Tag: Asia

China’s couriers take on the big players

Posted by | Nov 2, 2004 | |

Low-cost Chinese delivery companies are increasingly trying to take on global express carriers such as DHL and FedEx in China. Companies such as Golden Monkey Express, a Beijing delivery service, are strengthening their international network and beefing up services at home. Pony Express, which is also based in Beijing, even boasts an online track-and-trace service through a partner company. China Post’s EMS service and global express groups such as DHL, FedEx and UPS still handle the bulk of international shipments in and out of China. However, as foreign executives look to the domestic Chinese market, the low-cost delivery services are said to be making their mark. “(China has) this exploding market of little players . . . We’ve got a lot of very small, very aggressive people entering the market,” John Mullen, chief executive for Asia Pacific at DHL Express said.

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Michelin Siam awards contract to TNT Logistics

Posted by | Nov 1, 2004 | |

TNT Logistics has been awarded a contract by Michelin Siam Marketing and Sales Co., Ltd. to handle logistics functions for its two tyre production plants in Thailand, as well as its domestic and export warehouse facilities. The awarding of this contract further strengthens TNT’s position as a leading provider of logistics services to the tyre sector. Under the new contract, TNT Logistics will manage the material flows and clearance of tyres to and from Michelin Siam’s two production plants. TNT Logistics will also oversee the operation of Michelin Siam’s two main warehouses: its domestic warehouse and export warehouse.

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Metamorphosis of the Indian Post

Posted by | Oct 31, 2004 | |

Bright new blue uniforms in place of the old khaki (designed with the help of the National Institute of Fashion Technology – NIFT), eposts to tackle the onslaught of emails and an elaborate plan to transform the dull and vacant looking post offices into swanky shopping area. Indian post offices are all set for a face-lift.

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DHL to expand operations in Japan via Chubu Airport

Posted by | Oct 29, 2004 | |

Germany’s DHL International Ltd. said Friday it is aiming to expand its business in Japan by capitalizing on the opening of Chubu International Airport, a new international gateway to central Japan, in February 2005. Under its business plan through the end of 2005, DHL plans to increase its number of international parcel delivery transactions in Japan by utilizing the international cargo and passenger flights of its affiliated or partner airlines to and from the new airport, which is under construction on reclaimed land off Nagoya. Air Hongkong, an affiliate of DHL, will fly a cargo plane to and from Chubu International Airport. Northwest Airlines and Germany’s Lufthansa, both of which are DHL partner airways, will also cooperate with the German company.

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Technical problems threaten to delay privatisation of Japanese post office

Posted by | Oct 28, 2004 | |

Privatisation of Japan’s postal service could be delayed two years by the technical difficulties of developing a new computer system needed to split the business into four units. Masaharu Ikuta, president of Japan Post, said in an interview with the Financial Times that tenders for a new system – needed to split the giant organisation into mail-delivery, savings, insurance and counter services – could not go out until late 2005, meaning work would not start until 2006. IT consultants at IBM, Accenture, NTT Data and Nomura Research Institute estimate that it would then take three to five years to build the system, he said. “I reported to the prime minister (Junichiro Koizumi) that from those experts’ opinions, it would be difficult to start the system from April 1, 2007,” Mr Ikuta said. “If the system fails the moment it is inaugurated, it would be a nightmarish event right across the Japanese archipelago.”

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