Tag: Courier/Express/Parcels

UK union to announce result of strike ballot on DHL takeover of NHS logistics

Posted by | Sep 11, 2006 | |

Public services union Unison is to announce the results of a ballot for industrial action in protest over the takeover of NHS logistics by Deutsche Post AG unit DHL.

The strike could involve 1,000 workers, furious over the private outsourcing supply contract worth 1.6 bln stg.

Unison leader Dave Prentis said he would be seeking a judicial review of the way the contract was awarded.

If approved, the action could be the first in a series of major industrial protests by civil servants over government reforms of public services.

Mark Serwotka, general secretary of the Public and Commercial Services Union, warned of a strike ballot within weeks among 280,000 civil servants over job and pay cuts and privatising services.

‘Time is running out for government, who have failed to give guarantees over compulsory redundancies and deteriorating services, as they plough on regardless in cutting civil service jobs,’ he said.

‘Added to this you have a backlog of over 200 pay deals yet to be settled because of the chancellor’s intention to drive down pay among some of the lowest paid, many of whom earn as little as the minimum wage.’

Chancellor Gordon Brown has mounted an intense campaign to keep public sector wage deals to 2 pct or less as he fears big wage rises for Britain’s civil servants will fuel inflation and harm his spending plans.

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Logistics Expert Jürn Schmidt to run SecurLog

Posted by | Sep 11, 2006 | |

Cash and securities handling company SecurLog has a new CEO. Jürn Schmidt, 46, will take up the reins at SecurLog on 15 September. SecurLog operates throughout Germany and has about 3,000 staff. Schmidt, a Freight Forwarding Manager and Industrial Engineer, will take over from restructuring expert Dr. Michael F. Keppel, a Senior Director of Alvarez & Marsal, who has been filling this position on an interim basis. Keppel will stay on as SecurLog’s Chief Restructuring Officer (CRO) during the handover period, which is expected to last until the end of the year. The company has thus filled the key position in its new executive structure. Further senior level appointments will be announced shortly.
Jürn Schmidt has more than 15 years of management and board level experience in the freight and logistics industry. He was a member of the management board of Kühne & Nagel AG Deutschland, CEO of Hangartner AG in Switzerland, and chairman of the board of Birkart Globistics AG.

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DTDC at centre of Indian consolidation speculation

Posted by | Sep 11, 2006 | |

Indian parcels company DTDC is at the centre of speculation over the next phase of consolidation in the country’s express and parcels industry. DTDC is the third-largest domestic express and parcels operator in India according to the forthcoming “CEP Market Fact Sheet India” from CEP-Research.

The Economic Times newspaper has reported that GeoPost may acquire a 10% stake in the company in a transaction under which founder and majority owner Subhasish Chakraborty would reduce his holding from 60% to 50%. The newspaper quoted Chakraborty as saying that he is in talks with several international players but he declined to give any more details.

Financial investor Reliance Capital, part of the Anil Ambani Group, bought a 40% stake in the Bangalore-based company earlier this year, and Chakraborty has said in the past that he aims to grow through acquisitions. The company recently signed a cooperation deal with Hong Kong-based Kerry Logistics for India-China services.

The Economic Times also reported that Reliance Capital might attempt “a game-changing deal” by trying to buy cargo company Gati though DTDC. But Gati senior executives denied the company was up for sale, saying they were only considering selling a minority stake.

The fast-growing Indian express and parcels market is increasingly attracting foreign investment. DHL is set to take full control of its Indian subsidiary, Blue Dart Express, and TNT announced at the start of the month that it is buying road express company Speedage.

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Finland – TeliaSonera Finland, DHL in voice & data services deal

Posted by | Sep 11, 2006 | |

TeliaSonera Finland and DHL have signed an agreement on voice and data services. The agreement covers for example about 1,300 mobile phone subscriptions, their switchboard services and several hundred vehicle terminal data subscriptions. The data transmission takes place based on GPRS or 3G, depending on the situation. DHL’s internal voice traffic will be transferred as IP-based into the DataNet-based data communications network that has already been in the company’s use and was delivered by TeliaSonera Finland.

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