Annual report of the CRC – Analysis of the postal services market in 2006 in Bulgaria
Annual report of the CRC – Analysis of the postal services market in 2006 in Bulgaria
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Parcel providers to expand in Asia
DHL is investing USD 175 million to build the DHL Express North Asia Hub at the Shanghai Pudong International Airport in Shanghai. According to a statement from DHL, the development of the North Asia Hub is part of DHL’s “hubs and spokes” regional air network strategy. “Hubs like Shanghai, are optimally positioned to reduce transit times and distances within the regions but also ensure that the region is better connected with the rest of the world. Shanghai will provide added flexibility for its customers with guaranteed Time Definite morning delivery for more major cities in North Asia.”
In an interview with Bloomberg, Jerry Hsu, DHL’s president of Greater China, said, “It’s the right location with the resources in the Yangtze River Delta and China’s economic growth.”
The facility at Pudong should be opened by the second half of 2010.
But TNT is taking a different approach in Asia. Rather than focusing solely on air freight for small parcel shipments in Asia, TNT is focusing on developing a road-based network to reduce costs of shipping parcels across Asia.
In a recent Reuters report, Onno Boots, TNT’s managing director for Southeast Asia, says TNT is seeking a niche between fast-but-costly air transport and slow-but-cheap sea freight, which accounts for about two thirds of the intra-Asia market.
TNT’s plan is to develop a road infrastructure in Asia as it has done in Europe.
Read MoreTNT in talks with Airbus about launch of new-build A320 family freighter programme
Airbus is talks with TNT Airways about the launch of a new-build A320 family freighter programme, but the ongoing sales surge for the passenger version could threaten the project.
The Liege, Belgium-based express package carrier is planning a “massive purchase” of narrowbody freighters to replace its Boeing 737-300F fleet and support its growth plans, says the airline’s managing director Niky Terzakis.
The creation of a new-build single-aisle cargo aircraft would be a first for Airbus, which has so far only offered the A300-600F and A330-200F as factory-new freighters.
Terzakis says the discussions, which also involve leasing companies, envisage the production of standard passenger A320/A321s that would be ferried “green” to the EADS EFW plant in Dresden for the installation of the passenger to freighter (P2F) conversion kit that is being developed by the Airbus Freighter Conversion (AFC) joint venture with Russia.
The proposed TNT programme, dubbed G2F for “green to freighter”, is mainly focused on the A321 airframe due to its larger payload and volume, says Terzakis.
Sources say that some 2012 production slots had been earmarked for the first G2F airframes, but these are believed to have since been allocated to customers for the passenger aircraft.
Read MoreMRW adds franchises and wins CSR awards
Spanish express company MRW has further extended its network with new franchises during November and also gained more prizes for its social engagement.
The company now has 792 franchise outlets in Spain, Portugal and Andorra with the opening of new outlets in Getafe (Madrid), Valencia and Jerez de la Frontera.
Meanwhile, MRW owner Francisco Martín Frías has won an award from the Fundación Cándido for the company’s engagement on behalf of children and handicapped persons. In addition, the Castile branch of the Spanish blind persons organisation ONCE awarded MRW a prize for its Plan 2000, giving handicapped persons a free shipment each month. The company also won an award from the Vitoria-based Fundación San Prudencio for its social responsibility activities.
Since 1993, MRW has invested more than EUR 69 million in its “Social Action” programme and last year spent 1.5% of revenues on various social activities.
Read MoreDHL to create faster links between Asia and the rest of the world
DHL announced its decision to establish a USD 175 million DHL Express North Asia Hub in Shanghai, China. This new facility, to be located at the Shanghai Pudong International Airport, will build on DHL’s already extensive global network and provide better connections from Asia to the US and Europe.
The development of the North Asia Hub is part of DHL’s ‘hubs and spokes’ regional air network strategy. Hubs like Shanghai, are optimally positioned to reduce transit times and distances within the regions but also ensure that the region is better connected with the rest of the world. Shanghai will provide added flexibility for its customers with guaranteed Time Definite morning delivery for more major cities in North Asia.
DHL has been working to further boost its global aviation strategy, and provide better global transport links for its customers. This year it entered two important strategic partnerships: in June, DHL Express completed a strategic partnership transaction with air cargo carrier Polar Air, in which DHL Express holds a 49 percent stake; in September, DHL Express and Lufthansa Cargo also established a joint cargo airline. These partnerships, effective from late-2008 and April 2009 respectively, will enable DHL to meet the anticipated strong increase in demand for cargo space between Asia Pacific and Europe as well as the US, providing customers with assured long-term airlift capacity for their shipments.
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