Tag: China

Express giants see value in new Chinese Guangzhou base

Posted by | Aug 25, 2004 | |

The new airport in Guangzhou has made the city more attractive for air express companies to make it their hub, although none has done so yet.

Air express company FedEx Express signed a Framework Agreement with the Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport Company in December with the intention of making it its Asia Pacific hub, but the plan was changed when the Philippines made concessions to keep FedEx in the country, including giving the American company “seventh freedom” rights, which allows a carrier to fly to other destinations from a hub without first passing its home base.

FedEx Express president, Asia Pacific, David Cunningham said the company was still considering how best to expand its hub operations in Asia.

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Rivals fret as China Post unveils fast delivery bid

Posted by | Aug 25, 2004 | |

Foreign express freight operators on the mainland have voiced fair-play concerns over a new service launched by China Post to try to regain lost market share. China Post lost its monopoly under World Trade Organisation competition rules which allowed foreign companies access to the mainland market two years ago. China Post’s share of the burgeoning express delivery market has slumped from 97 per cent to under 40 per cent in the face of competition from DHL, FedEx, UPS and TNT. Now China Post is fighting back with a new all-night freight service between 136 cities in 27 provinces.

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Rivals fret as China Post unveils fast delivery bid

Posted by | Aug 21, 2004 | |

Foreign express freight operators on the mainland have voiced fair-play concerns over a new service launched by China Post to try to regain lost market share.

China Post lost its monopoly under World Trade Organisation competition rules which allowed foreign companies access to the mainland market two years ago.

China Post’s share of the burgeoning express delivery market has slumped from 97 per cent to under 40 per cent in the face of competition from DHL, FedEx, UPS and TNT.

Now China Post is fighting back with a new all-night freight service between 136 cities in 27 provinces. The service, without any increase in charges, will also focus on fast turnaround links between the hub of Shanghai and six major urban areas: Beijing, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Xiamen, Shenyang and Weifang.

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Japan Post eyes global deliveries: Corporation starting up Singapore service ahead of privatization in 2007

Posted by | Aug 16, 2004 | |

Traditionally focused on the domestic market where it enjoys a monopoly on mail services, Japan Post is turning its attention to overseas businesses, preparing to expand in the global market. It aims to become a major player in the world transport business after it is privatized in 2007.

The corporation plans to start by the end of this month its first international transport business, in partnership with Sankyu Inc., a major transport company. The service will be located in Singapore and import/deliver personal computer peripherals to consumers in Japan.

In another overseas initiative, Japan Post President Masaharu Ikuta met in June with Liu Andong, director of China’s Postal Bureau, in Beijing, to propose that Japan and China cooperate in a mail service to increase the postal business between the two countries.

The two stopped short of signing an agreement, due partly to hesitation on the Chinese side. But Ikuta’s visit paved the way for deepening relations between the postal authorities in the two countries, sources said.

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China Post launches overnight express mail service

Posted by | Aug 13, 2004 | |

China Post announces that it will formally launch overnight Express Mail Service (EMS) to make mails arrive on the following day among 27 provinces and 136 medium and big cities of China.

Overnight ENS means that the postal planes shuttle between the distributing center-Shanghai City-and seven important points-Beijing City, Guangzhou City, Shenzhen City, Xiamen City, Shenyang City and Wifang City of China and Osaka of Japan- to collect and deliver mails efficiently.

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