Tag: Courier/Express/Parcels

"Overnight cargo service" introduced

Posted by | Nov 27, 2006 | |

Want to send a huge consignment of dress materials, vessels or truckload of cardamom? Or want to vacate your house and send your domestic articles to your new destination? All at nominal cost. If yes, contact your nearby post office because India Post, run by the Department of Posts, has entered the express cargo segment by launching Logistics Post for delivering consignments in southern districts of Tamil Nadu.

“To make India Post a one-stop source for people to send goods and parcels at a cheap tariff, India Post has introduced `overnight cargo service’ at nominal cost from November,” said K. Balasubramanian, Director, Postal Services. He said the area of coverage of the service would be between Madurai and Nagercoil, through Virudhunagar, Sattur, Kovilpatti and Tirunelveli. Every day, the service would start at 10 p.m. in Madurai and reach Nagercoil at 4.30 a.m. and vice-versa on all days except on closed holidays, he said.

As an value-added service, India Post would offer free pick up and delivery service within a radius 20 km in Madurai, 10 km in Nagercoil and 5 km in other towns, besides free loading and unloading up to 500 kg. A postal department employee would accompany the consignment.

To compete with other express cargo services, the department would levy 50 paise to Re.1 a kg for the service. Though the minimum chargeable weight was 50 kg, no maximum weight limit had been prescribed by the department, he said and added that they had 22 vehicles to meet the needs of overnight cargo service.

The Department of Posts would tie up with private agencies, if necessary, to meet the expectations of customers for fast, safe and reliable service, he said and added that the department had also planned to introduce insurance for the consignments with Oriental Insurance.

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DHL offers services to Nigerian exporters

Posted by | Nov 25, 2006 | |

DHL, is reiterating its service offerings to all exporters of goods in Nigeria. The company has a global coverage of over 220 countries and territories in one coordinated network.

DHL Express Nigeria’s Country Commercial Manager, Grant Mowat speaking on the campaign stated that, “the biggest barrier to exports is paperwork. That is why DHL organizes clearance in the air. On landing shipments can be fast tracked through customs. Its just one more way that we give a faster hassle free export service from door to door to our customers with the simplicity of one partner, one invoice and one currency.

DHL is targeting small and medium sized businesses exporting time sensitive shipments on an occasional or regular basis and whose primary need is reliability and range of service. DHL already does business on a regular basis with several large organizations where the focus is on improved control, visibility and cost management.

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Romanian Courier Cargus eyes boost in 2007 Profit, Turnover

Posted by | Nov 24, 2006 | |

Romanian courier services provider Cargus expects a rise in its gross profit and turnover next year on the back of rising clients portfolio, a senior official told SeeNews.
“For 2007 we project a turnover of more than 25 million euro (USD32 million) and a profit of more than three million euro. The growth will be supported by the rise in the number of the clients and the widening of the services we offer,” Cargus vice-president Carmina Dumitrescu told SeeNews in a recent interview.
Cargus projects a gross profit of 2.1 million euro for the current year on an estimated turnover of 20 million euro, Dumitrescu said. The company reported a 15.3 million euro in turnover for 2005, and a gross profit of 2.46 million euro.
“Currently, Cargus has a 35% market share in Romania and up to 10% from the [country’s] international courier market,” Dumitrescu added.

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Bulgarian postal operator Tip Top Courier sees 2007 turnover up 85%

Posted by | Nov 21, 2006 | |

Bulgarian postal operator Tip Top Courier expects its turnover to grow by 85% next year to 12 million levs (USD7.9 million/6.1 million euro), due to expansion of its network and rise in postal advertisements, a senior company official said on Tuesday.
Tip Top Courier expects to have some 10 million levs in turnover from courier services in 2007, up 54% from this year’s projection, and some two million levs from universal postal services operations, which it will launch in January, board chairman Lachezar Kaparashev said in a statement sent to SeeNews.
Tip Top Courier was licensed on Monday as the first privately held provider of universal postal services in Bulgaria under the trademark T-Post. The company will invest some seven million levs in expanding its network by January 2009.

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