Tag: Courier/Express/Parcels

eBay sellers concerned over shipping rate changes

Posted by | Apr 15, 2007 | |

Seventy-seven percent of eBay and online sellers are concerned about higher shipping costs when new USPS rates go into effect in May, and 26 percent are concerned that postal tools they use may not be ready when the changes go into effect, according to a recent AuctionBytes survey.

Most respondents reported they sell on eBay (98 percent); 21 percent sell on Amazon, 17 percent sell on Half.com, and 23 percent sell on their own ecommerce site or storefront. Other sites included Yahoo, other online auction sites, bookselling sites, classified sites, online antiques malls, and other.

Eighty-four percent of survey respondents were aware that US postal rates were changing on May 14th. The majority of respondents (68 percent) said the changes would have a net increase on their total postal costs, and 20 percent did not know how the new rates would affect their total postal costs. Ten percent said the new rates would not have an effect on their total postal costs, and 3 percent said the new rates would have a net decrease on their total postal costs.

In a question about which postal tools they used, 73 percent of respondents said they use eBay/PayPal postal tools; 18 percent use Endicia; 7 percent use Stamps.com; 5 percent use features provided by auction-management vendors; 4 percent use Pitney Bowes; 2 percent use Dymo; and 20 percent use other tools.

Half of the respondents (51 percent) use automated tools to help shoppers calculate postage costs on their items, but 55 percent did not know if those tools would calculate the new rates when they go into effect; 35 percent said the tools would calculate the new postal rates, and 10 percent said they would not.

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Deutsche Post's DHL to restructure India jv to hold majority stake

Posted by | Apr 13, 2007 | |

Deutsche Post AG’s DHL plans to restructure its joint venture with Lemuir Group in India, paving the way for it to hold the majority stake in the venture, the Economic Times reported.

After the restructuring, DHL will hold a 76 pct stake in the new company, DHL Lemuir Logistics Private Ltd, while Lemuir will hold the balance 24 pct stake.

Lemuir’s new promoters have agreed for a cash exit option for their reduced stake. In the previous joint venture, DHL Danzas & Lemuir, DHL and Lemuir had a 49 pct and 51 pct stake respectively, the paper said.

According to the paper, though negotiations have successfully concluded, certain legal formalities have to be completed and an announcement is expected in the coming few weeks.

The global logistics major also plans to enter the container freight station business, the report added.

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UPS plans air hub in China

Posted by | Apr 13, 2007 | |

United Parcel Service, the world’s largest package-delivery company, will spend an initial USD20 million to build a new hub in Shanghai to raise air deliveries in China.

The hub, to be located at Shanghai Pudong International Airport, is to start operating in 2008, according to an agreement UPS signed with Shanghai Airport Group on Thursday.

The hub aims to serve a logistics market that grew 14 percent last year, spurring UPS and other overseas companies to add facilities. UPS has invested USD600 million in China in the past five years and now ships to more than 330 cities in the country with 4,500 employees.

”We will continue to make appropriate investment in China to meet our customers’ demand,” said Ken Torok, president of UPS Asia Pacific. ”This new international air hub is a critical milestone in our goal to maximize our air network infrastructure in this country.”

UPS in August opened its first two retail centers in mainland China. The company, based in Atlanta flies Boeing MD-11s and 747s to China and plans to add more 747s. The hub will be serviced by eight 747-400s.

The Chinese logistics market grew to 3.84 trillion yuan, or USD500 billion, last year, according to the Chinese government. The Chinese domestic air cargo market grew 28 percent to 21.3 billion yuan, the planning agency said March 15.

The new hub is designed to handle 17,000 items an hour by 2012, in a 96,000-square-meter, or one-million-square-foot, facility with plans for ”rapid expansion,” UPS said. The hub could employ more than 1,000 people by 2010.

Deutsche Post’s DHL Global Forwarding said Jan. 26 that it had become the first overseas company to offer domestic airfreight forwarding in China. It will initially offer services in 17 cities, a number that may rise to 70 within five years, it said.

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Fortec welcomes Prospect Commercials Ltd to the network

Posted by | Apr 12, 2007 | |

The company covers 85 pct of the Kent postcode area, including Maidstone, Chatham and Dover, with a staff of 25 and a fleet of 20 vans, eight 7.5 tonnes and three 18 tonnes vehicles.

The company has been operating for seven years, and has been a member of the Fortec network for two months.

The company’s original focus was on servicing the TNT operation in Kent, but after a strategic review Prospect Commercials made the decision to join a pallet network and chose the Fortec Pallet network.

Gary Monks, Director, Prospect Commercials commented on the new relationship: “After making the decision to become part of the Network, we had an intensive two weeks in which to get everything prepared, including the introduction of the Fortec systems, which thankfully are extremely user-friendly.

“In the brief two months since becoming a licensee, we have already formed a strong relationship. We can really notice things coming together – everyone at Prospect Commercials can see our company growing and we are very excited by the opportunities which the Fortec network provides.

“For example thanks to the Fortec sales team identifying new leads, we have added nine major new customers to our books in the last two weeks!

“Our experience has been very positive – nothing seems too much effort for the team at Fortec and their USP matches ours; providing a quality, customer orientated service and willing to go the extra mile when necessary. We are particularly interested in the opportunities provided by the Fortec International product which offers a daily departure service into Europe at competitive rates. I am sure this is going to prove very popular with our customers.

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