DHL’s global chief Uwe Doerken has been visiting New Zealand to rally the troops and remind competitors that the Tasman belongs to DHL. “We’re a very important player on the transtasman and we intend to keep it this way,” he said after a presentation by the company’s regional sales team in Queenstown. The Deutsche Post unit, which runs its own aircraft between Australia and New Zealand, faces increasing competition from local companies.
Read MoreDespite the impact of the rising Australian dollar, global logistics company DHL Express is optimistic about its operations in Australia.
Last year, DHL posted double-digit growth and continued to snatch market share from local competitors to take a 40 per cent stake in the Australian logistics industry.
Visiting Australia for the company’s annual Asia Pacific conference, DHL Express global chief executive Uwe Rolf Doerken said the local arm was in the process of rebuilding its Sydney hub development at Sydney Airport – the cornerstone of its current domestic activity.
Read MoreFew organisations have held as prominent a place in the community as Australia Post. With a history stretching back to 1809, when an emancipated convict, Isaac Nichols, opened the first post office in his home in George Street, Sydney, the postal service now faces its most challenging period and the prospect that the deregulation of mail delivery even privatisation will be put back on the agenda.
Under Graeme John , a former Australian Rules player and coach with South Melbourne, Australia Post has embarked on an extraordinary transformation that is starting to help it shake off an image as a tired bureaucracy slowly losing its relevance.
It has overhauled the format and locations of its post offices and has implemented Future Post, an initiative to reduce mail processing costs in an effort to keep physical mail competitive with the enormous threat posed by electronic communications.
Read MoreAustralia Post and Qantas have acquired express road freight operator, Star Track Express, for $750 million.
The companies said the purchase would be made through a 50:50 joint venture and funded from net cash reserves and undrawn credit facilities.
Read MoreDeutsche Post, the German postal service, is reported to be planning to make a bid for Star Track Express, the Australian delivery service. Deutsche Post is already represented in Australia through DHL Worldwide Express.
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