Year: 2005

Time for postal industry to ‘re-invent’ itself

Posted by | Aug 22, 2005 | |

A re-invention of the postal industry is inevitable and industry players should not fear global rivalry, but rather embrace it in the spirit of co-operation and competition among players, Deutsche Post AG divisional board member Dr Herbert-Michael Zapf said. Zapf said a re-invention of the postal industry would entail innovation, quality and service. The industry, he said, must innovate to meet future challenges, adding that innovation was more than just having new products but an understanding of one’s own business. “The postal industry needs to develop a broader understanding of postal services, which will ultimately lead to an extended value chain of postal services,” he told reporters in Kuala Lumpur last month. Zapf was a guest speaker at the recent 12th Asean Postal Business Meeting 2005. He said competition was good as it brought out the best in companies to provide efficient goods and services to consumers.

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Vietnam: Postal workers fear economic woes after telecom split

Posted by | Aug 22, 2005 | |

The upcoming split of post and telecommunications services could put some 45,000 postal workers in a state of financial crisis. The split, originally scheduled to take place in 2002, was postponed, and postal services have been subsidised by the telecom sector. Policy makers said the move should create specialised corporations for post and telecom services, but insiders, including the postal staff, said they would face an uncertain future once the subsidies were cut. Postal workers account for 49 per cent of the 90,000 employees at Vietnam Post and Telecommunications Corporation (VNPT), but the service brings in only 5-10 per cent of the total revenue, which is currently VND30 trillion (USD 1.9 billion) a year. VNPT is losing money compensating for the imbalance, which is affecting the growth of both services. Since October 2001, VNPT – then known as the Department General of Post and Telecommunications – has been testing the split in 10 provinces.

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Japanese LDP pledges to pass postal privatisation plan in next Diet

Posted by | Aug 22, 2005 | |

The Liberal Democratic Party is pledging in its policy platform to pass in the next Diet session the postal privatization legislation defeated in the upper house earlier this month. “Postal privatization is the main issue in the lower house election,” Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi told a news conference Friday at which he unveiled the party’s policy outline. He dissolved the lower house Aug. 8 in response to the upper house rebuff, setting the stage for a Sept. 11 general election. Should the LDP and coalition partner New Komeito be able to secure a majority in the lower house, Koizumi said the postal bills would be resubmitted in a special Diet session to convene within 30 days of the election. The legislation calls for spinning off Japan Post into four companies in April 2007, with full privatization taking place by 2017. But the composition of the upper house will remain unchanged, and the bills could be voted down again.

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First Boeing 757 added to TNT Express air fleet

Posted by | Aug 22, 2005 | |

TNT Express today announced that it has added a Boeing 757, the company’s first, to its Liège-based air fleet. The aircraft – which has been wet-leased from Icelandair to TNT Airways – came into service last month. The aircraft’s inaugural flight in TNT livery was between Liège, where TNT Express has its air hub, and Barcelona, and as such was the first leg of its regular round trip, which consists of: Liège – Barcelona – Vitoria – Madrid – Liège. The Boeing 757 ideally matches TNT’s freight requirements for this service – 30 tonnes – and is a cost-efficient to operate besides being among the quietest aircraft available. Christian Drenthen, Managing Director Worldwide Networks, TNT Express said: “This aircraft gives TNT Express just the right increase in capacity on a growing route between Spain and our hub at Liège, Belgium. It is in line with our aim to offer customers a faster, more reliable and competitive service.”

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Deutsche Post agrees to raise pay for civil servants

Posted by | Aug 21, 2005 | |

Deutsche Post AG has agreed to raise the salary of its 63,000 civil servants by between 3-4 pct, Die Welt newspaper said in a report to be published tomorrow.
The German postal giant has reached the agreement with trade union ver.di, it said, citing sources close to the talks. Deutsche Post has roughly 220,000 employees in total, around 63,00 of them are civil servants, Die Welt added.

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Industry relief over UK PIP 12-month delay

Posted by | Aug 19, 2005 | |

Postcomm’s decision to delay the introduction of Royal Mail’s controversial pricing in proportion (PIP) scheme until September 2006 has been met with a sigh of relief from industry chiefs. The decision follows two years of extensive consultation by the regulator, and revised proposals from Royal Mail. The industry now has the full 12 months most interested parties desperately requested to prepare for change. Peter Carr, chairman of Postwatch, says: “It was essential customers were given a year’s notice of this important change. Large mailers understand what is proposed and how to take advantage of the new structure. But many enterprises and domestic customers generally do not. “The challenge for Royal Mail is to bring its whole customer base up to the same level of understanding.” Postcomm chairman Nigel Stapleton comments: “PIP will promote the development of a successful and growing postal market by allowing Royal Mail to bring prices more closely in line with its costs.”

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Europe’s top cargo agents

Posted by | Aug 19, 2005 | |

Top 10 per country:
Austria / Belgium / Bulgaria / Belarus / Croatia / Cyprus / Czech Republic / Denmark / Estonia / Finland / France / Germany / Greece / Hungary / Republic of Ireland / Italy / Luxembourg / Malta/ Netherlands / Norway / Poland / Slovenia / Spain / Sweden / UK

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