Tag: Courier/Express/Parcels

GeoPost UK tanking ahead of the rest

Posted by | Aug 4, 2003 | |

Parceline and Interlink Express’ parent company GeoPost UK is investing over £300 000 in upgrading and replacing its fuel tank facilities, in order to meet specifications stipulated in the Control of Pollution (Oil Storage) (England) Regulations 2001 legislation, prior to the September 2005 deadline.

The legislation requires that ‘companies/persons in control of oil ensure that storage tanks are designed to certain specifications and, precautions are taken in preventing pollution of any waters’. GeoPost UK is half way through its three-year plan upgrading all fuel tanks located across its owned depot network

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Deutsche Post's CEO confirms continued intention to crack the US

Posted by | Aug 4, 2003 | |

Deutsche Post’s freshly reiterated expansion plans in the US are encountering fierce resistance from the dominant players in the North American parcel delivery market, UPS and FedEx. But US market forces could present a larger and more difficult hurdle than anything that UPS and FedEx can throw at Deutsche Post in court.

Deutsche Post World Net, the German postal and logistics provider, has pledged to prevent its US competitors from derailing its expansion plans in the US package delivery market. Speaking at a press conference announcing the company’s first-half earnings, Deutsche Post’s chief executive Klaus Zumwinkel said business remained strong despite continued economic weakness in Germany. He also reiterated plans to expand into the US delivery market, in what could be viewed as a message for rivals UPS and FedEx.

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Asian Posts, USPS, Australia form express alliance

Posted by | Aug 3, 2003 | |

Postal services in Japan, the United States, South Korea, China, Hong Kong and Australia have formed an alliance to speed up express parcel delivery as competition sharpens with private-sector couriers. Japan Post, are quoted on saying, the entities reached an agreement at a meeting in June in Washington to expand areas for next-day delivery and for services to set delivery times as well as to reinforce parcel tracking among others. Japan Post offers express courier services under the EMS brand.

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DOT order limits scope of DHL inquiry

Posted by | Jul 31, 2003 | |

The U.S. Department of Transportation issued a decision that had something for everyone in the controversial DHL Airways case, which pits the world’s express giants against each other. In a victory for Deutsche Post World Net, owner of DHL International, the DOT ordered the administrative law judge conducting the inquiry to focus solely on the current ownership of DHL Airways, now Astar Air Cargo.

But in a victory for FedEx and United Parcel Service, the DOT dismissed Astar’s motion to terminate the entire proceeding.

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