Tag: Courier/Express/Parcels

DHL offers recipient ID and age checks for German parcels

Posted by | Jun 30, 2008 | |

DHL Parcel Germany has extended its product range with an optional new service for domestic delivery providing identity and age verification for shipments that contain expensive or sensitive goods.

When handing over a parcel to the recipient, the DHL courier can cross-check the identity card of the recipient with the identity provided by the shipper, and record the personal data in the held-hand scanner. If the shipper also requires age verification, the DHL worker checks if the recipient has reached the required minimum age.

“It is becoming increasingly important to shippers and recipients that the goods they ship do not fall into the wrong hands, especially when it comes to products such as mobile phones, computer games, videos or pharmaceuticals,” explained Dr. Andrej Busch, DHL Parcel Germany board member. “With the identity and age verification we ensure from now on that these parcels are only handed over personally to the recipient,” he added.

The new service responds to the growth in online distance trading in recent years. In particular, there has been a strong increase in online orders of products that require a thorough verification of the recipient and his or her age in line with legal regulations.

The DHL identity and age verification service provides the appropriate solution for the relatively anonymous ordering procedure via the internet. For this purpose, the shipper has to transfer the respective data of the recipient electronically to DHL in advance.

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Deutsche Post World Net issues new Sustainability Report

Posted by | Jun 30, 2008 | |

Deutsche Post has released its new Sustainability Report titled “Changing Ways.” It focuses on current and planned projects in the core areas of the environment, employees and social responsibility.

Operating in nearly all countries around the globe, DHL also assumes responsibility for global challenges like climate change, the increasing scarcity of natural resources such as oil and relief efforts after natural disasters.

The CO2 efficiency of Deutsche Post World Net and its transport contractors is to be improved by 30 percent by 2020.

This means that emissions per mailed letter, per shipped ton and per square meter of used space must be reduced by nearly one-third compared with 2007. The report explains how the group will reach this goal.

Another pillar of the group’s sustainability strategy is to become the employer of choice for its more than 500,000 employees. “Our employees’ satisfaction, health and safety are top priorities,” says Personnel Director Walter Scheurle. A “Corporate Health Policy” has governed group-wide work and health protection around the world since 2007.

To ensure that Deutsche Post World Net employees travel safely, the company has developed a binding “Road Safety Code.” A new international initiative – “Discover Logistics” – promotes the search for management recruits in the logistics area.

Deutsche Post World Net also uses its own network to provide help around the world. The strategic partnership with the United Nations forms the heart of this effort. These humanitarian activities focus on disaster relief and prevention as well as on programs to reduce child mortality. Together with UNICEF, Deutsche Post World Net has helped cut the number of malaria deaths in Kenya.

And “DHL Disaster Response Teams” have been formed to support relief efforts in crisis regions – in cooperation with the U.N. Development Program (UNDP) and the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).

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trans-o-flex opens new sorting centre with innovative green technology

Posted by | Jun 30, 2008 | |

trans-o-flex has moved into a new sorting centre for parcels and pallets in Dettingen (Baden-Wuerttemberg state) which is remarkable not only for its logistical performance, but also because of the environmental technology it incorporates. The new centre, built at a cost of EUR 8 million, went into operation on June 28.

Within the trans-o-flex network, the new centre takes the place of two previous sites: Kaufbeuren and Neu-Ulm. The sorting area covers 6,000 sq.m. and there are 750 sq.m. of office and ancillary space. The Y-shaped construction plan developed by trans-o-flex means that, while space is used economically, a large number of vehicles can dock onto the ramps. There are 78 ramps in Dettingen. The location has been planned and constructed by local Memmingen construction firm Josef Hebel. trans-o-flex has secured space for possible future expansion on the 30,000 sq.m. site – plans for the second stage of the building, with a further 700 sq.m. of sorting area, are already complete.

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Austrian Post Acquires Remaining Shareholding in German trans-o-flex

Posted by | Jun 30, 2008 | |

Effective June 30, 2008, Austrian Post will have acquired the remaining shareholding of 23.85pct in Praetorium Holding GmbH and its affiliated companies (“trans-o-flex“) from its current owners, the private equity funds managed by Odewald & Compagnie and Alpha Group. As a consequence, Austrian Post will own a 100pct stake in the German specialty logistics company trans-o-flex.

A 74.9pct shareholding in trans-o-flex was already purchased as per December 21, 2006. Subsequently, a further 1.25pct stake was acquired from the managing partners. The initial transaction in 2006 included a put-option for the minority interests, which were now purchased at the terms and conditions determined during the initial transaction. The total purchase price for the 100pct interest in trans-o-flex amounts to about EUR 79 million.

The market niches arising as a result of the dynamic change in the European postal market enables trans-o-flex and Austrian Post to position themselves as providers of specialised postal services, in particular specialty logistics. Austrian Post generally considers the specialisation of parcel and logistics services to be a promising, high growth segment. Austrian Post’s acquisition of the remaining shareholding in trans-of-flex reflects its ongoing business strategy to establish a bigger foothold in this field.

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New DHL Express Center offers greater convenience

Posted by | Jun 30, 2008 | |

DHL will on 1 July inaugurate a new package drop-off center in central Nagoya – the DHL Sakae Express Center.

The new drop-off center will enhance convenience for customers in the city center, complementing DHL’s standard shipment pick-up services.

DHL established the new Express Center in PRESS-TALK’s Fushimi branch, under a business entrustment agreement with Digital Printing Studio, Inc. (shop name; PRESS-TALK) a specialist in on-demand and small-lot printing that supports SOHO users, advertising agencies and production companies, by offering a wide range of services from data management and design to printing and binding. The DHL Sakae Express Center will accept documents and packages dropped off at the facility by DHL account holders.

Notably, the new Express Center offers the DHL Simple Pack service, an easy-to-use service featuring a simplified fee structure. The popular service offers dedicated envelopes and boxes, the shipment fees for which are not calculated according to weight but according to destination zone (Asia Pacific, America, or Europe / other regions).
These fixed fees are not subject to adjustments based on monthly rate fluctuations in jet fuel surcharges.

DHL currently operates 10 Service Centers (sales, delivery and collection centers) in the Chubu (Central Japan) region, but decided to establish a new Express Center to further enhance its services to customers in the Nagoya area.

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