Year: 2005

Freight firm snaps up New Zealand Kiwi Express

Posted by | Oct 1, 2005 | |

Freightways has added another courier company to its stable, paying $3.5 million for Kiwi Express. “We think it will be a great complementary fit with the rest of the courier businesses we operate under the Freightways banner,” managing director Dean Bracewell said. Freightways had no plans to make any changes to Kiwi Express, he said. Despite being a small company, Kiwi Express was well established in the point-to-point delivery market in Auckland and Wellington and had a stable customer base. For the year to June next year, Kiwi Express is expected to add NZD700,000 of ebitda earnings to Freightways. The purchase had been funded using existing finance facilities, Mr Bracewell said.

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US postal chief foresees 2007 rate increase

Posted by | Oct 1, 2005 | |

Gasoline prices that have millions of Americans digging deeper into their pockets are spurring thoughts by Postal Service officials that an increase in mail rates may be needed in 2007, following one already planned for next year.
The fact that it costs the mail agency USD8 million for every penny increase in gasoline prices for its 212,000 vehicles is a major factor in a postal rate increase expected in 2007, after one next year, Postmaster General John Potter said Friday. A 2-cent increase in stamp prices scheduled to take place in 2006 will merely cover the cost of legally required escrow payments, so growing costs overall will force a second boost a year later, Potter said Friday in an interview with The Associated Press.

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Argos chooses Exel to run new home delivery facility

Posted by | Oct 1, 2005 | |

Argos Home Delivery has appointed Exel in a major contract to manage a brand new regional distribution centre in Darlington, County Durham. It will serve customers in the North of England, Scotland and Ireland. Argos already uses Exel to manage two existing distribution centres, at Marsh Leys near Bedford and Acton Gate near Stafford. These operations, which between them cover the rest of the country, will continue.

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Salvesen, Venda and Parcelforce in mega-fulfilment partnership

Posted by | Oct 1, 2005 | |

Christian Salvesen, not hitherto a significant player in the home shopping and e-fulfilment market, has joined forces with solutions house Venda to set up a one-stop shop multi-channel logistics service. A third main player in the operation is Parcelforce Worldwide, which has been appointed by Salvesen to handle most of the actual deliveries. The move is seen by some as marking an important stage in the evolution of multi-channel fulfilment, demonstrating that this is a sector the traditional logistics market now takes seriously.
Initially the service is expected to operate out of Salvesen’s Buxton warehouse, but managing director Stewart Oades says that in theory it can take advantage of any of the company’s 200-odd UK bases.

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DHL gears up for home, unattended and store deliveries

Posted by | Oct 1, 2005 | |

DHL is expanding in retail distribution with a two-pronged attack – one on home delivery and the other on supermarket supply of non-food items such as CDs, DVDs, books, greeting cards and similar items. The company has just opened units in three Staples stationery stores – Telford, Bolton and Milton Keynes – to allow home consumers or small businesses to post parcels or to use the units as collection points for online or catalogue purchases. In addition, DHL is looking at employing part-time drivers to offer evening and weekend deliveries. ‘We are talking to retailers to identify the best way to provide the delivery services both they and the consumer need at a respectable cost,’ explains Manish Joshi, general manager, express division.

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Logistics giant DHL scaling up investment in China

Posted by | Sep 30, 2005 | |

DHL is scaling up its investment in the Asia’s second biggest economy China. As the first global express giant entering the nation, DHL is confident in this promising market. In recent years, DHL has seen its businesses grow there at an annual rate of 35% to 45%, and the figure was even as high as 50% to 60% in 2004, said Wu Dongming, managing director of DHL-Sinotrans, a joint venture of DHL and Sinotrans. In 2003, the company announced a plan to invest USD 200 million in five years there, and the ambitious plan is now going on smoothly, according to the managing director.

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