine Personnel Today reveals today. In an exclusive interview, Royal Mail group HR director Tony McCarthy and Kevin Green, director of People and Organisational Development, said that the HR budget has been cut from GBP173m at the start of 2003 to GBP116m. As part of the overhaul, the HR team has fallen from 3,700 to 2,400, which incorporated 1,400 job cuts and 100 new appointments. The HR to employee ratio has improved from 1:75 to 1:130. Other savings have been driven by removing duplication and process improvements in areas such as sickness absence and training.

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Standoff in An Post parcel row pushes company to brink of an all-out strike

Posted by | Jan 25, 2005 | |

An Post moved closer to a strike or lock-out last night when management ordered dozens of parcel sorters off the premises in a row over the company’s decision to close the SDS parcels depot in west Dublin. More than 40 postal workers had been suspended by 8pm and a further 25 on the late shift faced a similar lock-out or suspension later as peace talks continued into the night at the Labour Relations Commission. The management took a tough stance when some sorters refused to load parcels which had arrived off a US flight for transit to a separate parcels depot in Portlaoise. The company intends to shut the SDS Naas Road depot next week with 280 staff facing redundancy and a further 170 being offered jobs within the post office and local delivery office networks.

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Deutsche Post’s DHL’s 2004 losses in US well below 500 mln eur

Posted by | Jan 25, 2005 | |

Deutsche Post World Net AG’s DHL will post full-year 2004 losses in the US ‘significantly below’ 500 mln eur, Focus magazine said in an article to be published tomorrow, citing sources close to the management. Last September, Deutsche Post said the US losses could widen ‘to as much as 500 mln eur’ from the 300 mln initially planned. Focus also reported that the express mail courier wants to expand its private customer business in the US, and that it hopes to double the private package volume to 32,000 per year.

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New Business Development Manager for UK Pallets

Posted by | Jan 25, 2005 | |

Joining UK Pallets as Business Development Manager is Joy Parkes.

Joy, who lives in Nottingham, will be based at the UK Pallets National Distribution Centre in Fradley Park, Lichfield, and will have a national role with particular responsibility for developing major accounts.

Joy comes to UK Pallets after nearly 6 years with Pall Ex where she was Business Development Manager, having previously worked as Network Development Manager. She was attracted to UK Pallets because of its position within the Business Post Group and the opportunities that opens up to meet a much wider range of customer distribution and logistics needs.

As well as the development of new business with major users, Joy will also be supporting the UK Pallets partner network in their sales development and will be involved in the partner recruitment process.

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Transportes Azkar new logistics platform

Posted by | Jan 24, 2005 | |

Spanish transport and distribution company Transportes Azkar SA, opened a 3.5 mln euro logistics platform in Castellon, eastern Spain, the company said on January 24, 2005.

The platform has an area of 4,128 sq m.

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Colombia DHL revenue op 21 pct Y/Y 2004

Posted by | Jan 24, 2005 | |

The sales of the Colombian unit of global carrier and package delivery company DHL Express increased 20.74 pct year-on-year in 2004, it was reported on January 24, 2005. Higher revenue was driven up by the growth of the cargo, transported by the company in 2004, which rose to 5.1 million kg in 2004 from 3.5 million kg in 2003. The parcels, transported by DHL Colombia unit, grew 15 pct year-on-year in 2004.

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