Tag: Courier/Express/Parcels

ABX Air says DHL plan would cost 6,000 ABX jobs

Posted by | May 29, 2008 | |

The president of ABX Air said a plan by DHL to hire United Parcel Service Inc. as its air cargo carrier in the United States is expected to cost 6,000 ABX workers their jobs at a freight hub in this southwest Ohio city.

ABX Air President John Graber told the Wilmington News Journal for a story Thursday that ABX Air’s night sort operations would be eliminated under the plan.

Graber and other ABX Air executives have been meeting with employees to tell them about the effects of the DHL plan if DHL succeeds in reaching a contract agreement with UPS.

The night airfreight operations would no longer be needed because UPS has its own system, he said.

DHL is the struggling U.S.-based express shipping unit of German postal service Deutsche Post AG. DHL contracts with ABX Air to operate the hub.

Messages were left at DHL Thursday and at ABX Air, a unit of Air Transport Services Group Inc., seeking comment from Graber. ABX Air spokeswoman Beth Huber said he was unavailable.

Huber said DHL told ABX Air officials Tuesday that it was going to reduce the aircraft it would need from the ABX Air fleet by 39 jets over a period of 12 to 18 months. She also said DHL said it was in negotiations with UPS, but that a deal had not been completed and ABX Air couldn’t speculate on it.

Graber told the News Journal that he projects ABX Air would have a work force of about 900 to 1,000 in Wilmington if the restructuring is implemented. ABX Air currently has about 7,000 employees at the DHL Air Park in Wilmington.

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Glasses Direct delivers by The DX Group

Posted by | May 29, 2008 | |

Over 600 Glasses Direct customers everyday now receive their glasses via The DX Group for a true first class service, providing secure next day delivery.
This specialised service ensures peace of mind for Glasses Direct customers as DX obtains a signature on delivery, and if this isn’t possible the glasses will be posted through your letter box and a three point identification criteria of the property noted. This provides Glasses Direct with the assurance that your glasses have been delivered to the right place.
The DX Group also offers a re-delivery service free of charge to Glasses Direct customers, so if for any reason the customer is not able to receive them, they can arrange to have their glasses re-delivered the next day to an existing or new address.
Other clients of The DX Group include the Identity & Passport (IPS) Office, members of the legal industry and major credit card & financial services companies, who need a fast and efficient service that is secure & confidential.
About Glasses Direct
Glassesdirect.co.uk is the UK’s largest internet prescription glasses retailer. Prescription glasses are extremely expensive in the UK; following an eye test costing up to GBp 20 a customer can expect to pay from GBP 50 for basic spectacle models and up to GBP 400 for designer eyeglasses and/or complicated lenses.
Launched in July 2004 by young entrepreneur Jamie Murray Wells, glassesdirect.co.uk sells prescription eyewear over the internet and by mail that significantly undercut high street prices, selling a range of eyewear with basic frames and lenses starting at £15, in total. The business is operated maintaining low overheads, and the savings are passed on to the customer. Glasses Direct won ‘Natwest Small Business of the Year’ in 2005. It is estimated that Glasses Direct sells a pair of glasses every 3 minutes around the clock.

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USPS exclusive carrier of packages to the last-mile for DHL

Posted by | May 29, 2008 | |

The U.S. Postal Service said that the international delivery company DHL will leverage an existing agreement to give the Postal Service exclusive delivery services to the last-mile in certain locations. The expanded agreement will build on the existing arrangement through a combination of the Postal Service’s Priority Mail and Parcel Select products.
Since 2003, the Postal Service has provided last-mile delivery for DHL in over 20,000 ZIP Codes nationwide through its Parcel Select service. This expansion makes USPS the exclusive provider of delivery service to DHL for 3,600 of the nation’s 46,000 ZIP Codes through use of Priority Mail and Parcel Select service.

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DHL India wins Frost & Sullivan Award

Posted by | May 29, 2008 | |

DHL India has been awarded the `Best International Logistics Service Provider’ and the `Best Brand Awareness in the Indian Logistics Industry’ for the year 2007 by Frost & Sullivan. This award is in recognition of its outstanding performance in customer experience and satisfaction for the year 2007.

Frost & Sullivan has been conducting studies on the logistics industry in India among various industry verticals to understand customer expectations with regard to their logistics service providers; also to benchmark current performance of the industry against these expectations. This year, a total of eight verticals were considered namely, Retail, Consumer Durables, Fast Moving Consumer Goods, Automotive, Automotive Components, Pharmaceuticals and Information Technology. Opinions from top industry participants from each vertical were taken into consideration.

Respondents were asked to rate each of their logistics service providers on various parameters such as general parameters, transportation, warehousing, 3PL and freight forwarding. Apart from these parameters, direct questions pertaining to brand awareness and best international service provider were asked. Best Brand Awareness and Best International Service Provider scores were based on top-of-the-mind responses for a service provider.

In both these categories, DHL topped with the highest score. The company scored on key parameters like ability to deliver on time, damage control of materials at warehouse and transit, consignment tracking facility and transparency in processes.

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Austrian Post reportedly to buy Bosnian parcel firm

Posted by | May 28, 2008 | |

Austrian Post has acquired the private parcel delivery provider 24-VIP Express Logistics Services d.o.o in Bosnia, the Austrian business daily Wirtschaftsblatt reported, citing a decision published by Bosnia’s antitrust authority.

According to Wirtschaftsblatt, a spokesman for Austrian Post did not deny the acquisition, but pointed out that the group can only confirm the purchase after the closing. The acquisition price was not disclosed.

24-VIP is Bosnia’s biggest private parcel company, with a market share of 10%, the Vienna-based newspaper further reported.

Austrian Post Chief Financial Officer Rudolf Jettmar already announced in November last year that Austrian Post would spend as much as euro 150 million to expand into South-eastern Europe.

In addition, the Austrian Post parcel subsidiary in Croatia, Overseas Express, entered a cooperation agreement with 24-VIP in the beginning of May. Overseas Express generated revenues of euro 30 million in 2006 and a net profit of euro 600,000 last year. It was acquired in 2003 and has meanwhile expanded its market share to 35% on the Croatian market according to the company’s information.

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