Tag: Courier/Express/Parcels

UPS Trade Direct expands shipping options to Europe

UPS today announced it had completed the rollout of UPS Trade Direct Air and Ocean services to facilitate export shipments from the United States and Canada to Europe. UPS Trade Direct services streamline the supply chain by making it easy to move goods through customs that are destined for multiple locations but transported in one shipment. Trade Direct eliminates the need for client distribution centers in the receiving country for breaking apart freight shipments, minimizing handling and carrying costs. This latest expansion follows the successful implementation of the service in 2004 along other major routes. UPS launched Trade Direct services outbound from Europe to the United States in January 2005 as well as inbound from Asia to Europe in June 2005.

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FedEx reports strong revenue and earnings growth; operating margins improve across all transportation segments

FedEx Corporation today reported earnings of USD1.38 per diluted share for the third quarter ended February 28, compared to USD1.03 per diluted share a year ago, a year-over-year increase of 34%. Highlights from the consolidated results for the third quarter include: revenue of USD8.00 billion, up 9% from USD7.34 billion the previous year, operating income of USD713 million, up 29% from USD552 million a year ago and net income of UD428 million, up 35% from UDS317 million the previous year. “FedEx continues to deliver strong results by providing outstanding customer service around the world and by crisply executing our strategy of balancing volume and revenue growth with cost containment to improve our margins,” said Frederick W. Smith, chairman, president and chief executive officer of FedEx Corp. “With our broad portfolio of services, FedEx is uniquely positioned to take advantage of continued growth in the global economy.”

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TNT opens dedicated national life science distribution centre in Shanghai

TNT today unveiled one of Asia’s most sophisticated medical logistics facilities in Shanghai, China. Constructed at a cost of 1 million Euro, the state-of-the-art facility in the WaiGaoQiao Free Trade Zone is TNT’s first dedicated Life Science National Distribution Centre (NDC) and will complement its Regional Life Science Distribution Centre (RDC) in Singapore. TNT’s China NDC was set up in response to the needs of the industry for bespoke services to cater to the world’s fastest growing healthcare market.

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Satellites for an emergency: trans-o-flex provides double protection for data transfer

trans-o-flex Schnell-Lieferdienst GmbH has renewed its contract with T-Systems, the corporate client division of Deutsche Telekom, and further increased the security of its network. T-Systems will operate the logistics company’s network for another five years on a cable-run basis and also establish a satellite-based network for data traffic between the head office in Weinheim and all other sites in Germany. In case of a breakdown in the cable network, the system will switch automatically to the satellite network. “We need this secure company network to offer high-quality IT services at all times and in all locations,” says Werner Haas, responsible for IT at trans-o-flex.
T-Systems has already installed the satellite units at all the operative trans-o-flex locations. The local System Partners can therefore continue to work as normal even if a cable connection failure occurs. In this case all services from computers, barcode readers and hand-held units are transmitted by satellite to the headquarters in Weinheim, where trans-o-flex operates two independent computing centres, each of which provides the complete range of services. “By double-safeguarding our systems like this, the safety of our customers’ data is guaranteed, even in extreme situations,” says IT expert Werner Haas.

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