Tag: Courier/Express/Parcels

DHL announces salesperson of second quarter for 2006

Posted by | Jul 30, 2006 | |

DHL Jordan, the country’s leading express logistics provider, recently awarded Mohamed Haylouz the ‘salesperson of the second quarter’ title for 2006. A recognition that makes him eligible to win the ‘salesperson of the year’ award granted at the end of the year.

“Mohamed, who joined DHL in 2000 as a courier, has since exhibited exemplary dedication to quality service and excellence which has earned him various promotions leading to his last as Business Development Manager at DHL Jordan, “ said Nael Attiyat, Country Commercial Manager, DHL Jordan

DHL Jordan, the country’s leading express logistics provider, recently awarded Mohamed Haylouz the ‘salesperson of the second quarter’ title for 2006. A recognition that makes him eligible to win the ‘salesperson of the year’ award granted at the end of the year.

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Lockheed Martin system to speed sorting of Postal Service packages

Posted by | Jul 28, 2006 | |

Packages sent via the U-S Postal Service should get where they’re going more quickly with technology that’s been developed by Lockheed Martin’s plant near Binghamton.

The Lockheed facility in Owego has received a 17-(m)-million-dollar contract to install nearly 40 optical character readers at bulk mail centers around the country.

The units will decipher handwritten addresses on packages which until now had to be sorted manually.

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Dutch TNT Plans Taking Over German PostCon

Posted by | Jul 28, 2006 | |

Dutch mail and express deliveries group TNT NV plans to take over a majority stake in PostCon AG, a consortium of customers of German postal services group Deutsche Post AG, it was reported on July 28, 2006.

TNT has already registered for the takeover through its German subsidiary TNT Post Holding GmbH, the German Federal Cartel Office told German daily Die Welt.

TNT (www.tnt.com) expects the decision of the Cartel Office, scheduled for August 2006, to be positive, on grounds of the Deutsche Post’s market dominating position, according to the report.

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Tuffnells show strength in year of change

Posted by | Jul 27, 2006 | |

Tuffnells Parcels Express saw a rise in turnover to £‘78lm for the year ended December 32 2005, fromf75.7min 2004. Pre-tax profits fell to £3.9m from 4.1m in 2004.

The directors state: “The present intention is to continue the growth and the development of the existing business of the company and the directors consider the future prospects to be satisfactory”

The number of employees at the company was 1,695 in 2005, up from 1,371 the year before. Of this 1,262 worked in haulage in 2005, compared with 1,025 in 2004.

Staff costs were £25.6m in 2005, up by £1.lm over the year before. The directors recommend payment of a dividend of £2m in 2005, compared with £2.8m in 2004.

Tuffnells’ results look good, considering the tough trading conditions in 2005 and that the company went through change in ownership following a management buy-out led by chief executive Lloyd Dunn, formerly with TNT.

The f33m buy-out was backed by Bank of Scotland.

Finance director Bill Rogers, who formed a two-man executive board with Lloyd Dunn at the time of the buy-out, left two weeks ago in a move that surprised staff

Dunn was away on holiday this week and no details are available.

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DX wins N. Ireland civil service mail contract

Posted by | Jul 27, 2006 | |

British mail and parcels carrier DX Network Services has been awarded a province-wide courier contract by the Central Procurement Directorate for the Northern Ireland Civil Service, to carry mail between Northern Ireland Government Departments.

The contract, which commenced on 3 July 2006, is for an initial twelve-month period, with options to extend for a period of up to three years. DX will provide a daily door-to-door collection and delivery service for mail, pouches and boxes across 138 addresses, for all Civil Service Departments.

Paul Kehoe, CEO DX Network Services commented: “We are delighted to have been awarded this contract for the Northern Ireland Civil Service. It is particularly pleasing to have won the business in the face of strong competition from other major industry players.”

The contract was awarded as a result of going through a fully compliant framework arrangement, following Procurement Regulations and the requirements of the new European Procurement Directives.

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