Tag: Courier/Express/Parcels

DPD expands network to Romania

Posted by | Aug 21, 2008 | |

DPD is further expanding its business in Eastern Europe: the Romanian courier and express parcel service company Pegasus is now part of the DPD network. At a press conference Arnold Schroven, CEO of DPD Dynamic Parcel Distribution GmbH & Co. KG and Pegasus CEO James Gray-Cheape announced details of the collaboration. Pegasus is one of the most successive Romanian CEP service providers.

GeoPost has been established for several years in the core European countries with its international brand DPD and is continuing to expand its network in the direction of Eastern Europe. Today DPD has the strongest road network throughout Europe. Arnold Schroven stresses, “Due to our clear growth strategy, more and more franchisees are deciding to operate under the DPD brand and benefit from our international size.”

Pegasus has 74 depots and a workforce of 200 in Romania. The company works together with around 250 service providers. Every day more than 6000 parcels are delivered throughout Romania. Pegasus was the first company to offer a door-to-door delivery service in Romanian towns and cities.

As a result of the introduction of the DPD standard, DPD CLASSIC services are also now available in Romania. These are a reliable and efficient solution for the simple dispatch of items within Europe. The services comprise defined delivery times, rapid transport handling and offer an excellent price-performance ratio.

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General Parcel opens new hub in the Czech Republic

Posted by | Aug 21, 2008 | |

Czech parcels carrier General Parcel Cechy, a subsidiary of Germany’s Geis Group, has opened its new central hub at Chomutovice, close to the capital, Prague.

The company has invested about EUR 5 million in the new parcel hub which includes a 2,100 sqm building. The new facility has capacity for up to 7,000 parcels an hour. It has 15 docks for loading and 5 docks for unloading of trucks including enough space to be expanded to up to two more truck docks.

“The new hub enables us to keep up with the increasing shipping volume which is rising by 30pct per year,” said Joachim Fink, managing director of the Geis Group.

The new central hub will handle only parcels while the former mixed hub at nearby Modletice will handle only freight shipments in future. The separation of parcel and freight handling will thus increases capacity at both hubs while still enabling the company to profit from the synergies provided by their close proximity, General Parcel said.

Daniel Knaisl, managing director of General Parcel Cechy, highlighted the good location of the new hub. “Our new facility is located about 2 km from the Czech main traffic axis, the D1 motorway from Prague to Brno. This is thus an ideal position for a central hub.”

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TNT Germany cuts Economy Express transit times

Posted by | Aug 21, 2008 | |

TNT Express Germany has enhanced its Economy Express service by cutting transit times for exports to about 30 countries over three continents.

“Economy Express” is a convenient option for less urgent shipment orders worldwide, TNT Express Germany said in a statement. The transit times for the service have now been significantly reduced including to the economically promising states in Latin America and South East Asia that are of special interest for many German companies.

The “Economy Express” transit times to Brazil have been reduced to only two days. Transit times for shipments to Argentina, Uruguay, Venezuela und Honduras have been cut by one day. In a similar way, the delivery of express shipments to South East Asia including Thailand, Cambodia, Bhutan und Laos takes two days less than before. For Indonesia and Philippines, the transit times have been accelerated by one day.

Furthermore, the flight times to destinations in the Caribbean have been reduced thanks to the new routings via Frankfurt. In addition, even the transit times to Oceania have been reduced with shipments from Germany arriving in the Solomon Islands, South West Pacific in only five days, a week earlier than previously.

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City Link in Major Expansion Programme

Posted by | Aug 21, 2008 | |

City Link has announced the opening of a number of new depots as well as the extension of several existing sites as part of a programme to expand the company’s nationwide depot network.

The company will open four new depots by the autumn and extend a further two depots.

New depots will open at Worcester, Norwich, Coventry and Stoke all by October in an aggressive build programme which will also see Cwmbran depot refurbished and the Oxford depot extended.

Stuart Godman, City Link’s Sales & Marketing Director, said: “These new depots will increase our capacity and will help us further improve our levels of customer service, which is at the very core of our operation. “The investment marks our commitment to continue to grow the business and provide our customers with exceptional service.”

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HDNL awarded second OnLine Green Award by IMRG

Posted by | Aug 21, 2008 | |

Home Delivery Network Limited (HDNL) has picked-up its second Large Supplier of the Year award in IMRG’s Online Green Awards. Following its success in 2007, the UK’s largest dedicated home delivery and collection service has continued to build upon its achievements in reducing its carbon footprint and increasing efforts to deliver 300,000 parcels to every postcode, every day in the most environmentally friendly way possible.

Company focus this year was to be greener at the grass root level of the business, with an emphasis on cultural change throughout their structure. This grass roots approach engages all 6,500 members of staff across 72 locations and has proved extremely successful, allowing the company to reduce its utilities carbon usage by 490 tonnes for the 07/08 financial period, with other savings being made across the company.

The change has included small scale initiatives such as staff reducing energy expenditure by turning off lights, closing down computers and machinery when not in use. The introduction of more hand held terminals, allowing signatures to be recorded electronically and increasing online parcel tracking has reduced paper waste.

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