Tag: Asia

China Post Logistics Co. Ltd. and Hongkong Post Partnering for Logistics Service Provision in Greater China

Posted by | Apr 18, 2008 | |

The Postmaster General of Hongkong Post, Mr Tam Wing-pong today (April 18) announced the opening of the Hongkong Post Logistics Centre (Tuen Mun), which will provide warehousing and logistics service for the clients of China Post Logistics Co. Ltd.

The Vice President of China Post Group, Mr Liu Mingguang, and the Deputy General Manager of China Post Logistics Co. Ltd., Mr Li Kai, were invited as the guests of honor at the opening ceremony.

Mr Liu said, “China Post Logistics Co. Ltd. was established as a professional 3PL service provider by China Post Group in January, 2003. With the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding for Closer Business Co-operation between Hongkong Post and China Post Group in January 2007, we have fostered stronger collaboration in the logistics service by positioning Hongkong Post as the local logistics service arm and sales agent in Hong Kong when bidding for integrated logistics tender for Greater China Region and meeting growing market demand for cross border logistics service.”

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TNT Indonesia hoping for 50 pct increase in cargo

Posted by | Apr 17, 2008 | |

TNT has recently begun using the Boeing 747-400 ER Freighter, with a payload capacity of 110 tons, to serve its Southeast Asian, Chinese and European markets.

With four new Boeing 747-400 ER Freighters being put into operation last week, TNT now has a fleet of 51 aircraft.

“A Boeing 747-400 ER Freighter can fly directly from Europe to Singapore, traveling around 13,000 kilometers without transit,” TNT Indonesia sales and marketing manager Andry Adiwinarso said at a press conference Wednesday.

The new freighters, the largest in Asia, do not fly direct to Indonesia, Andry said.

Indonesia transports cargo every day to Singapore with feeder aircraft leased from the Malaysian based cargo airline Transmile via Jakarta and Balikpapan, he said.

“Indonesian freight served by TNT grows each year by around 15 to 20 percent. With the new large aircraft now available, we’re expecting the amount to increase by up to 50 percent a year,” he said.

Indonesia received around USD 188 billion from export and import trading last year, said Mahendra Siregar, a deputy to the Coordinating Minister for the Economy.

The main export commodities included electrical equipment, textiles and machinery.

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DHL first in Asia Pacific logistics industry to implement ISO standards across entire business

Posted by | Apr 15, 2008 | |

DHL announced that its freight forwarding business unit, DHL Global Forwarding, has become the first in the industry to fully implement two of the International Organization for Standardization’s (ISO) best known standards – ISO 9001:2000 for quality management and ISO 14001:2004 for environmental management.

DHL Global Forwarding’s entire operation in Asia Pacific, covering over 200 facilities across 14 countries, has received the full certification and is now aligned to ISO 9001:2000 and ISO 14001:2004’s globally implemented standards for quality management and environmental management systems.

The ISO 9001:2000 certification emphasizes DHL Global Forwarding’s consistent quality management processes which it has established and continued to develop to increase customer satisfaction. DHL’s internal processes go beyond the basic conditions set by ISO and include key performance indicators for all functions, compliance checks and reviews and customer feedback mechanisms.

In addition to this, 5 pct of DHL Global Forwarding’s staff has been trained as Lead Auditors. They regularly conduct internal compliance audits to ensure the continued effectiveness of the system and identify opportunities for improvement in service excellence.

The ISO 14001:2004 certification means that DHL Global Forwarding has successfully met the requirements for environmental management systems, and confirmed its intention to operate in an environmentally sustainable manner.

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Concerns over Chinese postal law

Posted by | Apr 15, 2008 | |

China should improve transparency of a new law governing the country’s USD 6 billion-a-year express delivery market, say executives at UPS. An updated version of China’s Postal Law, which was promulgated in 1986, is in its ninth version and has been a source of concern for foreign and domestic courier companies pitted againstChina Post, the incumbent.

Ken Torok, UPS Asia Pacific president, noted that transparency surrounding the law’s most recent drafts had deteriorated. There are concerns China could introduce a“universal tax” of 4 percent on overseasentrants.

Torok contrasted the opacity of China’s new postal law with a more open process in India, which is also revising its antiquated regulatory regime and posts drafts on the internet.“When they do that everyone has visibility,”Torok said. “We’d like to seemore of that in China.”

Uncertainty also surrounds how China intends to “carve out the monopoly”. According to an earlier draft of the law, only China Post’s express delivery arm would be allowed to deliver parcels weighing less than 150g– a restriction of particular concernto the incumbent’s domestic competitors.Last October, an increasingly vocaldomestic lobby of state-owned and privatecourier companies that competeagainst China Post took issue with theproposed limit.

Booz Allen Hamilton, a consultancy, estimates China’s express delivery market will reach USD 5.8 billion this year and USD 7.4 billion in 2008.

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DHL in talks with India Post

Posted by | Apr 15, 2008 | |

DHL and state-run India Post are said to be in negotiations to form some type of joint venture that would allow DHL access to India Post’s huge distribution footprint reaching across the entire country, according to Indian media reports.

In exchange for this delivery network, India Post would benefi t from DHL’s technological and organisational capabilities. Although DHL already has a very signifi cant presence in the market through its ownership of air express operator Blue Dart, its network is confi ned to urban areas. Nor does Blue Dart have a presence in the North East of the country.

While the fast growing Indian market has piqued the interest of all the major integrators, the market’s immaturity presents signifi cant risks, especially its regulatory regime.

There are presently plans being discussed by the Indian government to regulate all courier and express operators as well as impose a double-tax on them to fund the Universal Service Obligation (USO) of the Department of Posts.

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