Tag: Courier/Express/Parcels

Korea Post and TNT Post Group set up alliance

Korea Post, South Korea’s postal service operator, said Monday it has signed a strategic partnership with TNT Post Group NV, the Dutch logistics and postal company.

The deal is part of Korea Post’s plan to expand its foreign parcel delivery service, the state postal service operator said in a statement.

Korea Post hopes to use its partnership with TNT Post Group as a foothold for its other overseas businesses.

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Express operator Nightline’s partnership with FedEx, which began in August, is already bearing fruit. “Over 1,000 Nightline customers now have seamless access to the FedEx network, ” says MD John Tuohy. Customers across the republic are now connected to the integrator ‘s EuroOne network and can expect two-day delivery across Asia and nextday or second-morning delivery to the US. Tuohy says FedEx traffic now accounts for 8% of his business, and Nightline has taken on 60 new staff. The FedEx brand is being added to Nightline’s fleet of 200 vehicles and to its depots.

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DHL begins mid east fleet evaluation to meet growing demand

DHLs plans for the region include new air destinations, improved and new build facilities at regional airports and a total upgrade of DHL’s Middle East air-road network, fleet and services. The news comes as DHL Middle East revealed that in the past 18 months, its regional aircraft fleet has doubled in size from 7 to 14 aircraft. “The review will dovetail with our future needs and plans, which includes a US $10 million infrastructure investment phase currently under way,” said David Wild, General Manager, DHL UAE.

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Dispute between DHL and US competitors intensifies

The dispute between DHL, the express delivery service owned by Deutsche Post, the German postal service, and its US competitors FedEx and UPS has intensified. UPS and FedEx have accused DHL of having exclusive agreements with two US airlines, Astar and ABX Air, and of controlling these two airlines. However, the two US delivery companies have now been accused of hypocrisy by those in the sector, who claim that their practices in Europe mirror those of DHL in the US: UPS has an exclusive agreement with Danish airline Star Air, while FedEx controls the German airline Express Airways.

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GeoPost selects Neopost for all its internet parcel shipping services

Neopost – Europe’s leading supplier of mailing solutions and logistics systems -and GeoPost – a holding company for the French and European parcels subsidiaries of La Poste – have signed an agreement under which Neopost will
supply its Cyberstation© system to GeoPost’s operational units (Chronopost
International, DPD, Tat Express etc.). The system has been developed by Neopost Logistics Systems, and the first service to use it is Chronopost International’s ChronoShip OnLine. Cyberstation© will enable customers of GeoPost’s operational units to prepare shipments, print the corresponding consignment notes and manage their address book over the Internet.

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