Tag: Courier/Express/Parcels

Echo Global Logistics, Inc. acquires Mountain Logistics, Inc.

Posted by | May 17, 2007 | |

Echo Global Logistics, Inc., a technology-driven transportation management outsourcing firm, has acquired Mountain Logistics, Inc. doing business as Transportation Management Group, a third party logistics provider based in Park City, Utah.

Mountain Logistics, founded by Ryan Renne and Buster Schwab in 2001, has a strong West Coast carrier and customer base with offices in Park City, Utah and Los Angeles, California. Effective immediately, Mountain Logistics will begin doing business as Echo Global Logistics, Inc.

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Learn about shipping options at the postal service's Ebay Day

Posted by | May 17, 2007 | |

On eBay Day, learn about online shipping options and how to package your products correctly from the U.S. Postal Service.

The world’s largest online market place, eBay is where million of buyers and sellers come together to trade almost anything. The Postal Service is hosting a couple of eBay Days where you will not only find out how simple it is to buy, sell and ship on eBay, but also learn about options the Postal Service offers to eBay users.

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Christopher Bain appointed to tackle TNT Malaysia growth

Posted by | May 17, 2007 | |

TNT Express Malaysia has announced the appointment of Christopher Bain as general manager of the northern region.

Bain will be responsible for the research and development of strategic business growth opportunities in north Malaysia.

The announcement is in line with TNT’s growth strategy for north Malaysia, which has also seen the company investing USD 2.36 million, solely in this region to build facilities such as the 22,000 sq ft TNT Global Express Centre in Penang.

Northern Malaysia houses a large concentration of electrical and electronic manufacturing companies which alone, generates USD 6.5 billion, or 46.8 percent of the country’s total export revenue in January 2007, making the region a key focus in TNT’s growth plans.

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Berlin mayor presents DHL GoGreen parcel to Bill Clinton

Posted by | May 17, 2007 | |

During the Large Cities Climate Summit in New York City on May 16th, Klaus Wowereit, Mayor of Berlin, met with former President Bill Clinton to present him with a DHL GoGreen carbon-neutral parcel containing cultural gifts from Berlin. The parcel was among more than a dozen that DHL transported to New York City from Berlin using its unique GoGreen service. DHL is the first logistics provider to offer customers the option to help offset emissions stemming from their shipments by paying a small voluntary fee. The DHL verified Carbon Management system guarantees that the money is invested in internal and external carbon-reduction projects such as alternative fuel vehicles, solar cells and reforestation projects. Launched in Europe in late 2006, DHL intends to expand the GoGreen service to other regions including the United States over the next few years. President Clinton was the principal speaker at the Climate Summit that evening.

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Remote post offices could avoid the axe

Posted by | May 16, 2007 | |

Post offices in some of the most remote parts of Britain could be spared from closing in a late rethink by ministers.

But the move, understood to help areas of Scotland in particular, will lead to suspicions that Labour is trying to revive its battered fortunes in Gordon Brown’s homeland.

Alistair Darling, the Trade and Industry Secretary, will confirm tomorrow that about 2,500 post offices will have to shut over the next 18 months.

Mr Darling is expected to tell MPs that, with many branches struggling to attract any business, the current UK-wide network of more than 14,000 post offices must be slimmed down to about 12,000.

He is poised to confirm the scale of the closure programme, first outlined last December, despite presiding over a consultation process that produced more than 2,500 responses.

Mr Darling will attempt to soften the blow by confirming a compensation package likely to be worth on average pounds 60,000 for each branch that has to shut.

He will also confirm that as part of a pounds 1.7 billion investment between now and 2011, there will also be an annual subsidy of pounds 150 million to help the remaining post offices most at risk.

Even after tomorrow’s announcement, people in particular parts of the country will have to wait up to 18 months to find out if their branch is doomed under lengthy local consultation processes to be overseen by Post Office Ltd.

But last night, Government sources hinted that in one concession, Mr Darling, who also represents a Scottish constituency, would issue amended guidance to protect branches from closure in more inaccessible parts of the UK.

A well-placed source suggested last night that the Highlands of Scotland in particular would probably benefit from the change.

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