Year: 2005

Palletways looks at moving to gas

Posted by | Nov 17, 2005 | |

Palletways this week confirmed it is trialling gas-fuelled forklift trucks. Operations director Kath McCann says: “We are looking into the environmental benefits of using gas-fuelled forklifts and have recently received delivery of a demonstration vehicle. We are hopeful that the results will be positive.” Gas power, which has been adopted by some other large hubs, would do away with a need for lift truck drivers to wear masks to protect themselves from fumes.

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UPS, FedEx pilots contract dispute heats up

Posted by | Nov 17, 2005 | |

Pilots at passenger airlines aren’t the only ones feuding with their managements about new contract terms. Pilots at two cargo airlines are in contract talks, too. The disputes at shipping giants UPS Inc. and FedEx Corp., however, don’t involve pay cuts, as both companies are offering wage increases.
Beyond pay, these pilots say their benefits and work rules are just as important – if not more important. UPS pilots have run newspaper advertisements prodding management to reach an agreement with them and have authorized their union to call a strike if necessary. Today, they will do informational picketing outside company storefronts in several cities. At FedEx, the company has asked for a federal mediator to join talks with its pilots. The major issues the companies and their pilot unions are grappling with in the talks include pay, pensions, work rules, health benefits and job security.

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UPS Pilots: set date certain request for release; claim UPS making big gamble

Posted by | Nov 17, 2005 | |

Independent Pilots Association has given UPS until December 23 to finalize the contract it began negotiating with its pilots in October 2002. “It has become clear that UPS’ recent overture for a settlement is not genuine, but a cynical move timed to prevent any disruption during Christmas Peak. Christmas 2005 will be our fourth holiday season during this contract negotiation, that’s long enough,” said Capt. Tom Nicholson, President of the Independent Pilots Association. He went on to say, “UPS has one more shot to deliver a contract that our pilot group can ratify when we get together with the National Mediation Board the week of December 19 thru 23 in Wisconsin.”

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DPD tightens up its management structure

Posted by | Nov 16, 2005 | |

The management of DPD GmbH & Co. KG is to be slimmed down from five members to two
* With immediate effect the two-man Fluri/Schroven management team is to take charge of the franchisor
* Paul-Marie Chavanne to become Chairman of the Supervisory Board

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Hackländer named Managing Director of EURODIS

Posted by | Nov 16, 2005 | |

Marc Christian Hackländer has been appointed Managing Director of EURODIS GmbH, a member company of the trans-o-flex group. He will chiefly be responsible for network and partner management. This represents the first time that the international distribution network of trans-o-flex, in existence since 1993, has had its own corporate entity and management. The main objective of EURODIS GmbH will be to anchor the specialised trans-o-flex services on a unified Europe-wide basis.

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Minister rules out aid to UK Royal Mail to clear Pounds 4bn pensions deficit

Posted by | Nov 16, 2005 | |

Any “bail-out” of Royal Mail’s Pounds 4bn pension fund deficit by taxpayers was yesterday ruled out by the government in the first clear statement of its plans for the state-owned postal operator in the run-up to full market competition next year. But the minister responsible for Royal Mail held out the prospect there could be extra government money to help pay for new equipment. MPs were told by Barry Gardiner, competitiveness minister, the government might breach European state aid laws if it agreed to the company’s request to put billions of pounds into the pension fund. “We should not be seen as the bailer-out, the funder of last resort,” he said. Asked if the government should be prepared to make at least some contribution to reducing the deficit, which has rendered Royal Mail technically insolvent, the minister said: “No. This should be done (dealing with the deficit) as it would be commercially.”

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Federal Supreme Court could break Brazil’s post office company’s monopoly

Posted by | Nov 16, 2005 | |

The Federal Supreme Court (STF) could put an end to the judicial attempts of Brazil´s post office company, the Empresa Brasileira de Correios e Telégrafos (ECT), to maintain its monopoly on postal services during the plenary session tomorrow, when it resumes consideration of an appeal by the Brazilian Association of Distribution Companies (Abraed), which represents almost 50 associates. The services rendered by Correios and in some cases also by private companies move R$5 billion a year.

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Deutsche Bahn to buy US logistics firm Bax Global for 1.1 bln dlrs

Posted by | Nov 16, 2005 | |

Deutsche Bahn, the German state-owned rail operator, said Wednesday it planned to acquire buy US logistics firm Bax Global, a wholly-owned unit of Brink’s, for 1.1 billion dollars (940 million euros). A corresponding agreement was signed by both parties in New York on Tuesday and the deal was expected to be finalised “in the next few wkees”, Deutsche Bahn said in a statement. The German giant itself did not reveal the purchase price. But in a separate released on its own website, Brink’s put it at “approximately 1.1 billion dollars in cash”. Deutsche Bahn chairman Hartmut Mehdorn said: “Bax fits perfectly with our strategy and is an ideal addition to our logistics subsidiary Schenker.” The German company said the deal would make Deutsche Bahn the world’s number one transport and logistics group.

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