Tag: Courier/Express/Parcels

DHL prepares for delivery of a record 10 million flowers for Valentine's Day

Posted by | Feb 13, 2007 | |

The majority of DHL’s expedited floral shipments are imported from growers in Colombia and Ecuador. DHL Global Forwarding, part of the logistics arm of DHL, will be exporting from Latin America four times the volume of flowers during the Valentine’s Day season. DHL consolidates floral parcels from growers, and protects the life of the flowers by using bonded cold storage facilities to keep product cool prior to air transport and immediately chilled upon arrival. Eighty percent of these floral shipments are destined for Miami where they undergo agricultural inspection right at the terminal at Miami International Airport.
DHL is preparing to deliver record numbers of fresh flowers across the U.S. for cupid’s visit this Valentine’s Day. DHL this year anticipates delivery of over 10 million individual flower stems for delivery direct to retailers and consumers nationwide on or before February 14 th, with the majority of this volume from popular floral e-tailers and retailers, including 1-800-FLOWERS.COM, American Rainbow Floral, FTD, Galleria Farms, Queens Floral and USA Bouquet.

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Indian postal department (DoP) to use RFID for logistics posts

Posted by | Feb 12, 2007 | |

If all goes well, the postal department (DoP) will be the first organisation to use the radio frequency identification (RFID) technology for its express parcels and logistics posts. “We want to be the pioneer in the express industry to use the RFID technology,” John Samuel, general manager, business development and marketing directorate, said. To realise its dream, the department proposes to make huge investments in the cutting-edge technology. The department has already put forward a proposal of Rs 12,000 crore to the planning commission during the 11th Five Year Plan for its consideration. “Our aim is to provide high quality services and meet the business needs of our customers along with increasing the customer base. The department plans to allocate Rs 6,000 crore towards upgrading its technology,” Samuel added. He noted that the department plans to invest in technologies such as RFID and web-based customer response system. Leading post offices worldwide, including the US Postal Service, Royal Mail and Deutsche Post, have reformed themselves by investing in cutting edge technology. “The postal department with over 1.55 lakh post offices across India, is in the process of setting up a national data centre that would directly connect over 1,300 post offices nationwide,” a senior business development official said. “Computerisation of all the post offices will streamline the operations of the department. In addition, the department hopes to wipe out its budgetary deficit of around Rs 1,200 crore,” he added. The official said that the investment for the technological upgrade will be allocated out of the “planned fund.”

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DHL will go ‘All the way’ in its new India push

Posted by | Feb 11, 2007 | |

DHL, the international express and logistics brand, has big-beam plans for the new-tiger markets of India and the Asia-Pacific Rim. Part and parcel of these ambitions is its new Asia-Pacific-specific ad campaign that the company will be unwrapping soon here, with the tag line: “All the way”. This replaces their ad sign-off: “No one knows Asia-Pacific like we do.”

The three TV spots called “CEO,” “Patience” and “Waiting” are created by Ogilvy & Mather, Singapore, and aims to deliver three edges for the DHL brand: easy to deal with, knowing and rewarding DHL customers, and innovative products and services.

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Chronopost to use French tobacconists as delivery points

Posted by | Feb 9, 2007 | |

La Poste parcels subsidiary Chronopost is to use a network of 3,000 French tobacconists as delivery and pick-up points for customers ordering online.

The new ‘Chrono Relais’ service is a payable option for clients who will not be at home to receive packages during the day and find a nearby tobacconist more convenient than visiting the post office. Tobacconists are also open longer hours.

Clients will also be able to drop-off parcels at the tobacco outlets, to be picked up later by Chronopost, and pay for sending them.

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NZ express group Freightways records strong half-year result

Posted by | Feb 8, 2007 | |

Freightways Ltd, the New Zealand express and freight transport group, has announced that it achieved record revenues and earnings for the half year ended 31 December 2006, in spite of the challenging business environment.

Consolidated operating revenue of $144 million (EUR 75.9 million) for the half year was 11% higher than for the corresponding period 12 months ago, with earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) of $33 million up by 6% over the same period. Consolidated net profit after tax and before amortisation of $16.5 million for the half year was 3% higher than the previous corresponding period.

Managing director Dean Bracewell commented: “The half year result reflects another strong period for Freightways that has continued to deliver upon its strategy.” As a result, Freightways has declared a dividend of $11.6 million reflecting this sound interim result which translates to 9.0 cents per share fully imputed to be paid on 31 March 2007.

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