Tag: Asia

Fedex to expand services to 100 more chinese cities

Posted by | Nov 1, 2001 | |

The U.S.-based express delivery company Federal Express (FedEx) will expand its services to 100 more Chinese cities over the next five years.
Eddy Chan, vice president of China & Mid Pacific Region of FedEx, made the announcement at an international forum for mayors held recently in north China’s Tianjin Municipality.
The business of FedEx in China has been snowballing since it made its debut in the country in 1984. It now can provide services to 190 Chinese cities, with its 11 flights shuttling between China and the outside world each week.

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Gradual opening of Japanese mail service draws support at study panel

Posted by | Oct 31, 2001 | |

Calls for gradually privatizing the mail service were dominant at a government-commissioned study panel meeting convened Wednesday to discuss steps to create a new public entity in fiscal 2003 to take over the state-run service, government officials said.
Many panel members supported opening the mail service to private companies in a step-by-step manner, as rapid privatization would undermine the current “universal service,” in which collection and delivery of mail is uniformly available anywhere in Japan, to the detriment of the planned public entity’s financial base, the officials said.
At present, the Postal Services Agency monopolizes the mail service. Planning to open the service to private businesses from fiscal 2003, the Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications has asked the study panel to recommend steps to establish the new public entity that will take over three postal services — mail, savings and insurance — from the government.

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DHL Invests $300M in China, Japan, Singapore

Posted by | Oct 29, 2001 | |

DHL Worldwide Express is investing nearly $300
million to enhance its ground infrastructure in the Asia Pacific region. The
investment is aimed at major markets in Greater China, Japan and Singapore,
said a statement received here.” The article states: “DHL will invest $82
million in an Asian hub in Hong Kong, $35 million in a Southeast Asia
gateway at Singapore’s Changi Airport, and $125 million in Japan, DHL Asia
Pacific chief operating officer Marc Duali said in the statement.

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Privatization of mailing service eyed in step-by-step manner (Japan)

Posted by | Oct 28, 2001 | |

TOKYO, Oct. 28 (Kyodo) _ The Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications plans to open the mailing service to private businesses in a step-by-step manner in fiscal 2003 when a new public entity is to take over the state-run postal service, ministry officials said Sunday.

At present, the Postal Services Agency monopolizes the mailing service, drawing strong calls from parcel delivery firms and other businesses to open the service to the private sector.

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DHL and Evergreen Air Cargo announce partnership

Posted by | Oct 24, 2001 | |

DHL World Express announced yesterday a partnership with Taiwan’s Evergreen Air Cargo Services Corporation (EGAC), which will soon provide the international express courier with air-side facilities in EGAC’s cargo terminal at CKS international airport.

The deal is part of an aggressive US$300 million investment program by DHL to enhance the company’s ground infrastructure so that it can strengthen its parcel handling efficiency in the Asia Pacific region and Taiwan.

“DHL adjusts the balance of its investment portfolio depending on where the demand for business is,” said Asia Pacific CEO Marc Duale.

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