Tag: Courier/Express/Parcels

New Amtrak bosses start efficiency drive

Posted by | Feb 16, 2007 | |

The new owners of UK parcel company Amtrak claim they can make significant cost savings without wholesale redundancies.

But the linehaul and hub operations had to become “a lot slicker”, said new MD Alan Jones.

“It’s all about making sure costs are in alignment with revenues, ” he told IFW. “Clearly we cannot leave things exactly as they are. We have got to take costs out of the business, because you can’t just put GBP 1 on a parcel.

“But a couple of million off our trunking costs would go straight to the bottom line.” Amtrak has 14 double-deck trailers out of a total linehaul fleet of 120, and more will be added. “We carry a lot of fresh air around.

Double-deckers help to reduce that, ” Jones said.

Funding for re-investment in the business has been secured from Lloyds TSB, but it has taken no equity. Netfold, a five-man consortium, now wholly owns Amtrak.

Netfold comprises Ron Series, former executive chairman of Tuffnells Parcels Express, plus four former directors of the Seawheel shortsea business: Jones, Gerry Ruffell, Tom Naylor and David Bardsley.

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Schenker expands night express services

Posted by | Feb 16, 2007 | |

Leading German freight transport company Schenker has expanded its specialised night express services. For standard parcel services, the Deutsche Bahn subsidiary cooperates with UPS.

Schenker Germany announced that its “NightPlus” service has grown to some 2.1 million consignments per year. Goods are collected in late afternoon or early evening and delivered by 08:00 the following workday morning, or even by 06:00 or 07:00 if required by customers.

The specialist express service is targeted at customers with urgent items such as spare parts that have to be delivered before the start of the working day. Automotive workshops and repair centres are a key customer group.

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DHL to invest Y1.1bn in Japan

Posted by | Feb 16, 2007 | |

The CEO of DPWN, Klaus Zumwinkel, has been touring North Asia this week and outlining his company’s investment plans for the region. Reports from Japan indicate that Klaus Zumwinkel has stated that DHL will invest Y1.1bn (USD100m/euro66m) at its facilities in Kansai International Airport in Osaka and Central Japan International Airport near Nagoya. This is in addition to the already announced decision to establish a distribution hub in Ichikawa near Tokyo for the DHL Express business.

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'Big Orange' adds Splash of Colour to its Range

Posted by | Feb 16, 2007 | |

TNT may be famous for it orange trucks, but it will be adding to its colour palette in 2007 thanks to deal worth in excess of GBP 1million a year with one of Britain’s biggest colourant suppliers to the plastics industries.

Britain’s leading business-to-business express deliverer won the deal with ColorMatrix to transport colourants from the company’s headquarters in Knowsley, Merseyside, to firms across the UK and Europe. The colours are used to tint transparent materials including bottles for big brand drinks manufacturers such as Coca-Cola and Robinsons.

From Knowsley, TNT transports the goods to its newly opened GBP 5.6 million gateway depot at Liverpool John Lennon Airport, which handles domestic parcels for the North-West of England as well as international consignments to and from mainland Europe and further afield.

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Finland Post 2006 Net Profit Up to 67.7 Mln Euro

Posted by | Feb 16, 2007 | |

Finland Post Group said its net profit went up to 67.7 mln euro (USD88.9 mln) in 2006 from 64 mln euro (USD84 mln) in 2005, on the back of a 15 pct rise in net sales.

The board will propose a dividend payment of 0.675 euro (USD0.89) per share for 2006.

Finland Post acquired Norwegian logistics company Universal Spedisjon AS in the third quarter of 2006. The company was consolidated in the group’s accounts in September 2006.

In September 2006 Finland Post sold its 49 pct stake in the transport joint venture Kelpo Kuljetus Fi Oy to its partner DHL. Under the agreement, Finland Post bought Kelpo Kuljetus regional transport business from DHL.

In the autumn of 2006, the group also signed a lease agreement for a 20,000 sq m logistics centre in Moscow. Finland Post will start Russian operations in the spring of 2007.

Finland Post had 25,294 employees in 2006.

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