The DPD network has been extended to Kazakhstan with the creation of the new joint venture, GeoPost Caspian. The expansion move is designed to take account of rising parcel volumes to the Eurasian region.
GeoPost Caspian was founded as a joint venture between local parcel operator Globalink in Kazakhstan and the Turkish DPD franchisee GeoPost Yurtici Kargo Servisi. The new company is the DPD franchisee for Kazakhstan.
Read MoreABX Air, Inc. announced today that its subsidiary, ABX Cargo Services, has been awarded the contract to manage the U.S. Postal Service’s terminal handling services at its Surface Transfer Center (STC) in Dallas, Texas.
The contract calls for ABX to be compensated at a firm price for its fixed costs, plus an additional amount based on the volume of mail handled. Based on projected volumes, ABX Air anticipates that its revenues under the contract could total about USD 20 million during the four-year term of the contract. This contract provides for two, two-year extensions at the discretion of the U.S. Postal Service.
Over half of all home-delivery shoppers say they place orders online, compared to under a quarter two years ago. The findings come from a report by retail authority Verdict Research into the home-delivery business. The GBP 37bn business has been in a state of steady decline despite booming sales through online and TV shopping. While Internet sales have increased 28.9%, they have been unable to counter the losses in the mail order and door-to-door sales sector.
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Read MoreMasterlink Express received the prestigious Europroduct 2006 award in the Service category for The Monitored Tender Delivery service.
This years edition of the Europroduct competition has just finished. The competition grants distinctions to companies, which offer their services to big, medium and small sized firms and to individual contractors. These services should ensure complex customer service in all activities, as well as fulfill the European and global markets expectations.
It is our great pleasure to inform you that Masterlink Express was awarded the Europroduct 2006 title in the Service category for the bespoke Monitored Tender Delivery service. The idea of the Monitored Tender Delivery service is to cover the demand of Masterlinks regular customers for prompt delivery of business materials, especially tender offers.
This service is available only for regular Masterlink clients, who have signed agreements with the company. The service is realized in compliance with a specially created procedure. The customer, when ordering this service, is certain that Masterlink will preferentially treat his/her parcel, which during the whole process of shipment is monitored and is additionally distinct from other parcels by a differently marked envelope. The importance of such a parcel is also underlined by the instant communication within the company, which means providing the customer with information about the successful delivery maximum 2 hours after the service realization.
Read MoreDHL, the world’s leading express delivery and logistics company, today announced it has been selected by Masters Pharmaceutical, a pharmaceutical sales, marketing and distribution company, as its primary provider for next-day delivery services. Masters Pharmaceutical recently switched from a two-day delivery service program to next-day service with DHL in order to better serve Masters’ growing customer base. Working within a highly competitive industry, Masters Pharmaceutical recognizes the benefits of offering the highest level of service to its more than 6,000 customers.
Masters Pharmaceutical distributes nationwide from a centrally located distribution facility in Cincinnati, Ohio. Through a customized late pickup service by DHL, Masters Pharmaceutical is able to fulfill orders late in the evening for next-day delivery to pharmacies nationwide.
“Masters Pharmaceutical is one of many customers that is enhancing its business model through successfully leveraging DHL’s domestic air network and expansive portfolio of services,” said Janet Flores, area vice president of sales at DHL. “By providing customers, large and small, access to dedicated support, customized solutions, and reliable expedited logistics, DHL can help give these companies the opportunity to offer their customers a high level of delivery service.”
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