USPS Stragetic Transformation Plan 2006-1010
USPS Stragetic Transformation Plan 2006-1010
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Year: 2005
DHL’s hub shift to Leipzig/Halle Airport is official
The contract for the establishment at Leipzig/Halle Airport of the European airfreight hub to be operated by DHL was signed on September 21, 2005, marking the ratification of the agreement to relocate the DHL hub to Leipzig/Halle.
The conclusion of the contract will allow the Central German airport to become one of the most significant freight nodal points in Europe. From 2008, some fifty DHL freight aircraft will be using Leipzig/Halle as their hub base every day, in order for up to 2,000 tonnes of freight to be sorted and forwarded worldwide every night. “We have concluded a good contract which will secure the growth of DHL and of the Airport, and which represents an important milestone on the way to Leipzig/Halle by DHL,” said managing director of DHL Hub Leipzig, Michael Reinboth. “This contract has established an important precondition towards the creation of the planned 3,500 jobs at DHL as the air freight hub.”
UK Royal Mail staff set to receive 20 pct stake
Royal mail’s 200,000 employees are expected to be given a 20 pct stake in the business in a move that will spark union fears that the organisation is being prepared for privatisation, The Times reported, citing union sources. The issue is likely to provoke a major clash between unions and the Government at this week’s Labour Party conference, the newspaper said. A government-commissioned review of Royal Mail, headed by Sir George Bain, is expected to recommend employee ownership when it reports next month, added The Times.
Read MoreUPS purchase of LYNX Express is cleared
European Union antitrust regulators approved UPS Inc.’s proposed USD96.3 million purchase of British parcel carrier LYNX Express Ltd. on Monday, saying the deal posed no competition concerns in the European market. UPS announced the deal in July, aiming to expand its presence in Europe. UPS said the deal is expected to close by the end of the year. The European Commission said the transaction “would not significantly impede effective competition,” adding that LYNX’s domestic and international delivery services did not overlap with the European operations of Atlanta-based UPS. LYNX Express, based in Nuneaton, England, is majority owned by the private equity firm Bridgepoint Capital Ltd.
Read MoreDHL Moves to Wilmington Hub
Last week DHL moved its Greater Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky operations to a new one million-square-foot facility in Wilmington, Ohio, despite a continuing lawsuit over who has the right to finance the project. Nearly a year ago DHL struck a deal with the Dayton-Montgomery County Port Authority in which the state of Ohio guaranteed a bond financing deal and tax exemptions. But neighboring Clinton County Port Authority sued and two weeks ago a Clinton County judge ruled that the Dayton port authority cannot legally finance the deal. The expanded hub is in Clinton County’s Wilmington Airpark.
Read MorePreference Service bought out by IPT
IPT is merging The Preference Service, the lifestyle data company it acquired last month, with its own postal data side under a new division called IPT Postal. Thomas Adalbert, former MD of The Preference Service, will lead the new division.The lifestyle survey brand Postal Preference Service will disappear.
IPT, led by chairman Lionel Thain, acquired the entire issued share capital of The Preference Service, valued at GBP4.3m. The Preference Service was majority owned by the UK and Dutch Post Offices, with a database of four million households and 0.35 million email records.
DHL delivers on investments
DHL has responded to recent changes in world trading practice by spending up big in supporting Australian supply chains both internationally and at regional levels. In May, it opened an air express cargo facility at Darwin to expand freight traffic between Australia and Asia. In July, the company opened a dispatch, warehousing and distribution facility for regional NSW in the State’s second city, Newcastle. Both new facilities followed the March opening of the DHL Oceania hub at Sydney airport, and a new Perth airport hub designed as an improved gateway to Europe, Africa and the Asia-Pacific region. Headquartered in Germany, DHL has invested over $2.2 billion in Asia-Pacific facilities, much of it in the wake of recently established free trade agreements in the region and continuing negotiations among ASEAN nations for further trade liberalisation.
Read MoreDeutsche Post suspected by regulator of abusing dominant market position
Deutsche Post AG is suspected by Germany’s Federal Networks Agency regulator of abusing its dominant market position and may face a formal investigation on the matter, the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung reported, citing an internal agency memo it obtained. The newspaper also wrote that numerous private mail delivery companies complained that Deutsche Post was hindering their ability to enter the market for collecting and sorting letters. A Deutsche Post spokesman denied it was hindering competition when contacted by the newspaper.
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