DHL Global Forwarding said it will provide transportation services to China Nuclear Power Engineering Company (CNPEC) for the Ling Ao Nuclear Power Station project phase II development in the southern province of Guangdong.
The logistics provider said in a statement that the three year contract, which will be run by its China subsidiary Danzas ZF Freight Agency, is worth over 600 mln usd.
Read MoreEuropean Union regulators were wrong to allow the French state-run postal service to help a unit expand into express delivery in the 1980s and ’90s, an EU court ruled Wednesday in a case brought by FedEx and DHL International. The regulators’ conclusion in 1997 that France did not provide illegal subsidies by allowing La Poste to grant logistical support to its Chronopost subsidiary was unjustified, the European Court of First Instance in Luxembourg ruled. Industry groups have complained that former monopolies like La Poste have used government aid, which is intended to support nationwide letter delivery, to buy competitors in the express business. The case at the Court of First Instance, the second-highest European court after the European Court of Justice, was brought by express mail carriers FedEx, DHL and Crie, as well as industry group Union Francaise de L’Express.
Read Moreith new takeover rumors swirling around TNT, the company did its part to satisfy the chatter, although hardly on the scale that has TNT’s name making the rounds on the mergers and acquisitions market. The Netherlands-based express, mail and logistics giant added two highly targeted postal businesses to its TNT Post operation, shoring up its outlook for the direction of the European distribution and delivery market.
But the additions of Italy’s TMW Italia and British courier JD Williams to the mail operation still left TNT with at least one far larger transaction in its business plan still undone.
Read MoreThe European Commission yesterday reignited its long-running feud with France over alleged illegal subsidies and unfair advantages granted to the country’s savings banks. The Brussels-based regulator suspects the French government could have violated European Union rules in its dealings with Credit Mutuel, La Poste and Caisse d’Epargne – the three lenders allowed to distribute popular, state-subsidised savings books known as Livret A and Livret Bleu. It has launched a formal probe into the matter. An inquiry will be a boost for the group of rival French banks – including Societe Generale, BNP Paribas, Credit Agricole and Banque Populaire – which have spent years trying to break what they claim is an unfair oligopoly among the savings banks.
Read MoreDHL on Thursday opened a new center in Greven, Germany, that ultimately will handle all logistics tasks for the Home Shopping Europe teleshopping channel.
Full operations will begin in a few days. Starting in July, the 35-million euro center will handle the complete logistics operations for HSE24. The center will employ 250 and ship up to 40,000 packages per day. The express unit of Deutsche Post World Net said the center stakes a claim in the rapidly growing teleshopping business that depends on short distances and fast deliveries.
DHL Global Mail made improvements to its residential postal parcel delivery services to Latin America in response to dramatic increases in e-commerce and mail order shipping to the region. The Plantation, FL-based company said it has reduced delivery times and enhanced customer service capabilities by offering improved “track and trace” features. The track and trace capabilities allow e-commerce and other online retailers to check the status of their parcel via DHL Global Mail’s Web site. The product also includes customs clearance and returns notification.
Read MoreRoyal Mail is to meet with the Communication Workers Union within the next few weeks to discuss increasing the amount of unaddressed mail carried by the union’s postal worker members. The move would be a breakthrough for door-drop clients frustrated that Royal Mail limits delivery of unaddressed mail to three items a household each week. For Royal Mail to take advantage of growing demand for door-drop media, it first needs to persuade postmen to carry the extra door-drop weight on their rounds. The news emerged at the Direct Marketing Association’s Door Drop Marketing conference, held on June 6, where some speakers criticised Royal Mail, accusing the postal service of inflexibility.
Read MoreCatherine
Some info for the library re JD Williams becoming TNT Post:
1,500 couriers
Plan to have 80 depots
Hub will be in Nuneaton
Re-branding and full integration of JD Williams planned to be completed by 28th August 2006
Currently JD Williams trunking has been done by DHL – will in future be done by TNT Logistics – NOT TNT Express
There are 30 Regional Managers managing the courier network.
They will be targeting Packets – defined as things that will go t through a letter-box
and Parcels – things that won’t!!
He will be getting a colleague who will be working along side him and he will focus on the packets business and she (Cecile someone form Amsterdam) will focus on parcels.
Robin
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