Tag: Courier/Express/Parcels

UPS Chairman wants US Postal Service to operate appropriately in the competitive marketplace

Posted by | Feb 11, 2004 | |

UPS Chairman, in written testimony to the House Government Reform Committee Task Force on the Postal Service said that he wanted “to call attention to the request that Congress enact postal reform to ensure that the Postal Service ‘operates appropriately in the competitive marketplace.’ This criteria is critically important to UPS, and it is essential to ensure fair competition in competitive markets, which include Package Services, Priority Mail, Express Mail, and International Mail. The timely and efficient distribution of core mail services, such as First-Class Mail, Periodicals, and Standard Mail, plays a vital role in this country and it is important that reform enable the Postal Service to be successful in this critical mission.”

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DHL CEO recommends productive cooperation with the private sector in the US

Posted by | Feb 11, 2004 | |

DHL CEO in written testimony to the House Government Reform Committee Task Force on the Postal Service said that “the Commission recommended that the Postal Service focus on its core strengths, particularly the first and last mile of its mail delivery stream, but, in other areas where Postal Service functions can be better and more efficiently performed by private sector companies, the Postal Service should outsource to the private sector.

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Industry Veteran Appointed as Managing Director of TNT Singapore

Posted by | Feb 11, 2004 | |

TNT, the leading provider of global express and logistics services, today announced the appointment of Edward Lau as managing director for TNT Singapore.
With more than 25 years of experience in the logistics and general management
industry, Lau has had extensive experience developing and managing customer
relationships in both local and regional leadership positions. He first joined TNT Singapore as Director of Marketing and Sales in December 2002. Lau is committed to sustain TNT Singapore’s business growth with a strategy focused on TNT’s strength in providing integrated express and logistics solutions.

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DHL hits Singapore Changi handling costs

Posted by | Feb 10, 2004 | |

DHL Worldwide have said that high ground-handling costs at Changi Airport, Singapore’s main international airport, are hindering expansion in the island-state.

Uwe Doerken, chief executive of DHL Express, said the DHL group, which has invested more than USD1 billion in the Asia Pacific region since 2000, was looking to further expand its operations here, but costs were a prime concern.

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Freightway dividend soars over forecasts

Posted by | Feb 10, 2004 | |

The 7000 mostly New Zealand shareholders who bought into Freightways last year are getting a bigger-than-forecast first dividend payment. The express freight company, which debuted on the NZX last September, yesterday reported a $8.5 million interim profit and will pay out $7.25 million, or 5.85c a share, as an interim dividend. Freightways has 1000 couriers across its New Zealand Courier, Castle Parcel and Poste Haste brands and will tonight load about 26 tonnes of airfreight in Auckland and 12 tonnes in Palmerston North onto dedicated aircraft. Freightways is casting aside the image of being a mature business as the power of its national network and 39.5 per cent share of the express package market, which delivers 90 per cent of its profits, becomes more apparent to investors. New Zealand Post has about 43 per cent of the market.

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