Tag: Courier/Express/Parcels

Postal And Courier Services Market Of Lithuania Up 19.6 percent in 2008

Posted by | Jun 6, 2008 | |

According to income received over the first quarter of 2008, the entire postal and courier services market advanced 19.6 percent from this period of the previous year from 52.6 million litas (15.23 million euros) to 62.9 million litas (18.22 million euros).

According to information presented by the Communications Regulatory Authority (RRT), the courier services segment increased by 25.1 percent, from 30.6 million litas (8.86 million euros) to 38.3 million litas (11.1 million euros) in and the postal services segment grew by 11.9 percent, from 22.0 million litas (6.37 million euros) to 24.6 million litas (7.12 million euros) from the respective period of the preceding year.

In Q1 this year, the revenues of the company Lietuvos Pastas for postal and courier services increased by 12.6 percent from 23.9 million litas (6.92 million euros) to 26.9 million litas (7.79 million euros) year-on-year. The revenues of other suppliers of postal and courier services advanced 25.3 percent from 28.7 million litas (8.31 million euros) to 36.0 million litas (10.43 million euros).

According to the data of Q1 2008, Lietuvos Pastas dominates on the market in the distribution of postal correspondence – it covers 74.9 percent of sent and 92.4 percent of received postal correspondence market.

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2008 UK Market Analysis Transport, Distribution & Logistics

Posted by | Jun 6, 2008 | |

2008 UK Market Analysis Transport, Distribution & Logistics

This report goes way beyond simple commentary and first level analysis, listing leading organisations in the sector covered and spotlighting those in defined phases of change. The Transport, Distribution and Logistics sector could more correctly be described as the Transport and Logistics sector Transport relates to the movement of people or freight, whilst Logistics relates to the theory and science behind the planning, implementation and management of the efficient movement of goods and people, as well as their temporary storage as part of the transportation process. Transport and Logistics is an area of the UK economy showing particularly strong signs of growth.

This report deals with the UK market for the physical distribution of goods and people. The freight elements include all modes of freight transport (air, sea, road, rail and pipeline), as well as other activities that form part of the supply chain, such as the national post and courier companies, cargo handling, storage and forwarding, as well as sea and airport activities. We estimate that the total value of the UK Transport, Distribution and Logistics sector will be GBP 80 billion in 2008, provided the global economies do not undergo a full blown recession, this would be up by 4% from an estimated GBP 77 billion 2007. GBP 80 billion is the total of the UK turnover for all companies operating in this market.

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DHL turns off the lights for World Environment Day

Posted by | Jun 5, 2008 | |

DHL has launched the DHL “Lights Off” initiative on World Environmental Day, designed to drive environmental consciousness among employees by turning off their lights in DHL offices across the world for one hour.

Emblematic of DHL’s commitment to reducing its environmental impact, the initiative is part of the company’s GoGreen Program that was launched in April this year. The program brings together all elements of its climate change initiatives and will work to improve DHL’s carbon efficiency by 30 percent by 2020 when compared to 2007 levels.

“Lights Off” aims to increase the environmental awareness of DHL employees and promotes the responsible use of energy. DHL encourages staff to adjust their daily habits in terms of paper, water and resource usage thereby contributing to making it a more environmentally-friendly company.

“Lights Off” is one of many projects within the GoGreen offering that works to facilitate a long-term cultural change toward being more environmentally responsible. For example, DHL has been engaging employees to reduce their environmental impact through a driver awareness program – helping drivers to understand the significant impact their driving behavior can have on DHL’s fuel efficiency. Further DHL offices worldwide organized various awareness campaigns to provide employees with the opportunity to adapt and demonstrate more sustainable practices in their daily lives.

The World Environment Day, held each year on June 5, is one of the principal events through which the United Nations stimulates worldwide awareness of the environment and enhances political attention and action

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Foster's and DHL Express join forces

Posted by | Jun 4, 2008 | |

Foster’s Food Fair IGA and DHL Express have entered into a strategic partnership, which enables the courier company to offer its services at The Strand branch of the supermarket chain.

The partnership, which came into effect Friday, 30 May, will provide an alternative drop location to DHL’s office in Mary Street, according to a press release. In addition, the arrangement will increase the variety of services offered to the supermarket’s customers.

Kevin Loughery, Marketing Supervisor with the supermarket, explained to Cayman Net News that the decision “enhances the one-stop-shop experience for customers”.

He explained the rationale behind the partnership was “to give the population of Cayman better access to services and to broaden and extend our customer base”.

DHL Country Manager Simon Fenn said in the press release he was excited at the partnership that “expands our reach and provides better access to our services for our customers”.

Mr Loughery pointed out that the arrangement with DHL brings to four the number of major business partners with which Foster’s currently works. The supermarket started increasing services to customers in the 1990s by entering into partnerships with various providers.

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GLS reports positive results (NL)

Posted by | Jun 4, 2008 | |

General Logistics Systems B.V. (GLS), Amsterdam, reported its 2007/08 results with strong sales and volume increases and profits in line with expectations.
GLS increased its sales to 1.75 billion euros – an increase of 9.2 per cent. The number of parcels handled totalled 335 million, representing a new record. EBITA at 172 million euros was in line with expectations.
GLS invested approximately 47 million euros in capital expenditure in 2007/08. In addition to France and Romania, new hubs and depots were opened in Austria and Poland; and additional franchise depots were acquired in Italy. The integration of GLS Belgium Distribution (formerly ABX BELGIUM Distribution) into the GLS system is also progressing as planned.
In 2008/09, GLS is planning network investments totalling 94 million euros – with significant investments in Germany, Poland, the Netherlands and France. The focus will be on rolling out industrial parcel production processes throughout the network as well as implementing new solutions for the “last mile” in B2C business. Other priorities will be the expansion of the GLS national and international express product offering, and GLS will continue to pursue global partnerships such as the recent cooperation agreement with Gati Ltd. in India.
GLS is expecting the European CEP market to grow at a moderate rate of ca. 3.5 per cent. In its international business, GLS Group is planning double-digit growth rates.

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