Tag: Courier/Express/Parcels

TNT Hungary revenue jumps 26 percent in 2007

Posted by | May 22, 2008 | |

Net revenue of the Hungarian unit of Amsterdam-based express delivery company TNT jumped 26pc in 2007 as the result of a one-off project, managing director of TNT Express Worldwide Hungary Marton Jarosi said at a press conference in Budapest on Thursday. Mr Jarosi declined to reveal an absolute revenue figure.

The unit’s revenue rose well over TNT’s global revenue increase of 9.5pc in 2007.
TNT Express Worldwide Hungary spent a little more than HUF 300m on developments last year, including HUF 120m to build a 1,200-square-metre logistics centre in Szombathely, near Hungary’s border with Austria. The centre is the unit’s third in Hungary. TNT Express Worldwide Hungary also spent HUF 55m to upgrade its IT system and HUF 128bn on other infrastructure investments.

This year the unit plans to spend HUF 310m on investments, including HUF 83m on IT developments. Mr Jarosi said TNT is market leader on Hungary’s HUF 20bn a year express delivery market. The unit employs a staff of 459.

1.00 USD=155.313 HUF

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E-BOX decides to reinforce capital stock

Posted by | May 22, 2008 | |

The extraordinaire general assembly of E-BOX met on 20th May 2008, decided to reinforce the capital stock of E-BOX by a capital growth of EUR 910 K.

By not filing for bankruptcy of E-Box, the company preserves the potential value of its immaterial assets like patents, marks, models, software and the company believes it can continue to take advantage of the rights in the various procedures which opposes to La Poste group.

The company declared this will allow to continue the discussions with a big international group to propose new local logistic services.

The innovative technological solutions developed by E-BOX (M2M, real-time, single data, interworking of IF, automation) join economic efficiency and ecological urban logistics.

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Philippines to ask UPS to retain some operations after moving hub

Posted by | May 22, 2008 | |

The Philippine government will ask United Parcel Service Inc. (UPS) to retain some operations in the country after the U.S. logistics giant announced it was relocating to southern China, President Gloria Arroyo’s spokeswoman said Thursday.

UPS on Wednesday announced the planned transfer of its hub to a more centrally located USD 180-million facility to be built at Shenzen airport.

It said the move would place UPS closer to the center of the region’s economic activity and would improve customer service by reducing transit times across Asia.

The announcement represents a blow to the Philippines, which also faces a possible exit by Intel Corp., the world’s top chipmaker, from its second offshore assembly operations center in Asia.

Arroyo spokesman Lorelei Fajardo told reporters that the authorities at the Clark airport, where UPS had built its USD 300-million intra-Asia hub in 2002, were in talks with the U.S. company’s representatives to explore alternatives to its planned downsizing.

UPS said on Wednesday that it was “exploring placing alternative operations” at its Clark hub, located north of Manila, which it said would “continue to be a strategic location for UPS’s multi-hub network in Asia.”

Staff and flights would be reduced, company officials said, but they didn’t elaborate on the other alternatives.

Fajardo said the Clark International Airport Authority asked UPS to reorient the facility to provide systems patterned after its facilities in Louisville, Kentucky.

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UPS to lay off staff and restructure in Spain

Posted by | May 22, 2008 | |

UPS is planning to restructure its operations in Spain affecting 230 of the company’s 1,300 employees in the country, with the main outcome expected to be the closure of its Vallecas storage centre in Madrid, according to the Spanish newspaper Expansión.
UPS made a net loss of euro 890,000 on turnover of euro 169 million in Spain last year, the business newspaper wrote.

The restructuring aims at bringing UPS’ operations across several sites on to its installations in the district of Coslada in Madrid, which has recently been expanded.

The Vallecas storage center to be closed down has a workforce of around 180. In view of the expected layoffs, UPS Spain offered union representatives negotiations on the issues of early retirement and transfer to the facility in Coslada.

In total, UPS’ Spanish network has 140 customer service centres, 19 distribution centres, five logistics centres and 700 vehicles, according to the newspaper.

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DHL Japan fuel-cell car on display at ECO CAR WORLD 2008

Posted by | May 21, 2008 | |

DHL and pilot user of the Daimler AG (DAG) “F-cell” fuel-cell vehicle, was proud to contribute to the display of this environmentally-friendly vehicle by Mercedes-Benz Japan Co., Ltd. (MBJ) at the ECO CAR WORLD 2008 IN KOBE, which took place at Kobe Meriken Park from 17 – 18 May 2008.

DHL has been using the model since July 2006 as part of its ‘Green Logistics’ environmental initiative in Japan.

The “F-cell” vehicle will also be displayed at the ECO CAR WORLD 2008 IN YOKOHAMA, which will take place at Yokohama Red Brick Warehouse from 7 – 8 June 2008.

As part of DHL’s ‘Green Logistics’ initiative – launched in Japan in July 2006 – DHL Japan introduced the F-cell to its vehicle fleet.

The F-cell, the world’s first mass-produced fuel-cell car, is modeled on the Mercedes-Benz A Class and is powered by compressed hydrogen.

DHL has been testing the vehicle under actual working conditions by using it for the collection and delivery of documents in downtown Tokyo, especially in the bustling Otemachi district.

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