Tag: Courier/Express/Parcels

US UPS once again features in WBENC’s Elite Eleven

Posted by | Mar 25, 2004 | |

For the fifth consecutive year, UPS has been named among America’s Top Corporations for Women Business Enterprises by the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC), the leading third-party certifier of businesses owned and operated by women. UPS’s inclusion in the WBENC’s Elite Eleven highlights the company’s effort to provide opportunities to women- and minority-owned businesses. In 2003, UPS spent more than USD187 million with women- and minority-owned companies.

UPS has ranked among WBENC’s Top Corporations since the lists’ inception in 1999.

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Express Postal COs expect no competition change in Latvia after EU Accession

Posted by | Mar 24, 2004 | |

The largest express postal companies operating in Latvia expect no significant change in competition once the Baltic state joins the EU on May 1 this year.

Baltic Logistic System CEO Julija Moreva said that all the potential competitors are already present on the Latvian market “and expecting a rise in the amount of shipments, there will be enough work for everyone.”

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DHL opens Latin America Ex-Log offices

Posted by | Mar 24, 2004 | |

DHL has opened two new Express Logistics Centers (ELCs) in Sao Paolo, Brazil, and Mexico City.

DHL currently operates 50 Strategic Parts Centers (SPC) in the region, and the original Express Logistics Center in Miami.

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Parking blitz hits delivery drivers; ‘Overzealous’ councils under fire as fines for courier firms soar by 78%.

Posted by | Mar 24, 2004 | |

New evidence of the massive rise in parking fines is revealed today. Private motorists in London have already been hit by an increase in tickets issued by parking attendants. Now firms delivering goods to shops, offices and the home are being targeted – and they warn that to stay profitable the extra costs will ultimately be passed on in higher prices for consumers. A survey by the Freight Transport Association (FTA) reveals that last year the number of parking tickets issued to delivery drivers in London soared by an average of 78 per cent. The value of the fines rose by an average of 86 per cent.

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Spanish Azkar Buys 60 Pct in Morata Logistica

Posted by | Mar 23, 2004 | |

Spanish transport and distribution company Transportes Azkar bought 60 pct in the regional transport and distribution company Morata Logistica y Transporte in Alicante province, eastern Spain, for an undisclosed sum, Azkar reported to the Spanish stock market regulator CNMV on March 23, 2004.

Morata Logistica had been a representative for Azkar (www.azkar.es) for the province before the acquisition.

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