Tag: Courier/Express/Parcels

Indian courier services could become 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 g

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 g 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 g, the revised proposal removes this ban but on the other hand imposes a higher tariff rate for packets that weigh less than 150 g

This means that consumers could cough up as much as Rs 200 for sending a packet weighing 140-150 g through private courier companies even as the post office will charge only Rs 40

Currently, charges taken by courier companies are not regulated

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time:matters Enters into Partnership with Scandinavian Sameday Market Leader Jetpak

Posted by | Apr 18, 2007 | |

time:matters is now offering its customers a sameday delivery service to and from the Scandinavian region. The new service is a result of a close partnership recently established between time:matters and Jetpak, the market leader for sameday services in Scandinavia.

Due to the new partnership, approximately 100 additional destinations for urgent incoming and outgoing shipments are available in Norway, Sweden, and Denmark. The new destinations include North European commercial centers such as Stockholm, Oslo, and Copenhagen as well as cities like Göteborg and Billund. The new partnership reduces delivery times between the most important business centers and in Scandinavia and in Europe. For example, the shipment of urgent documents or goods between cities like Göteborg and Düsseldorf takes only three hours, and only four hours from Stockholm to Zurich and vice versa. “Business relations between Scandinavia and the other European countries are continuously increasing, which means there is a rising demand for rapid and individual logistics solutions. Thanks to the new partnership, we are optimally able to fulfill these needs,” says Erik Lautmann, CEO of Jetpak.

The broad range of services are based on exclusive and customized dispatch and transportation solutions developed jointly by time:matters and Jetpak as well as on the integration of the tight and high-frequency networks of the two partners. Other benefits of the new partnership for customers include the long opening hours of the Jetpak drop-off and pick-up locations – including early morning and late night hours, which gives customers maximum flexibility in their timing.

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GLS opens logistics centre in Hungary

Posted by | Apr 18, 2007 | |

GLS, headquartered in Amsterdam, launched constructions last June and spent a total of EUR 6.2 million to finish the facility.

The new unit of GLS Hungary operates with a staff of 100 employees and can deliver 12 million packages a year, business daily Világgazdaság said.

The logistics centre will give home to the Central European headquarters of GLS, where they will co-ordinate Czech and Slovakian subsidiaries from.

GLS announced a month ago today that it entered into a network partnership with Bulgaria’s Interlogistica Ltd., which started realising nationwide distribution for all GLS companies in February 2007. The network of GLS, one of the three largest CEP (courier, express and parcel) service providers in Europe, now covers 35 states.

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Blue Dart Revenue Up at 182.31Crores

Posted by | Apr 17, 2007 | |

Blue Dart Express Limited, South Asia’s largest integrated air express courier and package distribution company, today declared its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2007 at their Board Meeting.

Income from operations for the 1st quarter 2007 was Rs. 181.66 crores, an increase of 19.53% over the corresponding quarter of the previous year, and profit before tax for the quarter was Rs. 23.43 crores despite the induction of two Boeing 757 aircraft in the 2nd quarter of 2006.

Anil Khanna, Managing Director, Blue Dart Express Limited said, “Strengthening of our infrastructure, especially our aviation system, is critical to meet increasing demand and ensuring service excellence. The induction of two B757 freighters provides greater capability to service our customers, and reinforces our commitment to facilitate India’s trade and commerce. In the last quarter Blue Dart handled approximately 17 million shipments weighing over 42,000 tonnes.

“This year we have also planned to add 57 new facilities, 11 of which have already been made operational in the last quarter. Further, our ground network is being fortified to offer customers a one-stop distribution capability unmatched in the country. Currently, we are the only player in the domestic air express segment offering an unrivalled payload of 250 tonnes each night through our dedicated fleet of 2 B757s and 4 B737s”, Anil Khanna added.

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Parcelforce make a delivery with a difference

Posted by | Apr 17, 2007 | |

Digging, building and painting rather than collecting, sorting and dispatching provided the schedule for West Midlands Parcelforce Worldwide employees who gave up their time to deliver with a difference to Sandwell and.

Employees from the company’s Birmingham depot and Coventry International and National hubs volunteered as part of Parcelforce Worldwide’s first National Community Team Challenge Day. Local activities included improving the children’s play area at St Francis Xavier School in Sandwell and building a summerhouse and gardening at Valley House in Coventry.

Organised through Business in the Community’s employee volunteering programme, Cares, the Team Challenge Day was set up to make it easier for colleagues to work together by getting involved in their local communities.

As the majority of Parcelforce Worldwide employees spend on average, ten hours every day on the road or are night workers, so opportunities to work as a team and get to know one another are limited.

The response to participate in the team challenge attracted volunteers from every part of the business. As well as drivers and sorters, Parcelforce Worldwide’s Board and colleagues from all business functions rose to the challenge.

Iain Groark, Parcelforce Worldwide’s Head of Corporate Social Responsibility was delighted by the take up, exclaiming: “The enthusiasm from our people to support their local community has been inspiring. With one in five of our sites and over 250 of our colleagues giving up their weekend, we hope that long and valuable relationships will develop between our sites and the community groups they are working with.”

Each community team challenge was organised by a front line employee keen to develop their project management skills. They were given up to pounds 500 from the business towards the cost of materials and supported in developing a project plan, recruiting volunteers and undertaking a health and safety risk assessment.

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