Tag: Courier/Express/Parcels

DHL and VNPT fast track new joint venture

Posted by | Apr 24, 2007 | |

The DHL-VNPT Express Joint Venture debuted in Ho Chi Minh City, on April 24.

The joint venture between DHL and Viet Nam Post and Telecommunications Group (VNPT), was invested with 5.8 million USD in capital. Fifty-one percent of which was contributed by DHL.

According to the joint venture’s director general, Tim Baxter, Viet Nam is one the fastest growing markets for DHL with the company already enjoying a 40 percent market share.

Observers believe that, the joint venture will enable shorter supply and express service times for Viet Nam-based clients.

The new company will also be able to utilise DHL’s already existing global network that covers more than 200 countries and territories world-wide.

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DHL expands operations in Vermont

Posted by | Apr 24, 2007 | |

DHL today announced the opening of a new facility in White River Junction, Vt., which will significantly expand DHL’s presence in the Upper Valley region. DHL has invested USD640,000 in the new 11,000-sq.-ft facility, which will serve DHL’s local pickup, delivery and sorting operations.

The new facility relocates DHL from a 2,000 sq.-ft facility to one over five times its size to meet DHL’s current and future needs in this market. Strategically located off of a main arterial to provide more convenient customer access, customers will receive earlier package deliveries due to the newly automated package handling systems and a more efficient, expanded dock operation.

The pickup and delivery area for the new facility includes areas in and around White River Junction, Vt., as well as areas in New Hampshire including Claremont, Lebanon, and Hanover.

The new facility will handle all types of shipments – including domestic and international parcels and palletized, loose-load and container freight.

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FedEx says landing rules cut its efficiency

Posted by | Apr 24, 2007 | |

New FAA landing rules imposed at Memphis International Airport last week reduce FedEx Express’ efficiency by more than 20 percent some days, quickly affecting its ability to deliver on its famous promise, the company says.

FedEx, surprised that the decision happened without warning, wrote a letter to Federal Aviation Administration administrator Marion Blakely last week, taking the agency to task for proceeding “without a formal review” and saying the impact “to our ‘absolutely, positively overnight’ service cannot be understated.”

The letter, signed by James Parker, senior vice president of air operations, says FedEx’s daytime landing efficiency will drop from 88 landings an hour to 68 landings when winds are out of the south.

The FAA starts its formal review at the airport today with agency officials from Washington, Atlanta and the Memphis air traffic control tower.

The goal, she said, is to see if the suspended procedure can be “mitigated” in a way that doesn’t affect safety “and has little impact on capacity.”

FedEx, which says it has never recorded a safety incident in the configuration, questions why the FAA would halt a long-used practice that the agency itself said was safe in 1999.

Since last week, controllers have been instructed to stagger landings on the runways when the wind is out of the south. The FAA said winds call for the landing configuration here 17 percent of the time.

National Weather Service records over 40 years show the wind blows out of the south in Memphis more than 42 percent of the year. In April, May, June and July, it is closer to 50 percent.

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FedEx's brand recognized

Posted by | Apr 23, 2007 | |

FedEx’s value as a brand in 2007 was strong enough to rank it No. 69 among the top 100 Most Powerful Brands worldwide.
The list was compiled by research agency Millward Brown Optimor and is being published in today’s edition of the Financial Times.
Brand value is a function of consumer perceptions, which were determined through more than 1 million interviews, and a combination of business performance, product delivery, the clarity of product or service positioning and leadership, Millward Brown Optimor stated in a release.
Based in Memphis, package shipper FedEx Corp. had a brand value of USD 9.31 billion for 2007, an increase of 13 percent over 2006.
Topping the list was Google, with a brand value of USD 66.4 billion, a 77 percent increase from last year. Rounding out the top five were General Electric with a brand value of USD 61.8 billion; Microsoft, with USD 54.9 billion; Coca-Cola, with USD 54.9 billion; and China Mobile with USD 41.1 billion.

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