Tag: Courier/Express/Parcels

Deutsche Post aims to boost returns for subsidiary DHL in US

Posted by | Nov 18, 2003 | |

Deutsche Post, the German postal and logistics group, is aiming for the loss-making US business of DHL, its express delivery subsidiary, to achieve a return of at least 4% in a few years’ time. It is hoping for a secure third position on the US express delivery market, behind the two market leaders FedEx and UPS, and, with this aim in mind, it invested €1.05bn in the acquisition of the US company Airborne, which, alone, already ranked third on the US market having achieved turnover of €3.34bn last year. Synergies between Airborne and DHL will be targeted as a step towards improving profitability.

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African couriers, regulator agree on new fees

Posted by | Nov 17, 2003 | |

The postal regulator has reached a compromise with the courier industry over the “exorbitant” registration and licensing fees proposed for operators in draft postal service regulations.

The regulations have now been revised, and the postal regulator, Dupree Vilakazi, and his officials have been travelling around the country to get feedback from the industry on the latest draft.

It also emerged that government plans to open up the postal service market for private sector competition once the South African Post Office has fulfilled its universal service obligations.

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French Post to seize control over courier

Posted by | Nov 17, 2003 | |

GeoPost, part of the French La Poste, has expressed its interest in the Polish courier company Masterlink. “We would like to have a 100% stake,” said GeoPost’s vice-president Claude Begle. Masterlink is active on both the domestic and foreign markets, and is well known for its focus on specialized services.

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UPS trying to win USPS parcel traffic

Posted by | Nov 17, 2003 | |

UPS is trying to win parcel traffic away from the U.S. Postal Service and then give it right back.

The company is testing a new service called UPS Basic that will use the USPS’s own delivery network for the last leg of delivery in parts of United States, offering cost savings over regular postal and UPS Ground service in a bid to capture business from the USPS and consolidators.

The service marks a new step in the growing competition for ground delivery in the U.S. parcel market and FedEx says it is already talking with the Postal Service about a program of its own.

UPS and FedEx plan to exploit a provision in Postal Service operations that gives consolidators that deliver presorted parcels to postal facilities far cheaper rates than regular parcel shippers.

“This is a program that’s open to everyone,” Postal Service spokesman Gerry McKiernan said. “And UPS has decided to take advantage of it. I don’t have an opinion. It’s neutral. It doesn’t matter. We’re delighted to have customers.”

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Putting 'Express' into delivery

Posted by | Nov 16, 2003 | |

A touch of Kiwi hi-tech is tracking hundreds of thousands of brown paper parcels and express service jiffy bags as they are delivered to homes and businesses across Britain each day.

In a deal worth several million dollars, former Christchurch and now London-based iTouch Business Mobility has provided 2500 Parcelforce Worldwide drivers with hand-held computers that tell them where to go and what to do with their deliveries.

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