Tag: Courier/Express/Parcels

New classification of DPD Lietuva products titles

Posted by | Apr 19, 2007 | |

Parcels courier service leader in Lithuania company “DPD Lietuva” has finished it’s second re-branding stage – in all Baltic countries it has developed new differentiation of DPD services before named by single name “Bizpak”.

“We have separated four products titles for Baltic region, two international product titles and nine additional services titles. With the unification of services and products titles in all three DPD companies in Baltic countries the “Bizpak” re-branding history is symbolically ending and we expect to strengthen our positions even more in Baltic countries region and entire Europe”, – said “DPD Lietuva” Director of Sales and Marketing for Baltic States Gintaras Bingelis.

According to him, unified services and products titles will enhance customers’ reliance and facilitate their decision and perception which service will be the most convenient to the moment.

“Services and their possibilities for business will remain the same after changing the brand and names of these services. We will continue to seek that every customer would get reliable, high quality logistics solution that meets customers requirements and we will be investing into the new products development”, – said Gintaras Bingelis, “DPD Lietuva” the Director of Sales and Marketing for Baltic States.

“DPD Lietuva” leadership made the decision to change their brand in June 2006 and planes to complete re-branding process from Bizpak to DPD till 2008.

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India – Courier services becoming dearer

Posted by | Apr 18, 2007 | |

Sending packets through private courier companies could get expensive, with the Government proposing to stipulate higher tariffs for mails less than 150 gm.

The draft Postal Bill, which is expected to be tabled in the ongoing Budget session, has proposed to impose a tariff on mails carried by courier companies that is fives times the charge taken by the Postal Department.
So, while a 20 gm mail is charged Rs 5 by the post offices, the same will cost Rs 25 if you send it through a private courier. The rationale for the differential tariff is that the Government is giving up its monopoly on low-weight mails.
While the earlier draft of Postal Bill had completely barred private courier companies from carrying packets weighing more than 300 gm, the revised proposal removes this ban but on the other hand imposes a higher tariff rate for packets that weigh less than 150 gm.
This means that consumers could cough up as much as Rs 200 for sending a packet weighing 140-150 gm through private courier companies even as the post office will charge only Rs 40.
Currently, charges taken by courier companies are not regulated. According to Government sources, a number of countries follow such differential tariffing wherever the Postal Department gives up its monopoly.
For instance, in Germany, private courier companies have to charge two-and-a-half times the price fixed by Deutsche Post for packets weighing up to 50 g.
In Australia, courier firms have to charge four times the price fixed by Australia Post Corporation for letters up to 250 gm.
In the speed post and registered post segments, private companies will have to charge two-and-a-half times the fees charges by the Postal Department.
So, if you want to send a 200 gm packet to a destination 2,000 km away through private speed post, it will cost you Rs 125 compared to Rs 50 by the Postal Department.

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Schwarz named DPD Austria joint Managing Director

Posted by | Apr 18, 2007 | |

Rainer Schwarz has been promoted to joint Managing Director of DPD Austria. He will work together with George Karoh, who has been Managing Director since 2006. Schwarz was most recently a special project manager with DHL express in central Europe.

Schwarz stated that one of his top priorities will be to maintain DPD Austria’s market leader status within in Austria. He explained that with its local and regional operational readiness it was able to achieve swift, punctual deliveries throughout Austria.

Schwarz believes this gives DPD Austria a substantial competitive advantage that he would like to maintain and strengthen in the future.

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GeoPost announces results for 2006

Posted by | Apr 18, 2007 | |

GeoPost achieved a turnover of euro 2.969 billion in 2006. In comparison with 2005, the Group saw an increase of 16%. In the last 5 year GeoPost almost doubled its turnover.

With 500 million parcels in 2006, GeoPost holds second position in terms of volume and third place in terms of turnover in the European express market.

The dynamic growth has been achieved by the group’s aggressive development strategy. This strategy has seen GeoPost acquire Exapaq in France, Interattica in Greece, and a new franchise agreement has been signed with SEUR in Spain. In addition to these external acquisitions the Group has achieved strong organic growth.

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DHL spreads network in booming China

Posted by | Apr 18, 2007 | |

DHL announced recently it would invest a further USD110 million into infrastructure in China to meet the country’s continuing huge economic growth.

New Zealand DHL Express general manager Derek Anderson says the country is one of the fastest-growing markets within the company’s global network.

More than half of DHL’s total investment in the Asia Pacific region has been in China in the past five years.

DHL now has a freight and logistics network covering 318 cities across the country.

With multiple dialects throughout the country, the continued expansion means language has been one of the more difficult and ongoing hurdles to overcome.

He says the Chinese government’s approach has changed considerably in the past 20 years. It has moved from a closed and highly bureaucratic system to one in which the benefits of the growing economy from the main centres is shared across the country.

This directive has led DHL to venture westward, outside the usual key economic areas in China, establishing a presence in provinces such as Shaanxi, Yunnan and Sichuan.

The company has also opened 16 new branches. DHL Global Forwarding acquired 17 domestic airfreight licences, to give second and third-tier cities access to key economic zones so they can contribute to provincial growth.

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