Tag: Courier/Express/Parcels

US FedEx signs up Vietnam postal company

Posted by | Aug 22, 2006 | |

FedEx, the express delivery company, Monday appointed a Vietnam Post and Telecommunications Group (VNPT) affiliate as an authorized agent in Vietnam.
Under the three-year contract, Post Office Express Joint Stock Company (PCN) will mostly handle air cargo services for the US-based company which has had a presence in Vietnam for over a decade.

Dang Thi Bich Hoa, chairwoman and general director of PCN, said the cooperation between a global parcel service provider and a leading Vietnamese express delivery company (80 percent of the domestic market) would mean convenient services for clients.

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German forwarders form mail network to take on Deutsche Post

Posted by | Aug 22, 2006 | |

Five German freight forwarding and logistics groups have linked up to form a private mail carrier “ Xanto” to compete with Deutsche Post. The companies are all ex-founder members of parcel carriers DPD and German Parcel (now GLS).

The founders of “Xanto – the LetNet System” are Diehl Spedition, M&M Militzer & Münch, Honold Logistik Gruppe, G.L. Kayser and Cretschmar Cargo along with the management consultant Christian Holland-Moritz who will also act as managing director. Xanto will function as a cooperation network in which up to 100 local and regional mail carriers work together to provide a nationwide coverage while retaining their identity and independent status.

“Xanto is a network which has been created by logistics service companies that are used to cooperating and which will operate independently of publishing houses and large corporations,” declared Holland-Moritz. “With the end of the letter monopoly at the start of 2008, as a private competitor we will be able to offer a nationwide mail delivery service that will lie below the price level of Deutsche Post.”

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Smart Box Provides Added Security

Posted by | Aug 22, 2006 | |

Where is my shipment – right now? Is the shipment still complete? These are the kinds of questions many customers want answered while their goods are being shipped – especially when it comes to such valuable items as pharmaceuticals or high-end entertainment electronics. Smart Box is the answer. Norbert Pieper, Senior Expert Security in the Corporate Security Department and his colleagues Rainer Hen and Michael Schmidt are the minds behind Smart Box. A few years ago Pieper and his team started to identify potential weaknesses in shipping processes; they also considered customers’ additional requests. Their research led to the idea of an intelligent transport box that met all demands. “Why re-invent the wheel? There are plenty of technologies that have already stood the test,” describes Pieper his thoughts during Smart Box’s conceptual phase. He decided to combine several technologies for the smart transport container, the most important of which is Radio Frequency Identification (RFID).

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DHL expands in Charleston

Posted by | Aug 21, 2006 | |

DHL Global Forwarding announced Monday that it plans to relocate its ocean freight and customs brokerage operations in Charleston, S.C. to expanded facilities closer to the Port of Charleston and Charleston International Airport.

The move, effective Oct. 1, will combine the now-integrated operations of the former DHL Danzas Air & Ocean and Exel Global Logistics freight management operations, each of which previously did business at separate locations in Charleston. The move is expected to improve the quality and timeliness of service to ocean freight and customs brokerage customers, Plantation, Fla.-based DHL said.

Charleston is DHL’s primary port for ocean cargo moving to and from the Southeast U.S., and its import gateway for less-than-container load traffic from Europe.

The company said the existing separate facilities were not large enough to accommodate the expanded needs of the newly-integrated companies.

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Made in America

Posted by | Aug 21, 2006 | |

What do blue jeans, DVDs, moisturizer and athletic shoes have in common? They are among the American products that Chinese consumers desire most, according to a UPS survey of 1,200 middle-class consumers in six Chinese cities.

The second annual UPS survey of Chinese urban consumers – often referred to as “Chuppies” – reaffirms their demand for high-quality U.S. products and unearths more detailed insight into their buying preferences and demographic differences. UPS, which flies to more points in China than any other U.S. airline, commissioned the survey to help its customers do business in the world’s fastest-growing market.

“The survey highlights the need for small-to-mid-sized businesses to be prepared and focused on exactly what it is they want to accomplish by entering China,” said Kevin M. O’Connell, senior partner of the law firm O’Connell and Co., which handles foreign direct investment and general business matters in China. “They need to set themselves apart from their competition and from the large multi-nationals and market to a very specific niche.”

The most sought-after products in this year’s survey were American videos/DVDs, music or books and consumer electronics – which also were the top categories in the 2005 survey.

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