Tag: Courier/Express/Parcels

GB wins appeal against European Court of Human Rights for night flights

Posted by | Jul 8, 2003 | |

A threat to the operations of air cargo and express carriers was lifted after a landmark court ruling that night flights do not violate the human rights of people living near airports. Great Britain won an appeal against a ruling by the European Court of Human Rights in 2001 that flights at London Heathrow between 11:30 p.m. and 6 a.m. had violated the rights of people living under the flight path of the world’s busiest international airport by disturbing their sleep. The ruling raised fears of bans across Europe that would hit all-cargo airlines and express carriers like DHL, United Parcel Service and FedEx Corp., which mostly fly at night.

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Deutsche Post eyes Blue Dart (India) – open offer likely

Posted by | Jul 8, 2003 | |

Even after the multi-billion dollar acquisitions of DHL Worldwide and Dansas, the German postal group Deutsche Post World Net seems to be hungry for more. It has been gathered that the company now intends to make an entry into the Indian domestic express business by making an open offer for Blue Dart Express. While the stake percentage to be bid for could not be ascertained, sources have it that the open offer may be around Rs 120. Blue Dart shares currently trade at Rs 78-83 on The Stock Exchange, Mumbai (BSE), with a 52-week low and high of Rs 52 and Rs 89 respectively. The company, sources said, has already appointed a merchant banker to work out the modalities of the open offer. When contacted by FE, DHL Indias country manager Chris Callen said that he was not in a position to comment on shareholder issues.

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DHL takes over distribution for Busak&Shamban

Posted by | Jul 8, 2003 | |

Busak&Shamban has commissioned DHL with the European distribution of its products. DHL, the fully-owned Deutsche Post World Net subsidiary, delivers from the Stuttgart distribution centre to marketing companies and customers of the manufacturer of top-grade sealing systems in Germany and throughout Europe.
“DHL offers us the complete range of logistics services and allows us to configure the shipping of our goods as effectively as possible,” says Marc Hellerich, Shipping Manager at Busak&Shamban, in describing the advantages of DHL as logistics partner.

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DHL Signs Swisscom Phone Contract

Posted by | Jul 7, 2003 | |

Logistic company DHL Solutions, a unit of Deutsche Post AG (G.DPW), said Monday that it has signed a four-year contract with Swisscom AG’s (Z.SCM) fixed-line unit worth CHF2 million a year. DHL Solutions will handle the repair, exchange and disposal of around 700,000 Swisscom telephones a year.

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DHL Plans Large Terminal at Incheon, S. Korea

Posted by | Jul 7, 2003 | |

DHL, the air express distribution company, “is planning to build a large-scale freight terminal at Incheon International Airport by the end of 2005 for use as its Northeast Asian logistics hub, the Ministry of Construction and Transportation said Tuesday. The freight terminal project, recently approved by the ministry-affiliated Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA), will make DHL the first multinational company to build a regional logistics hub in South Korea.

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