Tag: Courier/Express/Parcels

Chronopost extends French regional network

Posted by | Nov 21, 2007 | |

La Poste’s French domestic express subsidiary Chronopost has further extended its regional network under its ongoing network restructuring.

Chronopost said it has opened a new facility close to Nimes to strengthen its presence in the southern region of Languedoc-Roussillon. The facility will handle the distribution of some 1,200 parcels daily and 250 collections. This is its 16th opening in France this year, including the regional hub at Lyon-Corbas and a 2,600 sqm depot in Marseille.

Chronopost, which is restructuring its domestic network around five hubs and 68 local centres, has invested EUR 120 million in the network since 2005. Its new EUR 50 million, 13,000 sqm national hub at Chilly-Mazarin, south of Paris, due to open in early 2008, will handle about 60 pct of its domestic shipments.

Meanwhile, Exapaq, the small parcels carrier acquired by La Poste in early 2006, opened two new facilities strategically located for traffic to Germany and Italy earlier this year, giving its six hubs across France with total capacity to handle 260,000 packages per day.

The fully-automated sorting centre at Beaune in Burgundy, with maximum capacity of 12,000 packages per hour, serves as a connection point with Germany and the DPD network. The Saint-Rambert hub, in the Drome region close to the Italian border, acts as an entry portal for all packages coming from Italy and as an exit portal for packages headed for Italy and Spain. This mechanized sorting centre has a maximum processing capacity of 8,000 packages per hour.

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FedEx launches new global advertising campaign

Posted by | Nov 21, 2007 | |

“Access – Success – Growth” These concepts are the creative force behind a new advertising campaign launched by FedEx today in key markets around the world, including: Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Italy, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Singapore, Taiwan and the UK.

The new ads take you “behind the scenes,” communicating some of the ways FedEx helps customers’ access opportunities in the marketplace – whether those prospects are in their local communities or around the globe.

“Since its inception, FedEx has established itself as one of the most respected and admired companies in the world – and in many markets, the FedEx brand is a household name that has come to stand for reliability and speed,” said Rajesh Subramaniam, senior vice president of International Marketing, FedEx Services.

“This new advertising campaign extends the strong legacy of the FedEx brand globally by reinforcing our commitment to delivering an outstanding customer experience consistently around the world.”

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United Parcel Teamsters ratify new five-year contract

Posted by | Nov 20, 2007 | |

United Parcel Service Inc. workers represented by the Teamsters approved a five-year contract with annual wage and benefit increases of about 4.1 percent, the union said.

The agreement, reached Sept. 30, was ratified by 65 percent of Teamsters voting, union spokesman Bret Caldwell said today in an interview. Atlanta-based UPS, the world’s biggest package- shipping company, is the largest employer of Teamsters.

UPS and the Teamsters agreed on terms 10 months before the existing contract expires, early enough to assuage customers who might have shifted to rival shippers if there was danger of a strike. The agreement covers about 240,000 UPS drivers, clerks and package sorters.

UPS hasn’t disclosed its costs for the contract, which takes effect Aug. 1. In addition to the wage and benefit increase, Atlanta-based UPS agreed to pay USD 6.1 billion before taxes to withdraw from the Central States Fund, a multiemployer pension plan for 42,000 Teamster members.

Five contract supplements that affect local Teamster units were rejected, and negotiations on those will resume, the union said. The supplement votes don’t affect the national agreement.

UPS will pay about USD 3.9 billion after taxes to exit the Central States fund, analysts have estimated. The company wanted to leave the underfunded plan to gain stability in pension costs. It agreed to fully fund a new plan run by the company and the union.

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DHL and RAC Auto Windscreens work 'through-the-night'

Posted by | Nov 20, 2007 | |

RAC Auto Windscreens, the leading automotive glazing supplier in the UK, has selected DHL Exel Supply Chain to optimize its deliveries to fitting centers across the UK.

DHL offers the company a comprehensive solution including a ‘through-the-night’ service platform that guarantees all 127 fitting centers daily deliveries of windscreens and laminate glass before 8.00am.

The re-engineered supply chain will significantly improve delivery times – leading to increased stock availability at the start of each working day and higher technician productivity at the fitting centers. The use of custom-made stillages – a steel roller cage tailored to carry windscreens and laminate glass – will drastically reduce the level of damages incurred before the introduction of stillages by DHL Exel Supply Chain.

DHL drivers will collect the windscreens from RAC Auto Windscreen’s central warehouse at Witton, Birmingham, for direct delivery or to DHL’s outbase facilities in Manchester, Avonmouth, Luton and Mossend. At these outbases the stillages will be reloaded onto rigid vehicles for onward delivery to the remaining fitting centers across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

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USPS to deliver 20 billion pieces of mail

Posted by | Nov 20, 2007 | |

In two short days, the U.S. Postal Service begins to deliver 20 billion pieces of mail across the country and around the world, a task that requires more than 200,000 trucks, a 30 percent increase in air cargo transport, 37,000 Post Offices and 700,000 employees.

All to make sure that holiday cheer arrives on time.

The Postal Service expects to deliver 20 billion pieces of mail between Thanksgiving and Christmas this year, with the busiest mailing day set for Monday, Dec. 17. More than 275 million cards and letters should be mailed that day, more than three times the average daily volume of 82 million. Total mail volume (cards, letters, catalogs, packages, magazines) for the busiest day should approach 1 billion, up from an average daily volume of 703 million pieces.

The busiest delivery day will be Wednesday, Dec. 19. Staff at the National Operations Center report for “24-7 duty” on Dec. 1 to help navigate, literally, mail movement around the world.

In addition to the logistics of moving and delivering all this mail, the Postal Service will have extended hours at more than 7,000 Post Offices. Customers will be able to purchase stamps online or at more than 55,000 alternate access points, including banks, grocery stores, drug stores and Automated Postal Centers (APCs).

APCs handle 80 percent of the same transactions customers can conduct in a Post Office and are open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, for added customer convenience. Packages can be mailed regardless of Post Office hours using these self-service kiosks, located in thousands of Post Office lobbies across the country. APCs are as easy to use as an ATM, but without the fees. Many APCs let customers conduct business in Spanish.

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