Tag: Courier/Express/Parcels

Dutch TNT to buy German Rheinkurier

Posted by | Oct 19, 2005 | |

TNT will take over German sector firm Rheinkurier, TNT said on October 19, 2005. According to TNT, after the takeover of Rheinkurier the company will become the second-largest mail delivery company in Cologne, western Germany, behind local post carrier Deutsche Post. Rheinkurier has 125 employees and services 1.0 million residents. TNT also said it would open a branch in Hamburg, northern Germany, in November 2005, and announced plans for its network to cover the whole of the industrial Ruhr region in western Germany by early 2006.

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Blue Dart Express posts 75.72 percent profit increase

Posted by | Oct 19, 2005 | |

Air express, courier and logistics company Blue Dart Express Ltd has posted a 75.72 per cent increase in its net profit for the second quarter ended September 30, 2005 at Rs 17.66 crore as compared to Rs 10.05 crore in the corre sponding quarter previous fiscal.

Income from operations during the reporting quarter ended increased to Rs 137.09 crore over Rs 115.87 crore in Q2 of FY-05, the company said in a release.

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TNT Express launches global email service to confirm customer pick-up requests

Posted by | Oct 18, 2005 | |

TNT Express today announced it has introduced a booking confirmation service that alerts customers, via email, that their collection request has been received. The new service – which eliminates the need for customers to call TNT for confirmation of a collection request – will create peace of mind by simplifying package tracking. To use the system customers require an active account with TNT’s online service ‘myTNT’ and an email address to which TNT can send the confirmation to. The email contains essential details such as booking reference, company name where packages should be collected and the date and time when the pick-up should take place. The service will initially be available this week, in Argentina, Bahrain, Bulgaria, Estonia, Hungary, Israel, Kuwait, Norway, Romania, Singapore, Spain, Slovakia and Vietnam. It will be rolled out – in early 2006 – to countries including China, Japan and Russia.

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DHL Kenya goes the Smartcard way

Posted by | Oct 18, 2005 | |

Slow industrial growth in Kenya and rapid changes in technology has forced DHL to shift its focus from cargo handling to retail operations. The change has come at a price, though, as DHL has had to introduce new technology to survive in this new business while easing service delivery and winning client loyalty. The SmartCard service will be officially unveiled early next month, according to the company’s management. The SmartCard system was installed in all the company’s offices in the country at a cost of more than Sh3.7 million (USD50,000). Kenya is the second country after India to install the technology, which will be rolled out to all DHL branches worldwide. The SmartCard, the size of a bank ATM (automated teller machine) card, stores the user’s data and transaction history, meaning that the moment it is inserted in the system all the information will be displayed on the computer monitor, making it easy and fast for the teller to serve the client.

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TNT receives binding offer and Management Buy-Out offers for majority of activities of its French logistics business unit

Posted by | Oct 18, 2005 | |

TNT NV announced today that it has received a binding offer from French logistics and transport company Norbert Dentressangle to purchase from its French logistics subsidiaries TNT Logistics Holdings SAS and TNT Logistics France SARL the majority of the contract logistics activities and part of the transportation activities. Additionally, Management Buy-Out offers have been received for most of the remainder of the transportation business of the French Logistics business unit. TNT Logistics France SARL has invited the Works Councils of the involved French companies to meet in the next weeks to inform and to consult them about these offers. TNT NV announced on 29 July 2005 that it estimated the total loss relating to the sale and refocus of the French Logistics business unit to be up to EURO 140 million pre-tax, to be booked largely in 2005, and reiterates this guidance on the basis of these offers. At this moment no further details about the offers can be disclosed.

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