Year: 2005

Japan Post eyeing tie-ups for international distribution of goods

Posted by | Oct 12, 2005 | |

Japan Post is nearing the final stage of negotiations on comprehensive tie-ups with several major distribution companies such as TNT Post Group of the Netherlands and Japan’s major delivery company Nippon Express Co., a news report said Wednesday. The company wants the tie-ups, expected to be concluded by the end of the year, so it can set up joint firms to distribute goods for companies and gain a foothold in Asia, the largest daily Yomiuri Shimbun said.
Under the current law, Japan Post can only transfer international mail it receives in Japan to a postal service operator in another country. But the company wants to expand its services to better respond to the demands from domestic companies, such as speedy delivery, the paper said.

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Guaranteed expedited delivery from US to Pacific Rim now open to businesses

Posted by | Oct 11, 2005 | |

Business mailers can now benefit by using a date-certain, guaranteed delivery service to the Pacific Rim utilizing the cooperative efforts of the US Postal Service and five other world posts. Global Express Mail service with guarantee, which became available to non commercial mailers on July 25, 2005, was launched in an historic agreement among postal administrations for Australia, China, Hong Kong, Japan, the United States, and the Republic of South Korea. The introduction of this guarantee feature was an enhancement to the existing Global Express Mail service and was available, until now, to non commercial mailers only. “Global Express Mail with guarantee is an ideal solution for business mailers,” said Jim Wade, vice president of international business for the U.S. Postal Service. “It can help these commercial shippers conduct transactions in the Pacific Rim, an arena which continues to experience unprecedented growth in international trade,” he added.

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Swiss Post establishes subsidiary in Sweden

Posted by | Oct 11, 2005 | |

The Swiss postal service group Swiss Post International said on Tuesday (11 October) that it was establishing a subsidiary in Sweden. The new company, SPI Sweden, will strengthen Swiss Post’s position on the Scandinavian market for direct marketing and daily distribution of corporate mail. The new subsidiary will be based on Swiss Post’s former franchise partner Mail & Logistics.

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DHL-Sinotrans’ USD200mn expansion plan in China goes smoothly

Posted by | Oct 11, 2005 | |

The USD 200 million expansion plan of DHL-Sinotrans, a local joint venture of express and logistics company DHL, makes great headway, according to the news released by the company. DHL-Sinotrans has enhanced the facilities and capacities of its service centers in Qingdao, Shanghai, Suzhou, Hefei and Xiamen in the first half of this year. Prior to that, the company had built and upgraded its service facilities in 9 cities such as Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou.

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An Post silent on union claims of delivery delay

Posted by | Oct 11, 2005 | |

An Post last night refused to confirm or deny claims from the Communications Workers’ Union (CWU) that only 71 per cent of post is being delivered the day after posting. Quarterly figures, to be sent to the Communications Regulator (ComReg) by An Post today, will show that the company is falling far short of its target of 94 per cent for next-day deliveries, the CWU claimed yesterday.
The figures for the second quarter of the year had “dropped drastically” from 76 per cent in the first quarter because of the recruitment embargo imposed by the company, CWU spokesman Joe Guinan said. The closure of the manual sorting offices and their replacement with four “automated hubs” had also slowed the service.

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Postal privatization bills pass Japan’s lower house

Posted by | Oct 11, 2005 | |

Japan’s lower house passed a set of controversial postal privatization bills Tuesday, giving a stamp of approval to Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi’s economic reforms. The government resubmitted the bills to privatize Japan Post after Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi’s Liberal Democratic Party of Japan (LDP) won a landslide victory at the September 11 general election. Koizumi’s key reform project passed the lower house in a plenary session by 338 to 138 votes, an expected result with the ruling coalition of LDP and the New Komeito party holding more than two-thirds of the seats in the lower house. The upper house is expected to approve the legislation Friday.

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CBA a big loser in Australia Post switch

Posted by | Oct 11, 2005 | |

Australia Post’s move to obtain a special banking licence will result in Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) losing income. In an effort to reduce the transaction costs on bills paid through its Post BillPay service, Australia Post hopes to obtain a special banking licence and commence processing credit card and debit transactions by early 2006.

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PalletForce grows by 25%

Posted by | Oct 10, 2005 | |

PalletForce plc reported a 25% increase in turnover to (pounds sterling)5.03m for the year ended August 31, 2005, compared with (pounds sterling)4.02m in 2004. The Lichfield-based network’s pre-tax profit rose 7.0% to (pounds sterling)1.25m for the year, compared with (pounds sterling)1.17m in 2004. The directors’ report said: “During the year the company once again made ground within the pallet network market. Members delivered in excess of 1.2 million pallets during the course of the year with an average of nearly 5,000 pallets per night.” It said eight members joined the network during the year and it had 73 members at the year end. An internal share trading scheme was established.

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