Tag: Courier/Express/Parcels

Mory Group sets up in Asia

Mory Group keeps widening abroad, by directly opening wholly owned offices in Asia, through Mory Overseas Asia entity.

Mory Group strengthens its positioning as a major player in Overseas transportation, by being now settled in Hong Kong, Shanghai and Ningbo.

With common activities of Sea Freight and Air Freight, the Mory Overseas Asia offices also offer you logistics services as well as extra-services (purchase / sale of textile quotas, managed by the Hong Kong office, which is also an accountant centre Hkg / China), and guarantee you an optimal service level (Class A International license).

Mory Overseas Asia also provides you the physical presence of professionals and experts, who perfectly know the cultural and administrative habits of each country, in each of our offices.

You hence have the guarantee that each transportation order is managed by a known contact, who has the expertise of his sector, and who is available and reachable at any time.

Finally, Mory Overseas Asia gathers a whole network of Agents in China, in the main ports and airports.

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Mory Group strengthens its positions in North Africa

In order to strengthen its position in North Africa, Mory Group –which is already managing a logistics warehouse in Tunisia- just opened a new warehouse located in Casablanca, Morocco.

The Governor of the Moroccan King as well as numerous local officials was there, in order to inaugurate with the CEO Alain Beau, on the 14th of June, this new tool which is at the state of the art.

It is a real bet on future that is done today, which becomes reality trough the opening of additional 10,000 square meters. This customs-friendly warehouse allows Mory Group to offer its customers (from the textile industry, as well as pharmaceutical and automotive ones) services such as accustoming, transit and goods moving.

Mory Group thus offers its customers, through its Mory LDI subsidiary, a global offer, in the scope of an integrated network, which will guarantee to pursue the 30 to 40 pct growth from latest years.

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Mory Group: Press release from Alain Breau

This very important financial operation shows the desire of all Mory Group shareholders to support the group’s national activity to carry on its very active business development and its growth strategy.
With a global turnover in excess of 550 million euros, Mory Team is France’s leading national integrated parcel and groupage delivery network, operating 75 sites and employing over 3,700 people.
Mory Group, whose size doubled between 1999 and 2007 and which now operates in 15 countries, expects its subsidiary to increase its turnover by 8 pct and profit by 1 pct in 2008.

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Palletways acquires Italian operation

Palletways Europe Ltd, the parent company of Palletways UK has acquired the Italian operation it licensed out in 2002.
The development forms part of Palletways strategy to provide a dedicated and integrated pan-European network for the express delivery of small consignments of palletised freight and now means that the company controls all its networks in the UK and mainland Europe, which today comprise some 250 plus depots and 8 hub facilities, handling circa 20,000 pallets every day.
Palletways Italia has gone from strength to strength in the last five years and now has over 60 depots and two hub facilities in Bologna and Naples. As part of the acquisition Palletways has purchased land near the Bologna facility in order to construct a major new hub, which will accommodate future growth in volumes. The 15,000 sq metre hub facility will be fully operational by early next year and will be designed to handle express deliveries across Italy and to other parts of Europe served by Palletways. Said James Wilson, Chief Executive of Palletways: “This acquisition further reinforces our position as Europe’s largest network for the express delivery of small consignments of palletised freight and supports our expansion plans to create the first pan-European operation of its kind.
Palletways Europe Ltd has appointed Roberto Rossi and Bernardo Cammarata as Chairman and General Manager of Palletways Italia respectively. Both have extensive logistics expertise. Rossi was previously President of TNT Traco, in Italy and more recently world wide Chief Executive of TNT Logistics. Cammarata held senior operations posts for both TNT and DHL. Dr Antonio Giambrone has also been appointed as Director of Finance.

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Online shopping complaints rise (UK)

Complaints about the late arrival of online deliveries have risen by a third in the run-up to Christmas, according to a government advice service.

Consumer Direct says it has received 3,000 complaints in six weeks.

Royal Mail says the “vast bulk” of Christmas post will arrive on time and online retailer Amazon says its delivery success rate is above 99 pct.

Meanwhile, retailers reported Saturday was their busiest day of the year with sales exceeding expectations for many.

The UK’s 27 million online shoppers are expected to have spent GBP 15bn online in the run-up to Christmas Day – up 60 pct on last year, according to Interactive Media and Retail Group (IMRG), the industry body for the electronic retail community.

Online retailers use a variety of courier companies to make deliveries to customers, as well as Royal Mail.

Amazon says it has been dispatching 750,000 parcels a day in the run-up to Christmas.

Royal Mail has predicted that it will deliver a record 120 million items ordered over the internet this festive season – double the number handled three years ago.

In total, it expects to deliver some two billion items of Christmas post.

Royal Mail’s workforce has been boosted by an extra 20,000 members of staff in the four week run-up to Christmas, with more than 2,000 staff taken off non-operational duties to help with deliveries.

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