Tag: Courier/Express/Parcels

Postcomm revokes licences

Posted by | Jan 4, 2007 | |

Postcomm has today issued a notice to revoke the licence held by Deutsche Post Global Mail (UK) Ltd.

The postal services provided by Deutsche Post Global Mail (UK) Ltd will continue under the licence granted to DHL Global Mail (UK) Limited on 29 December 2006.

Postcomm has today issued a notice to revoke a licence held by Red Star Parcels Limited (trading as Lynx Mail).

The revoked licence has already been replaced with a new version, granted on 3 November 2006. This licence takes into account the new licensing framework introduced on 1 January 2006, when the UK postal services market was opened to full competition.

Postcomm has today issued a notice to revoke the licence held by Deutsche Post Global Mail (UK) Ltd.

The postal services provided by Deutsche Post Global Mail (UK) Ltd will continue under the licence granted to DHL Global Mail (UK) Limited on 29 December 2006.

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France's Sernam sells majority stake

Posted by | Jan 3, 2007 | |

Loss-making French express parcels carrier Sernam has sold a majority stake to Paris-based financial investor Butler Capital Partners, the proceeds from which the former SNCF subsidiary says will help expand its services and network.

Butler has taken 51.8 pct of the Sernam holding company, reportedly for EUR 10.7 million, to add to its diverse investments which include the SNCM ferry company, Paris Saint-German football club and mushroom producer France Champignon.

“The entry of a reference shareholder alongside the management team will allow (us) to accelerate the development of the group in key areas, such as the quality of service offered to the group’s clients and strengthening of the network,” Sernam said in a statement.

Butler will hold the majority on the supervisory board, while the management team will continue to be led by Philippe Chevalier, who led Sernam’s management buy-out from SNCF in 2005, the company said.

Sernam, which is one of France’s largest express parcels operators with around 4.5 pct market share, has 2,100 employees and last year registered a loss of EUR 22 million on revenues of EUR 350 million, according to La Tribune newspaper.

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DPD Lithuania to deliver parcels to EU newcomers

Posted by | Jan 2, 2007 | |

DPD Lietuva, the Lithuanian express parcel delivery company, will ship parcels to the European Union (EU) newcomers Bulgaria and Romania starting from 2007.

DPD network has become the first European parcel operator to launch the delivery of parcels by roads to these countries, DPD Lietuva has said in a statement.

Parcels from Vilnius to Bucharest and Sofia would be delivered in five and six business days, respectively, said Gintaras Bingelis, DPD Lietuva sales and marketing director for the Baltic countries. In Bulgaria and Romania, the parcels will be delivered by GeoPost Bulgaria and GeoPost Cargus.

DPD Lietuva currently offers parcel delivery services to 23 European Union (EU) Member States and from 18 EU Members.

Bulgaria and Romania joined the EU on Jan. 1.

DPD Lietuva offers a parcel delivery service DPD/Bizpak. The company posted 27.6 million litas (EUR 8 mln) in sales for full 2005, a surge of 39 percent versus the year-earlier figure.

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