Tag: Courier/Express/Parcels

IMRG launches go green, go online campaign

Posted by | Jul 27, 2007 | |

IMRG has launched a Go Green, Go Online campaign to raise awareness of the environmental advantage of shopping online. It has also awarded its first green awards – the OnLine Green Awards (OLGAs).

James Roper, CEO of IMRG says: “A growing body of research from around the world is proving that internet shopping can be green, and that its overall effect is green. The GO GREEN, GO ONLINE campaign aims to serve as a lightning-conductor for interest in this subject, to focus research, and raise awareness of the huge potential that the internet-enabled marketplace presents for further increasing efficiency and reducing waste.”

IMRG’s press release says: Shopping online can be very green by being efficient, easing congestion on the road network, and reducing emissions and fossil fuel consumption. Internet companies hold the secret to drastically reducing carbon footprints because they can monitor and measure everything they do and thus make real headway.

An important focus is the ‘Green Comparison’ of CO2 emissions between internet shopping and other retail distribution models: IMRG is a partner in the Government funded Green Logistics research consortium, whereby six leading universities will be conducting retail distribution research over the next four years.

The OLGAs were awarded as follows:

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Postal strikes 'threatening small firms'

Posted by | Jul 26, 2007 | |

Small firms are being caught in the crossfire in the row over jobs and pay at Royal Mail, a leading business group has warned.

The Federation of Small Businesses said strikes by postal workers were putting jobs at risk and urged the Government to intervene to end the dispute.

Last night, members of the Communication Workers Union launched a fresh wave of industrial action, which will be staggered over the next two weeks. The union said the aim was to hit Royal Mail hard at minimal cost to its members.
But FSB spokesman Matthew Knowles said: ‘Our research has found 94 per cent of small firms use the Royal Mail exclusively because the other mail providers do not see small businesses as lucrative,’ he added. The cost for small businesses of mail being delayed has been estimated at £2.5m for each postal strike.

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TNT to invest 7 million euros in Vietnam

Posted by | Jul 26, 2007 | |

The global express service provider TNT announced on July 24 that it would invest more than 7 million Euros over the next four years in its domestic express services in Vietnam.

The launch makes TNT the first international express mover in the country to introduce and offer premium express services.

Part of the investment will go towards additional vehicles and new hires. The company will also open five more branches in Bac Ninh, Vinh Phuc, An Giang and Ca Mau provinces to support the service, increasing the total number of TNT’s location in Vietnam to 23.

As with all its services, TNT offers an integrated and comprehensive range of services including door-to-door express delivery of documents, parcels, and freight.

“Fast-tracking our growth in Vietnam supports our growth strategy to focus on enhancing the efficient flow of goods and information across borders, facilitating our companies’ access to other international markets, in particular, China,” said Ommo Boots, regional managing director for TNT Asia.

Ommo Boots, regional managing director for TNT Asia said the domestic service also supports the recent expansion of TNT’s Asia Road Network into Vietnam which will prepare the company for accelerated high double-digit growth as part of its strategic agenda for the next three to five years.

TNT also plans to expand the Asia Road Network to reach China through the northeastern border of Vietnam by the end of this year.

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International express mail growth spurred by Kahala Posts Group

Posted by | Jul 26, 2007 | |

An international alliance of eight national postal administrations is marking the two-year anniversary of its date-certain, guaranteed international Express Mail Service (EMS) by expanding to new member countries and paving the way to launch new products.

Kahala Posts Group (KPG), a collaborative network of the postal administrations of Australia, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Spain, the United Kingdom and the United States, accounts for almost half of the world’s total EMS traffic. With delivery to more than 261 million addresses, 8 billion post code combinations and service available at more than 142,000 retail locations, KPG provides a powerful network and consistently high delivery standards.

At its annual meeting today in San Francisco, KPG reported growth of more than 40 percent in volume for its date-certain, guaranteed EMS service since inception of the alliance.

KPG members integrated their operational and information technology networks to provide date-certain international EMS beginning in July 2005. Backed by a guarantee and reliability on par with private couriers, the product has helped national posts regain share in the international package marketplace, and has proven especially popular with small to medium business sector customers.

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UPS Freight's Fain to assume broader freight sales responsibilities

Posted by | Jul 26, 2007 | |

John Fain, a long-time executive of Overnite Transportation who continued his responsibilities after UPS acquired that company, now is taking on global responsibilities for marketing and sales for UPS Freight.

Fain, 53, most recently has been directing UPS Freight’s sales and marketing initiatives in the United States and has played a key role in the development and growth of UPS Freight’s current LTL offerings. He now will expand those efforts in Canada, Mexico, Guam, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, while also taking responsibility for cross-selling UPS Freight across all UPS global supply chain and small package customers.

Fain joined what was then the Overnite Transportation Co. in 1982 as the firm’s general counsel. He subsequently advanced through a series of jobs with increasing responsibility, including stints as vice president of strategic planning; vice president for the Southeast Region, and senior vice president for operations.

After UPS acquired Overnite in 2005, Fain remained with the company in his sales and marketing role.

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