Tag: Courier/Express/Parcels

FedEx launches Next-day delivery to Brisbane

Posted by | Nov 22, 2007 | |

FedEx Express (FedEx), a subsidiary of FedEx Corp. has announced the launch of a next-day delivery service between Auckland and Brisbane, Australia. The new service will reduce transit times for shipments to Brisbane substantially, from two business days at present to one business day, and will result in later cut-off times for pickups.

“We have introduced this service in response to the steady growth of New Zealand businesses in the Queensland market, especially those in the marine, education and health sectors,” said Rhicke Jennings, managing director, Australia and New Zealand, FedEx. “We see this new service as a further commitment to the New Zealand market, which is experiencing significant increases in shipments on the trans-Tasman lane.

“The enhanced service will provide customers with increased flexibility and greater convenience, as well as a competitive edge over businesses using other modes of delivery,” he said.

The new one-day service reinforces FedEx ongoing commitment to deliver the highest level of service to customers.

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Denmark Post nine-month profits drop

Posted by | Nov 22, 2007 | |

Post Danmark announced today lower profits for the first nine months of the year due to stagnating revenues and higher costs and also confirmed it expects a decline in full-year profits. But its parcels and express business continued to grow.

The Danish postal group saw January-September turnover rise to DKK 8,815 million from DKK 8,634 million over the same period last year, mostly thanks to consolidation of the Transportgruppen transport company.

But Ebit dropped to DKK 590 million from DKK 892 million over the same period last year and net profits fell to DKK 401 million from DKK 730 million. This was due to higher wages, increased transport costs and additional costs of DKK 130 million from a pre-pension programme at minority holding Belgian Post.

Post Danmark’s Courier, Express and Parcels business unit, including Transportgruppen, increased nine-month revenues to DKK 1,278 million from DKK 956 million last year but its operating loss more than doubled to DKK 155 million. This was largely due to higher transportation costs which outweighed the revenue increase

1 USD = 5.02338 DKK

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Launch of 'High Speed' Inbound European Logistics Service

Posted by | Nov 22, 2007 | |

On the 19th November Business Direct launched a new European mainland to UK air service.
The new service operates from the company’s outbound hub based at Airport Weeze on the Dutch-German border. Weeze has been chosen because of its strategic location to the major European Distribution centres of several global electronics, computer, materials handling, automotive and manufacturing companies.
This new air service delivers significant competitive advantage for Business Direct customers by providing them with through the night, pre 8am delivery in the U.K. Utilising the 4,000 intelligent drop box ParcelXchanges, in-boot service and two-man courier networks throughout the UK, Business Direct can provides a seamless, highly secure, in-night service, with full track and trace capability. This enhances engineers productivity and significantly reduces customers inventory holding, warehousing and distribution costs

“The unique benefit of this new European through the night service, is that we can tailor make it to meet the exact needs of each customer and add significant value to their UK operation.” commented Paul Carvell Chief Executive of Business Direct. “With a high quality infrastructure and reputation for service excellence in the UK this is a major development of our business targeted at those companies who have large scale service engineer and parts delivery requirements in the UK.”

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Fuel costs take a toll on holiday shipping fees

Posted by | Nov 22, 2007 | |

FedEx, UPS and the Postal Service have all increased prices to help counter the higher fuel costs they are paying.

For years, UPS and FedEx have added a surcharge based on the price of diesel and jet fuel which can make shipping costs fluctuate. With crude oil prices hitting record highs, the recent movement in shipping prices has been up — way up.

Anything shipped by air after Dec. 3 will have a 17.5 percent surcharge added to it by UPS or FedEx. For ground delivery, a 5.25 percent fuel surcharge will be added to the companies’ base rate.

The add-ons mean a 2-pound package shipped from Raleigh to Albuquerque, N.M. for two-day delivery in December will cost USD 21.79, up from about USD 17.49 a year ago via UPS express. The same parcel on FedEx will cost USD 18.21, up from USD 16.68 a year ago.

The higher fees include increases in base shipping rates that rose 4.9 percent for UPS and 3.5 percent for FedEx this year. But most of the increase can be blamed on higher fuel costs.

A year ago, the UPS and FedEx fuel surcharge for express delivery in December was 11.5 percent. The ground delivery surcharge was 3.5 percent.

Still, both UPS and FedEx expect record volumes this year. FedEx expects to deliver 11.3 million packages on peak days before Christmas and UPS expects to deliver 22 million.

The Postal Service raised rates by an average of 8.5 percent in May to cover anticipated fuel price increases. It expects to deliver 20 billion pieces of mail, including packages, between Thanksgiving and Christmas, spokesman David Partenheimer said.

The Postal Service offers an USD 8.95 flat rate for two- or three-day priority delivery for most packages, up from USD 8.10 a year ago. The rate is for domestic mail but also applies to people sending gifts to relatives in the military overseas, regardless of the size or weight of the package being shipped.

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TNT says unclear if it ever had data

Posted by | Nov 21, 2007 | |

Dutch mail company TNT said there was no way of verifying if a shipment with personal data of 25 million Britons and believed lost was actually sent through the mail system it operates.
TNT runs an internal mail system for HM Revenue and Customs, the tax authority, that carries up to 100,000 mail items each night.
Chancellor Alistair Darling told parliament on Tuesday that two discs containing information on 25 million Britons had disappeared after being sent through the mail system.
TNT said the system offered the option for the sender to choose a service that offers full track and trace of a shipment, but for the shipment in question, that option was not selected.
“General mail does not carry a track and trace mechanism and hence it has been impossible, in this instance, to conduct an audit to identify if the item entered the system,” the company said.
TNT said it was cooperating fully with the tax authority and the Metropolitan Police in the investigation into the missing computer discs.
TNT shares were down 3.3 percent at 25.62 euros by 3:40 p.m.
“It’s embarrassing, it was sensitive mail,” ING analyst Axel Funhoff said.
Funhoff said it was unlikely, however, that TNT would lose customers as a result.

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