Tag: Courier/Express/Parcels

Air Force awards USD2.3B in air fleet deals

Posted by | Sep 18, 2006 | |

The U.S. Air Force on Monday announced the awards of international airlift services contracts worth up to USD2.3 billion to support the Civil Reserve Air Fleet program.

The pacts, which were awarded to more than 10 airlines individually or as teams, will be used by the civilian businesses to support Defense Department airlift requirements in emergencies when the Pentagon’s needs exceed the capabilities of military aircraft.

The contract awarded to the FedEx Corp. team, which also includes Atlas Worldwide Holdings, is worth a guaranteed USD185 million and up to USD1.02 billion, according to the Air Force.

The UPS Inc., team deal will earn at least USD25 million and as much as USD119 million, while Continental Airlines Inc., was awarded a contract for up to USD10 million.

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USA: Federal Express awarded contract for international cargo

Posted by | Sep 17, 2006 | |

Federal Express, El Segundo, Calif., is being awarded a USD17,704,603 fixed-price requirements with economic price adjustment contract to provide for door-to-door services for international cargo movement of perishable items for the Defense Commissary Agency and the Defense Logistics Agency, parent organization of the Defense Supply Center, Philadelphia. An average of 8.5 million pounds of fresh fruits and vegetables for commissaries and restaurants, and frozen foods, milk and dry subsistence for re-stocking Navy ships, which is transported per year from San Francisco to customers in Korea, Japan and Guam plus emergency shipments throughout the Pacific. 80 percent of the shipments are to re-stock the commissaries in the Pacific. At this time, no funds have been obligated. Solicitations began June 2006 and negotiations were complete September 2006. This work will be complete September 2007. Headquarters Air Mobility Command, Scott Air Force Base, Ill., is the contracting activity

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Survey indicates DHL is closing the gap on U.S. competitors

Posted by | Sep 15, 2006 | |

Express and logistics services provider DHL is taking measured steps to gauge its performance in the United States in comparison to its two biggest competitors-UPS and FedEx.
In a media conference call held on September 14, John Mullen, CEO of DHL Americas, shared the results of an independent study commissioned by DHL. The study focused on how DHL matched up to UPS and FedEx on transit times throughout various regions of the United States.
The study, which was conducted in July, measured the three companies on 10:30 a.m. overnight express delivery, which Mullen described as the most critical to business and most difficult to perform to and is recognized as the flagship product for all three carriers. It focused on 14,400 shipments that were sent between 44 major U.S. cities across 480 traffic lanes during the month of July.
The purpose of the survey, which was overseen by PA consulting, was to provide data that would independently validate DHL’s internal and external performance levels. All data used in the study was collected and delivered to PA’s data center on a daily basis. , and PA checked delivery times and late deliveries against the carriers Web sites.
And the survey’s final delivery reliability tally indicated that DHL’s U.S. performance of 90.66 was nearly identical to UPS’ 90.83, with FedEx registering a rating of 88.02.

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PalletFORCE celebrates fifth anniversary

Posted by | Sep 15, 2006 | |

PalletFORCE is celebrating five years of operation, during which time the Network has made a significant impact on the UK palletised distribution market.

The Network began on 31st August 2001, when 560 pallets were handled from 36 Member Depots. This was the result of a considerable period of hard work behind the scenes by Chief Executive Mick Scarlett, as he wooed Member Depots with the promise of a Network that is run very differently to its competitors.

Since then, PalletFORCE has acquired a reputation as one of the fastest growing palletised distribution networks in the UK. By November 2003, the Network was moving 3,500 pallets per night and currently handles around 6,000 per night, with the capability to handle 12,000. In the last five years, PalletFORCE has more than doubled its number of Member Depots and nearly quadrupled its warehousing space.

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GeoPost buys another Seur franchisee

Posted by | Sep 14, 2006 | |

GeoPost, the La Poste Group express subsidiary, has continued its expansion in Spain with the acquisition of another franchisee of leading express firm Seur.

GeoPost-Seur, the French-Spanish joint venture, bought the franchisee in the Granollers region, near Barcelona, for an undisclosed sum, Spanish media reported citing a company press release. The Granollers company, Osvalma S.A., with about 60 employees, has annual turnover of about euro 20 million.

This is the sixth acquisition of a Seur franchisee and leaves GeoPost-Seur, in which GeoPost holds 60%, with an unchanged stake of 18.68% in the overall Seur Group. Most of the other Seur franchisees comprise the remaining group’s shareholders but Osvalma did not own any Seur shares.

Seur, with turnover of euro 574 million in 2005, is one of the leading express companies in Spain, which is one of the five largest CEP markets in Europe and is growing at a strong single-digit rate, according to CEP-Research information.

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