Tag: Courier/Express/Parcels

Post office orders 'green' packages

Posted by | Jul 8, 2007 | |

The U.S. Postal Service is requiring vendors to use environmentally friendly materials to create envelopes and packages that carry 500 million Priority Mail and Express Mail shipments annually.

Packaging-products suppliers including Bell Inc. must use materials that can be recycled and won’t harm the environment, Postmaster Gen. John E. Potter said. The changes apply to 10 direct suppliers and 200 makers of products such as glue, ink and paper.
In 2006, the Postal Service saw more than $6 billion in revenue from Priority and Express mail, spokeswoman Joanne Veto said. The Postal Service, which builds the cost of Express and Priority mail packaging into its shipping price, spent about USD 114 million on the packages themselves last year, Veto said.

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Fedex Express to cease Kaohsiung cargo flight services

Posted by | Jul 7, 2007 | |

FedEx Express, will close its Kaohsiung air cargo transportation line July 27 after 12 years of service, according to the company’s branch office at the Kaohsiung International Airport.

Despite of the closure, the company stressed that their cargo transportation services in the southern Taiwan region will not be affected, and that their southern Taiwan posts will continue to receive orders.

FedEx opened the Kaohsiung route Sept. 4, 1995, with its cargo aircraft plying the route from the southern port city to Subic Bay in the Philippines via Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport in northern Taiwan five times per week.

However, according to corporate sources, cargo loads are limited at the Kaohsiung airport. Besides, Taiwan’s two largest airlines — the China Airlines and EVA Airways — also operate cargo flights out of the airport and reach many of the same destinations in Southeast Asia.

FedEx executives stationed at the airport confirmed the decision to cease Kaohsiung cargo flight operations, but declined to explain why.

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FedEx to pull out of Taiwan's port city Kaohsiung

Posted by | Jul 7, 2007 | |

FedEx Corp, will pull out of Taiwan’s port city and industrial centre Kaohsiung later this month.

FedEx will operate its last flight out of Kaohsiung International Airport on July 27 and relocate staff to other cities, the China Times reported.

FedEx made the decision to quit Kaohsiung – Taiwan’s second- largest city after capital Taipei and the island’s industrial centre – because business has been declining every year in recent years.

FedEx has been serving Kaohsiung for 12 years, currently operating five weekly cargo flights to the airport. Compared with the peak days, FedEx’s business in Kaohsiung has fallen 30 per cent.

The decision to pull of Kaohsiung was made in FedEx’s US headquarters, and would not affect FedEx’s service in Taiwan or the interests of customers.

Taiwan’s economic competitiveness has been declining fast in recent years, in part due to the island’s five-decade ban on direct sea and air trade with China.

Taiwan’s business sector has been calling on the government to open air and sea links with China, but the government said the bans must be eased gradually for national security.

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Bowling Green to host new FedEx distribution center

Posted by | Jul 7, 2007 | |

FedEx will begin construction on a 48,000 square foot facility in Bowling Green, Kentucky.

LCM Company, based in Lexington, Ky., was awarded the design and construction contract of the new FedEx Ground Home Delivery Packaging and Distribution Center. The cost of the project is estimated at USD 3 million.

The new facility is part of a USD 1.8 billion expansion plan by the company that will double FedEx’s daily package capacity.

The FedEx Ground Division is a business-to-business provider. The Home Delivery Division is dedicated to serving residential customers.

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New wireless system launched for UK couriers

Posted by | Jul 6, 2007 | |

BT and NetDespatch, today announce the launch of a new mobile application which will help distribution and logistics companies to operate more efficiently. BT-NetDespatch Mobility is a comprehensive, cost-effective managed solution that enables companies and remote workers to benefit from real-time mobile computing.

BT-NetDespatch Mobility has been designed for use by delivery drivers, couriers and other mobile workers. It provides a robust wireless data communication link between remote workers and those in the office, offering live access to the full range of NetDespatch hosted applications. For example, users will be able to capture signatures and provide real-time Proof of Delivery (POD), utilising browser-equipped GPRS handheld computers.

BT-NetDespatch Mobility has been designed from the ground up to integrate with customers’ legacy systems and takes into account different ways of exchanging data. The new solution is part of an integrated suite of web-based software developed to drive distribution business efficiency and profitability. It is a fully functional managed solution comprising system design, development, hosting, management, web-based administration, support, airtime and handheld devices.

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