Tag: Courier/Express/Parcels

SNAS/DHL makes major investment to upgrade services in UAE

Posted by | May 12, 2005 | |

The company will operate the 727 jet among Bahrain, Dubai, Riyadh and Jeddah six days a week which will greatly reduce the transit time for deliveries of documents, parcels and heavyweight shipments, substantially increasing SNAS/DHL’s load capacity into KSA.

Samir Al-Judaibi, Air Operations and Gateways Manager from SNAS/DHL commented: ‘SNAS/DHL has been working towards this major step forward for more than a year and we are delighted that our daily flight service is now operational.” Al-Judaibi added, ‘By routing the flights via Dubai we can include shipments from the UAE, making this fast new service even more effective and convenient for our customers in the Kingdom. In addition, the new service gives a tremendous boost to our existing high load lifting capacity to 20 tonnes daily.’

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DHL Latvia Express Deliveries Co revenues 2 percent down

Posted by | May 12, 2005 | |

Revenues of DHL Latvia express deliveries and logistics services company shrunk in by 2 percent from the previous year to approximately 13 million euros in 2004.

DHL Latvia sales and marketing head Marite Virbale told BNS that the company’s postal service has been profitable, however, she declined to reveal the size of the profit.

Virbale said the company’s revenues declined last year, because, after Latvia’s accession to the EU, many companies no longer needed brokers’ services. However, generally last year has been successful for DHL Latvia, as it introduced several new products on the market.

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Fighting talk as UPS defends US market share

Posted by | May 12, 2005 | |

United Parcel Service yesterday vowed to defend its share of the US package delivery market against competition from FedEx and DHL, amid signs that its troubled domestic business is back on track. Mike Eskew, chairman and chief executive, said the domestic parcel business was “well ahead” of expectations in the second quarter of this year, following several months of sluggish performance. He set a long-term target for UPS to grow in the US at the same rate as the broader market, halting erosion of the company’s dominant position in its home territory. “We believe we will be growing at the market rate by the latter part of this year and that means we will be maintaining our share,” Mr Eskew told a meeting of investors in New York. The bullish comments set the stage for an intensification of the already bitter competition between UPS, FedEx and DHL in the world’s biggest package delivery market.

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Fulfilment Solutions

Posted by | May 12, 2005 | |

Presentation at WME Europe 05 by Marek Rozycki, CEO Masterlink & DPD Central Eastern Europe.
Fulfilment definition
Current practices and trends
Current services available
Masterlink services
Why CEE is the best solution
P:LibraryWME Europe 05 presentationsMarek_Rozycki.ppt

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UPS pilots vote to authorize strike

Posted by | May 12, 2005 | |

The union for United Parcel Service Inc said more than 99% of its members have voted to give the authority to call a strike to the union’s five-pilot executive board. Of the 2,462 eligible crewmembers, 2,371 pilots participated in the strike vote, the Independent Pilots Association said in a press release Thursday. Of those who voted, 99% participated in favor of a strike.

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