Year: 2005

Tunisia: 153 new post offices to open soon

Posted by | Aug 30, 2005 | |

According to Al-Horria newspaper (August 29, 2005), to avoid long lines in the posts offices in Tunisia during the beginning of the new academic year, the Tunisian Post Office announced opening 153 new post offices all over the Tunisian districts on September 1st, 2005. The new offices will operate from 8:00 o’clock in the morning until 18:00 o’clock in the evening in order to satisfy all residents’ needs for postal and financial transactions.

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TNT launches ultimate supply chain solution launched at Liege

Posted by | Aug 30, 2005 | |

TNT Express is introducing a new service proposition for Europe – the Value Added Service Centre (VASC). The VASC, based at TNT’s European Air Hub in Liège, Belgium, has been specifically designed to meet customer demands in the fast-changing global distribution industry. The VASC service offerings include a range of market leading services such as spare parts and emergency stock replenishment, with the VASC team ensuring that the shipments can instantly and at any moment be injected into TNT’s air or road networks.

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UPS among first to deploy new customs security technology

Posted by | Aug 29, 2005 | |

UPS today announced it has become one of the first transportation carriers to deploy a trade processing system developed by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) that accelerates cross-border commerce while improving security at the nation’s borders. The Automated Commercial Environment, or ACE, is part of a multi-year modernization effort by the CBP that automates the flow of information about packages approaching U.S. borders in trucks, making it easier for customs agents to decide what they wish to inspect. UPS worked with CBP to pilot the program in Blaine, Wash., the first land port to transition to the new system.

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UK catalogue bosses warn of PIP ‘Black Monday’

Posted by | Aug 26, 2005 | |

Catalogue chiefs are warning the industry that it faces ‘Black Monday’ following Postcomm’s decision to allow Royal Mail to introduce pricing in proportion (PIP) in a year’s time. Mail order bosses plan to postpone their August 2006 campaigns until after the scheme’s inception in September, as PIP is expected to reduce costs by 60 per cent. But Nigel Swabey, chairman of mail order firm First Resources, claims Royal Mail will not be able to cope with the resulting deluge of deliveries. He is calling for Postcomm to allow the postal operator flexibility with catalogue deliveries, to prevent chaos.

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Pitney Bowes expands global business with Brazilian Post Contract

Posted by | Aug 26, 2005 | |

Less than seven months after its launch, Pitney Bowes Semco Equipamentos e ServiVos Limitada has won a USD1.4 million annual service contract from the Brazilian postal service. Pitney Bowes Semco Ltda. is a joint venture company formed by Pitney Bowes Inc. and Semco Group. The terms of the contract include the servicing of approximately 1,200 Pitney Bowes Galaxy mailing systems employed by the Brazilian postal service. The agreement lasts one year, renewable annually for each of the next four years, and covers equipment deployed in six states including the Federal District, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul, Parana and Minas Gerais.

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Belgian Post employees, trade unions fear job cuts

Posted by | Aug 26, 2005 | |

Trade unions and employees of Belgian postal services company De Post/La Poste are afraid of possible closure of 260 full time jobs, it was reported on August 24, 2005.

Their concerns were raised after the decrease of the working hours, announced by the company in 800 of its 1,300 post offices.

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Pin seeks nationwide presence in German postal delivery market

Posted by | Aug 26, 2005 | |

German private mail delivery company Pin AG plans to push ahead with its expansion in order to gain nationwide presence and become a strong competitor of market leader Deutsche Post, Pin CEO Bernhard Klapproth said. Currently, Pin handles 600,000 mail deliveries daily for large corporate clients and is one of Deutsche Post’s biggest competitors in the segment. By comparison, Deutsche Post handles 70 million letters daily. Pin plans to expand to the cities of Stuttgart and Hamburg. It is already present in Berlin, Leipzig, Cologne and Frankfurt.

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Will Japan Post be parcelled out to pvt hands?

Posted by | Aug 26, 2005 | |

THE TUSSLE between Japan Post and Mr Junichiro Koizumi commenced in 1992. In the very first press conference he held as the Minister in-charge, he vowed to cut the Postal Services System (PSS) to size (it was renamed Japan Post in 1992). He stepped up efforts after he took over as Prime Minister in 2001

Having failed to get full parliamentary support for his Bill, he has dissolved Parliament and is seeking public support in an election scheduled on September 11. Why should the reform of postal service raise such political hackles? Japan Post is not an ordinary postal agency. It operates 25,000 post offices nationwide and covers remote, mountainous and thinly populated areas. It has 400,000 employees. In the past, post-masters were leaders of standing in the rural areas and guided public opinion. Many owed their jobs to political bosses and were the bulwarks of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). More than delivery of mail, its role in raising savings and insurance funds has been phenomenal. Aggregate savings deposits with Japan Post amounted to 214 trillion yen ($1.98 trillion) last year. It is the largest financial institution in the world. Its deposits are equal to the combined deposits of four of Japan’s largest banks. It holds 33 per cent of the country’s time deposits and has contributed substantially to Japan Government Bonds (JGB)

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