Year: 2005

DHL to invest USD8 million in Pakistan to upgrade infrastructure

Posted by | Sep 29, 2005 | |

DHL will invest up to USD8 million in Pakistan over next three years, including constructing new state-of-the-art Airside Express Logistic Centers in Karachi, Lahore and upgrading all facilities. In a message read at the groundbreaking of DHL Pakistan’s Airside Express Logistic Center at Karachi International Airport, Scott Price, CEO DHL Express – Asia Pacific said the company has a long history of successful partnership with Pakistan. He said Pakistan is an important market for DHL and a significant country in growth of the company’s business in Asia Pacific. DHL’s inbound, outbound shipment volumes for Pakistan also increased, making it necessary to increase frequency of its dedicated flights in and out of Karachi and Lahore, its Gateways in Pakistan, to rest of the world.

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Germany’s Fiege eyes acquisitions in Eastern Europe, Scandinavia, France

Posted by | Sep 29, 2005 | |

German logistics company Fiege is eyeing acquisitions in Eastern Europe, Scandinavia and France, Handelsblatt newspaper said, citing Heinz Fiege, managing director of the company. ‘We are already targeting several companies and want to invest a total of about 300 mln eur,’ Fiege said. The company also hopes to win new customers following Deutsche Post AG’s planned takeover of Exel PLC.

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UPS could make hostile bid for European firm

Posted by | Sep 29, 2005 | |

UPS chairman and chief executive Michael Eskew said yesterday he would not ”rule out” making a hostile bid for any large European logistics company.
The US parcels giant has been linked with Exel, the British supply chain group that last week agreed a pounds 3.7 billion takeover by Deutsche Post, and has retained Goldman Sachs to advise it. ”If we think it helps and the customers need it, we would [make a hostile bid],” he said during an interview at the company’s global headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia. He declined to comment on UPS’s interest in Exel. Sources close to the company said its interest in Exel had been ”overblown”, indicating the firm was looking to ”fill holes” in its international operations but not take on such a ”huge” firm as Exel. Kurt Kuehn, head of global sales and marketing, said: ”Deutsche Post’s view is whoever is biggest, wins. Our view is who has the best business wins.” He added: ”Deutsche Post is amazing. Their appetite: it would have give me a stomach ache long ago.” UPS’s strategy is to build a global managed supply chain service.

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Reforming the Postal Sector – Nigeria

Posted by | Sep 29, 2005 | |

Globally, the postal service has undergone reforms, which is galvanized by an avalanche of factors on the information society. This is largely attributed to breakthrough recorded in computerization, telecommunication, publishing, audio-visual techniques. The ancient monopolies are compelled by the effect of globalization to surrender a large proportion of the market to the emerging service providers, this is currently witnessed in the telecommunications sector.
In Nigeria, NIPOST had enjoyed the monopoly of the postal sector, with the universal service, geographical balancing of out of charges services as its obligations; NIPOST became an administrative behemoth, whose financial objective was to balance its accounts.

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2005 Business Customer Survey

Posted by | Sep 29, 2005 | |

Survey carried out by LEGG for Postcomm
Table of Contents
1 Executive Summary
2 Survey Methodology and Sample Characteristics
3 Understanding customer needs and customer classification
4 Understanding Key Characteristics of the Mail Market
5 Awareness of Competition and Switching Behaviour
6 Opinions of Service Provided by Royal Mail and Other Operators
7 Opinions on Access Agreements
8 Customers’ Views of Postcomm
P:LibraryPostalPostComm Formal Documents2005_Business_Customer_Survey_LECG.pdf

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DHL takes over Scandinavian SAS cargo operations

Posted by | Sep 29, 2005 | |

International express and logistics company DHL will take over part of the operations of Scandinavian air cargo carrier SAS Cargo, part of Scandinavian airline SAS Group, it was reported on September 28, 2005. The move concerns SAS Cargo’s loading and unloading operations of Korean Air’s cargo flights. The operations take place at Danish Kastrup Airport, near Copenhagen, and the cargo is then transported by trucks to the rest of the Nordic region. Korean Air was attracted as a result of the partnership between DHL and Kastrup Airport.

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US Postal Service adds ‘hold for pickup’ to delivery options

Posted by | Sep 29, 2005 | |

The US Postal Service today launched a new delivery option that can save customers shipping costs on products they have ordered by agreeing to pick them up at a designated Post Office. “Hold For Pickup” meets the needs of cost-conscious mailers shipping high-value and heavyweight goods and the customers receiving them. A package delivered Hold For Pickup will be kept safely at the Post Office until the customer collects it. Items shipped using Hold For Pickup are delivered directly to the Post Office instead of customers’ street address. This provides additional security for mailers who may not want expensive products left at a customer’s door.

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Dell transfers deliveries to US Postal Service

Posted by | Sep 28, 2005 | |

Dell is to shift some of its computer deliveries from private parcel shippers to the US Postal Service, underlining the growing competitive threat posed by the government-owned organisation to companies such as UPS and FedEx. The computer maker plans to drop off some newly-bought computers at US post offices for customer pick-up rather than delivering them directly to homes through private couriers. Any loss of business from Dell would be a particular blow to UPS, which counts the company among its 20 largest customers. Analysts have been warning for months that the US Postal Service is becoming a more powerful force in the US parcel market. The additional competition comes at a time when UPS is facing growing competition from FedEx and German-owned DHL in its domestic market. Dell said the change in shipping arrangements would initially affect only the company’s most basic products, with the majority of shipments continuing to be made through UPS. However, a spokeswoman said Dell planned to eventually offer the choice of home delivery or post office pick-up to all customers.

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