Tag: Courier/Express/Parcels

Emirates Post to spend up to USD500 million on Asia acquisitions

Posted by | Oct 4, 2006 | |

Emirates Post will put a strong focus on Asia under its “aggressive” international expansion strategy, according to director general Abdulla Al Daboos. The Dubai-based company is ready to spend about USD400 – USD500 million on acquisitions in a bid to become an important regional player, he told participants at the Asia Pacific Mail & Express 2006 conference in Singapore this week.

Outlining the organisation’s growth strategy, Al Daboos commented: “This means buying, like everybody else”. Emirates Post currently has three ‘due diligences’ under way in India, two in the UK and one other in Europe, he revealed. It is also looking at China. The fast-growing postal operator is looking in particular at courier and freight forwarding companies, he said.

An Emirates Post Group holding company would be formed shortly, and a 49% stake would then be floated on the Dubai stock exchange, Al Daboos said. He aims to raise about USD1 billion from the IPO.

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DHL in India. The subcontinent is booming

Posted by | Oct 3, 2006 | |

DHL focuses on logistics infrastructure, the express market, and air freight
The liberalization of the economy, which the Indian government has been continuously driving forward since 1991, has laid the foundations for strong growth. India is now considered one of Asia’s most important markets and a preferred target for foreign investors. Industry is opening up to the export markets and a growing middle class provides for increasing domestic demand.

The outcome is an increase in growth flows. The volume of the transport and logistics market is assessed at EUR 22 billion, and average growth for the coming years at 12 percent, creating strong opportunities for companies in the forwarding and logistics industry.

DHL has consistently expanded its base in the past years – in 2003 with the founding of DHL Danzas Lemuir and in 2005 with the acquisition of an 80 percent share in Blue Dart Express, the leading national express service provider in India. Some 5,800 employees serve over 50,000 customers at 14,000 destinations country wide. Focuses include booming sectors such as the automotive, life sciences, and electronics industries. A task that is not so easy to accomplish in a country around nine times the size of Germany.

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UPS's Circle of Honor Expands. 117,000 Years of Accident-Free Driving.

Posted by | Oct 3, 2006 | |

UPS today announced the induction of 784 elite drivers into its “Circle of Honor,” pushing to 4,202 the total of active drivers who have steered clear of accidents for 25 years or more.

Of the 4,202, 107 of those men and women have gone 35 years or more without an accident, and six have gone 40 years or more. Collectively, UPS’s active Circle of Honor drivers have compiled nearly 117,000 years of accident-free driving.

“UPS is committed to the safety of all our drivers as well as those with whom we share the roads,” said Kevin Strahan, UPS’s corporate health and safety manager. “The men and women who have achieved membership in the Circle of Honor are the best of the best. They’ve consistently demonstrated that commitment by going at least a quarter century without an avoidable accident.”

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Competition is interested in parcels

Posted by | Oct 2, 2006 | |

DPD (France), post firm, will focus mainly on the delivery of parcels in the Czech Republic. It is a field of post services, where the national post firm Ceska posta (CP) (Czech Republic) has lost its monopoly. DPD transports about 5 mil parcels per year in the Czech Republic in 2006. According to the volume, DPD is in the third position after CP and DHL (US). DPD is a part of the multi-national group GeoPost, which is the third largest provider of express and parcel services in Europe. CP has about 39,000 employees and one-third of them are bearers. CP should be transformed from a state company to a joint-stock company shortly its privatization is being considered.

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New post companies are coming, the monopoly of CP weakens

Posted by | Oct 2, 2006 | |

TNT Post (Netherlands), post company, is starting to offer services, which have been ensured by the national post company Ceska posta (Prague, Czech Republic), in the Czech Republic during 4 2006. TNT Post will deliver heavier ordinary parcels and addressed trade notifications in the Czech Republic. TNT Post will focus on lucrative firm customers, which have ensured proceeds of about CEK 8 bil per year to CP so far. DPD, which is owned by the post company Groupe La Poste (France) through GeoPost, is extending its operation in the Czech Republic too. The Czech Republic has cardinal importance for DPD. That is why the firm decided to build a new large-distribution centre in this country. The coming of competitors to the Czech post market is allowed by a new standard, which is decreasing the monopoly of CP gradually. The monopoly should definitively end in 2009, when further firms are able to deliver common letters and parcels up to 50 g.

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