Tag: Courier/Express/Parcels

Colombia DHL Express to invest USD 15 mln 2007-2011

Posted by | Oct 11, 2006 | |

Colombian company DHL Express, a subsidiary of global carrier and package delivery company DHL Express, part of the German postal services operator Deutsche Post, plans to invest USD15 mln (12 mln euro) in the period from 2007 to 2011 in its express national postal service.
The launching of this service was officially announced on October 10, 2006. The sum will be directed for the acquisition of new equipment and vehicles, as well as for the reorganisation of the company’s operations. Currently the company has 130 vehicles, but aims to reach 500 by 2011.
DHL Colombia’s division DHL Express is expected to have over 1,000 workers by 2011, nearly doubling its present workforce.
DHL Colombia will have to meet the competition of companies as Servientrega, TCC and Coordinadora in that segment.
The new service will be first offered to the corporate sector, available for 130 primary and secondary populated places as destinations for a package of up to 70 kg, and then to individuals.

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Colombia DHL Express denies rumours about Servientrega acquisition talks

Posted by | Oct 11, 2006 | |

Colombian company DHL Express, a subsidiary of global carrier and package delivery company DHL Express, part of the German postal services operator Deutsche Post, denied rumours that it is in talks for the acquisition of local logistics and courier company Servientrega.
The announcement was made by the general director of DHL Express, Antonio Arranz, on October 10, 2006. Arranz added that DHL Express might study in the future the possibility to strengthen its ties with some local delivery firm.
Servientrega’s president, Jesus Guerrero Hernandez, also said that no such talks were held.
Servientrega has its own logistics chain, spreading through Colombia, Miami (USA), Venezuela, Ecuador and Peru, and also provides packaging, storage and shipment management. Servientrega plans to invest USD5.2 mln (4.15 mln euro) in order to expand in Panama, Peru and Spain.

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ABB chooses TNT Freight Management

Posted by | Oct 10, 2006 | |

Today TNT announced that ABB has chosen TNT Freight Management as its preferred provider for a number of air and sea freight destinations to and from Sweden, in keen competition with other major players in the market.

The contract runs over a year and has just started.The first step involves air and sea freight from Sweden to the whole world, and vice versa. “We will now focus on the fastest and smoothest implementation possible of all the processes related to this Swedish agreement. Both TNT and ABB agree that the vision is to expand co-operation globally with cross trading and so on,” says Kenneth Dahlgren, Global Account Manager at TNT Freight Management.

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Dutch TNT, Japan Post still talk on cooperation

Posted by | Oct 10, 2006 | |

Dutch mail and express deliveries group TNT NV is still talking with Japan Post about a potential cooperation, after previously the companies could not agree on a joint venture, TNT CEO Peter Bakker said on October 10, 2006.

TNT said at the end of June 2006, it could not agree terms with Japan Post about a planned international express deliveries joint venture.

According to Bakker, Japan Post, which is slated for privatisation, did not want to make some long-term commitments required for the deal to go through. Talks between the two companies are now focused on other cooperation opportunities. The CEO could not say when an agreement could be expected.

TNT is advising Japan Post in the course of its ongoing privatisation.

(Editor’s note: Japan accounts for 33 pct of the Asian express deliveries market. Japan Post has a domestic market share of about 10 pct, while with a share of 20.5 pct, TNT is market leader in Europe, according to the Dutch News Digest.)

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Cybit partnership with SPL World Group will use dynamic data to underpin dynamic routing

Posted by | Oct 10, 2006 | |

Cybit, the UK’s leading online Telematics Service Provider (TSP), has partnered with SPL World Group, to combine its Enterprise RealTime Scheduler and Cybit’s leading telematics solution, Fleetstar-MRM. This unique offering will use dynamic, company-specific vehicle data to underpin dynamic scheduling capabilities, so that organisations in the field service and home delivery sectors can achieve unprecedented accuracy in their business planning. The use of actual vehicle and road speeds in the scheduling process ensures that plans are neither over- nor under-stated and this calibration of data in the system will enable businesses to enhance productivity by as much as ten per cent.

The unique proposition moves away from previous approaches that used average road speeds to design schedules, so that businesses can now ensure their plans match reality. Closed loop planning using historic GPS-based travel times ensures accuracy within the schedules so that companies can clearly identify the resources they need and when they need them. These calibrations can be updated at regular intervals to ensure that they match the planned journey times.

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