Tag: Asia

TNT sets up Malaysian security control centre

Posted by | May 11, 2006 | |

TNT Express has invested up RM1 million to set up Asia Security Control and Command Centre (ASCCC) in Petaling Jaya for its Asia Road Network. “The amount is part of the RM15 million investment for this year, including the upgrade and and expansion of our facilities in Johor Baru, Penang and Kuala Lumpur International Airport, which are scheduled for completion by year-end,” its managing director, Gerry Power, said at a media preview of ASCCC today. Power said the network would be extended to link over 120 cities spanning 4,000km once Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam are added later this year and China in 2007.

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Japan's Yusen and Yamato form joint venture to tap global courier market

Posted by | May 10, 2006 | |

Two top Japanese transport companies, Nippon Yusen KK and Yamato Holdings Co, said Wednesday they will form a capital alliance to fend off mounting international competition in air, land and sea delivery services. The partnership combines Japan’s biggest shipping company, Nippon Yusen, with its top door-to-door courier service, Yamato. Each company will buy 6 billion yen (USD54.1 million; EUR42.61 million) worth of shares in each other and set up a joint venture called Yamato NYK Global Solutions Co. to handle international logistics, the companies said in a release.

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DHL to quit Myanmar joint venture

Posted by | May 9, 2006 | |

Deutsche Post AG’s DHL affiliate will end its joint venture with an entity linked to Myanmar’s military dictatorship when the current contract expires at the end of 2006, the Burma Campaign UK said. DHL’s partner in Myanmar is the regime-owned company Myanma Post and Telecomms. The two companies started cooperating in Jan 1998, the Campaign said in a statement. No financial details were reported. ‘This is a welcome but long overdue move by DHL,’ said Yvette Mahon, director of Burma Campaign UK. In 2002 the regime expelled Federal Express, UPS and TNT and other smaller parcel carries, leaving DHL the sector’s sole player in the country. None of the other companies operated joint ventures.

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DHL to build spare parts logistics network in China

Posted by | May 2, 2006 | |

Hong Tao, the supervisor for supply chain and logistics of DHL’s Asia-Pacific Region, disclosed that the world-leading express magnate would earmark USD 200 million to build a spare parts logistics network in China. The upcoming network will comprise express logistics centers, to be respectively situated in Shanghai, Beijing and Guangzhou, and 16 strategic spare parts centers. The express logistics centers will be responsible for distribution of spare parts and components in their respective regions, while the strategic spare parts centers will offer spare parts distribution services within 2-4 hours for customers.

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Japan postal system to have more employees after privatization

Posted by | May 2, 2006 | |

Japan Post Corp. came up with a draft postal system privatization plan Tuesday calling for increasing the number of employees in defiance of the rationalization as a key goal of the privatization starting in October 2007. Under the draft plan, credit card business and sales of products offered by private insurers are among the new businesses envisaged after privatization.
Japan Post Corp., created in January to prepare for the privatization of Japan Post, a public corporation in charge of postal services, will become a holding company on Oct. 1 next year. At that time, the public corporation will be split into four units to be placed under the holding firm. Under the draft plan, the number of employees for Japan Post Corp. and its four units is projected at 263,500, some 6,000 more than the present number of employees for the postal system. The projected total consists of 133,000 for a post office network company, 109,000 for a mail service firm, 12,000 for a postal savings bank, 5,500 for an insurance company and 4,000 for Japan Post Corp.

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