Year: 2005

Belgian De Post/La Poste, eBay Belgium sign agreement

Posted by | Oct 24, 2005 | |

Belgian postal services company De Post/La Poste and eBay Belgium, a unit of the U.S. online auction house eBay, have signed a cooperation agreement for easy sending of parcels, it was reported on October 21, 2005.

Under the agreement, henceforward the eBay users will be able to send more easily parcels through De Post/La Poste. eBay Belgium, which has more than one million registered users, will launch a send centre on its website, providing information about the parcel services of De Post/La Poste.

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Spanish Correos to spend 252 mln Euro on improvements 2006

Posted by | Oct 24, 2005 | |

Spanish state-run postal services provider Sociedad Estatal Correos y Telegrafos SA (Correos) plans to spend 252 mln euro (USD300.8 mln) on the construction and renovation of post offices and on the automation and modernisation of its postal services in 2006. Investments in the construction of new post offices or in the renovation of the existing ones will stand at 135.7 mln euro (USD161.9 mln). Over 43 mln euro (USD51.3 mln) will be spent on implementing new technologies. Correos will also earmark 32 mln euro (USD38.2 mln) for buying office furniture, security equipment and new delivery vans.
Almost half of the financing will be allocated for the regions of Valencia, Madrid, Andalusia, Catalonia and the Basque region.

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Honours for top Post Office branches

Posted by | Oct 24, 2005 | |

Two Post Office branches have beaten stiff competition from 14,600 branches across the UK to take the accolade of the best in the country.

The prize for best sub Post Office went to West Monkseaton branch near Whitley Bay. Subpostmasters Andrew and Joan Thompson were praised by their customers not only for their excellent customer service, but also for their community spirit in raising funds for local charities such as the local air ambulance and deaf and blind associations.

Two Post Office branches have beaten stiff competition from 14,600 branches across the UK to take the accolade of the best in the country.

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DHL relocates, consolidates operations in Los Angeles

Posted by | Oct 24, 2005 | |

DHL Danzas Air & Ocean, part of the logistics division of DHL, announced today it has relocated and consolidated its three Los Angeles, Calif.-area operations into a single facility, an important step in effectively meeting customer needs during the peak shipping seasons and managing the rapid long-term growth of trans-Pacific import volumes. Located in Redondo Beach, Calif. near the Port of Long Beach and Los Angeles International Airport, the 200,000 square foot facility houses DHL Danzas Air & Ocean’s Los Angeles gateway operations; air, ocean and U.S. domestic services; customs brokerage, warehousing and Customer Program Management activities. Previously, the company’s Los Angeles operations occupied three buildings located several miles apart.

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Minister warns An Post could be ‘extinct’ in 4 years

Posted by | Oct 24, 2005 | |

An Post will be “extinct” in little more than four years unless postal workers accept major work changes, the Government has warned.

From January, private companies will be able to carry letters weighing more than 50g, and ordinary letter post will be opened up by 2009.

“We have liberalisation coming. It is inevitable in 2009. It is already there in a number of areas. If An Post isn’t strong enough to withstand competition it is going to be extinct very, very quickly after 2009, if not before that,” said Minister for Communications Noel Dempsey.

Speaking in Killarney, Co Kerry, on Saturday, the Minister was critical of existing work practices in the semi-State company.

Describing them as “archaic”, he said postmen’s basic pay had been increased over the years through the common availability of overtime. “You have a situation whereby people get paid overtime on their holidays. You have a situation where people can bank their overtime at one stage and use it at another time.”

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DHL to Invest USD50m in development of business in Russia

Posted by | Oct 24, 2005 | |

DHL is going to invest USD50 million in development of its business in Russia. According to General Director of DHL in the CIS, Frank-Eaves Underer, the Russian market is one of the most promising and rapidly growing in the world. Now its capacity is estimated at USD400 million and its annual growth exceeds 30percent. Along with this, Russia is the only country in the world where companies of the “big four” (DHL, FedEx, UPS and TNT) control less than a half of the market. For example, in the European Union countries their aggregate share approaches 80percent. According to analysts, not more than five large companies specializing in express delivery and logistics will remain in Europe in the future.

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DHL to open 350 service points in Netherlands 2006

Posted by | Oct 24, 2005 | |

DHL will open 350 service points in the Netherlands in January 2006.

These are manned counters, mainly in supermarkets, train stations and shops, where private clients and companies can bring and take packages.

DHL signed already a contract with Dutch video chain Videoland for the placement of service points. Furthermore, agreements will be reached with retailers such as bakers, animal shops and other small companies. DHL has service points in seven European countries, including England, Sweden, Spain and Italy. DHL plans to invest over 1.0 bln euro (USD1.2 bln) over the coming years in Europe, including in infrastructure, IT development and customer services. DHL plans to expand its network to 30,000 customer contact points by the end of 2008. A year before that, there will be some 20,000 contact points.

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DHL to merge Hungarian units

Posted by | Oct 24, 2005 | |

Express delivery company DHL will merge its two units in Hungary next year, DHL Express Magyarorszag marketing manager Joseph Borocz said.

The two units, DHL Express Magyarorszag and DHL Nemzetkozi es Logisztikai, have operated in unison since 2002, when Deutsche Post World Net acquired 100pc of DHL.

DHL Express Magyarorszag had revenue of HUF 17.9bn in 2004. This year the company expects revenue of HUF 19.3bn, and it targets revenue of HUF 20.3bn in 2006. DHL Magyarorszag made 1.3m deliveries in 2004. It expects to make 1.4m this year and 2m in 2006.

DHL Express Magyarorszag started making deliveries outside of Hungary a year ago. Mr Borocz noted that, while just four other companies offer express delivery outside of Hungary — TNT, UPS, FedEx and Magyar Posta — there are hundreds of smaller companies which compete on the market for deliveries inside Hungary.

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