Tag: Courier/Express/Parcels

DHL Japan extends cut-off times in Osaka Prefecture and Tokyo’s Nerima and Nakano Wards

Posted by | Oct 18, 2006 | |

DHL, a leading express and logistics company, has optimized delivery routes to extend cut-off times in two Tokyo wards and four Osaka Prefecture districts by 60 to 90 minutes.

Since 2005, DHL Japan has opened fifteen service centers, which are centers for collection, delivery and sales operations, as an investment aimed at reinforcing ground infrastructure in Japan. As part of such initiatives, DHL Japan has also increased the number of service centers in Osaka and Tokyo by a total of three in order to respond to the growth in cargo volume. Consequently, the speed in cargo processing increased for the areas where cut-off times were extended this time. The faster cargo processing, along with an improved cooperative structure among staff responsible for each area served by the service centers, enabled the development of collection and delivery routes that are more efficient than ever before and thereby enabled the cut-off times to be extended.

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Coast Capital Partners With London Drugs Subsidiary, Total Delivery Systems and Others to Deliver

Posted by | Oct 18, 2006 | |

Coast Capital Savings has inked a partnership with Total Delivery Systems and London Drugs subsidiary TLD Information Technology Specialists to provide value-added services to its business customers.

The program, dubbed “Big Perks for Small Business(TM)”, is the first cross-industry partnership between a Canadian financial institution and major service providers and will provide the credit union’s business customers with benefits, including a discount of 20 per cent on same-day courier services.

“In addition to simplifying the financial lives of small business owners through our banking products and services, we want to help them save time and money in three key areas: courier service, printing and copying and computer technical support,” said Lloyd Craig, President and CEO, Coast Capital Savings.

The program’s perks include discounts on small business IT service packages from TLD and a free initial service call. It also gives Coast Capital Savings’ business customers discounts of 20 per cent off same-day delivery services from local courier Total Delivery Systems. Big Perks for Small Business also offers customers discounts on national and international courier services. “Our goal is not necessarily to make small businesses bigger, but to help make them better.

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PalletFORCE reputation brings E.M. Rogers to network

Posted by | Oct 18, 2006 | |

Northampton-based transport company E.M. Rogers has joined the PalletFORCE palletised distribution network in order to enhance the range of services it can offer to its customers.

E.M. Rogers has not been involved with a network before, as its primary focus is in international haulage. The decision to join PalletFORCE was made after the company decided to diversify and extend its UK operation.

PalletFORCE came highly recommended, as Ed Rogers explains. “As part of the Transport Association, we asked fellow members who are part of PalletFORCE what they thought of the Network. The overriding feeling was that PalletFORCE has revolutionised the way they do business, and has really helped them to develop.”

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Sernam takes the train to bypass French motorway speed limits

Posted by | Oct 17, 2006 | |

Sernam has switched the bulk of its long-distance traffic from road to rail in order to avoid being hit by tighter motorway speed limits for light trucks from next January. It has also bought a small regional trucking company.

With effect from January 1, 2007, the maximum speed limit in France for goods vehicles weighing 3.5 tonnes or more will be reduced from 110 km/h to 90 km/h. This speed limit currently applies to vehicles of 12 tonnes or more. The 18% reduction in speed, along with obligatory rest times for drivers, means, for example, that the Paris-Niort truck journey will in future take 5 hours, 45 minutes on average, compared to 4 hours, 20 minutes at present, Sernam pointed out.

In response to this operational restriction, Sernam said that it has re-designed its nationwide transportation network in order to ensure it can maintain the present transit times for its customers. The company provides next-day afternoon deliveries across virtually of all France.

With effect from mid-October, Sernam is now carrying the bulk of its long-distance volumes on the night-time Train Blocs Express (TBE), freight TGV operating at speeds of up to 200 km/h on key North-South routes. The operator’s network is based on nine hubs, including new multimodal platforms at Toulouse and Bordeaux. A new Paris hub will open at Valenton at end-2007.

Meanwhile, Sernam also announced that it has acquired a small trucking company, Coulonge, based at Limoges in south-west France, which had revenues of €4.5 million in 2005.

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DPD Switzerland introduces international mail service

Posted by | Oct 17, 2006 | |

DPD has launched a new service in Switzerland for outbound international mail. Volumes are transferred to parent company La Poste in Paris for worldwide distribution.

DPD Switzerland said that international mail lies outside the monopoly reserved area for Swiss Post. It now offers customers the option of collecting their international mail, and forwarding it to La Poste for sorting and onward distribution.

The French post office subsidiary said it is putting particular focus on offering good value for money. The product’s competitiveness is further increased by its strong international network and one-stop shopping service.

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