Tag: Courier/Express/Parcels

DHL signs multi-million dollar agreement to ship hazmat packages

Posted by | Jan 28, 2005 | |

DHL has been chosen by Acuity Specialty Products (ASP) to handle all small package Hazardous Material (hazmat) requirements to customers nationwide. As part of a two-year, multi-million dollar agreement, ASP will leverage DHL’s ground delivery network and services to ship premium specialty products, including cleaners, deodorisers, disinfectants, herbicides, and pesticides, geared for the industrial, institutional, and retail markets.

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UPS freezing hiring and cutting costs after volume weakens

Posted by | Jan 28, 2005 | |

UPS Inc said it is implementing a management hiring freeze and will work harder on reducing costs as it reported disappointing fourth-quarter results that included weaker-than-expected domestic ground volume.

The Atlanta-based company also said Thursday that while it expects strong earnings and overall growth in 2005, its U.S. ground volume is only expected to rise 2 percent to 3 percent, which would be below the 3.5 percent the economy is projected to grow this year.

UPS shares fell USD1.49, or 2 percent, to close at USD74.01 in Thursday trading on the New York Stock Exchange. Its shares have fallen about 15 percent since Dec. 9, when the stock closed at USD87.53. It traded as high as USD89.10 on Dec. 10.

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UPS upbeat over forecast for 2005

Posted by | Jan 28, 2005 | |

UPS has insisted its weak performance in the last three months of 2004 was an isolated blip and forecast “solid” growth this year, driven by surging international business, particularly in China.

However, guidance for first-quarter earnings was at the lower end of analysts’ expectations, deepening concern that the world’s largest package delivery company could be losing ground to rivals FedEx and DHL.

UPS pledged to reduce annual costs by Dollars 200m and launch an initiative to win more business from mid-sized US businesses in response to its disappointing end to last year.

The company warned two weeks ago that its fourth-quarter earnings would fall below expectations because of reduced growth in domestic ground deliveries.

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ANC on the right track

Posted by | Jan 27, 2005 | |

ANC Express has chosen Carrier Logistics to build a new track and trace computer system to handle the 125,000 pieces of freight it moves each night. The Focus system is in the final stages of testing before its implementation across ANCs national network.

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Evenings with Amtrak

Posted by | Jan 27, 2005 | |

Amtrak this week rolled out an extended home delivery service across the the UK; it will deliver up to 8.30pm. Amtrak first trialled the service in London and then expanded to several other large cities for the past year, and trialled it before Christmas with a major customer, before rolling out nationwide. Amtrak says the move is in response to growing demand. MD Jonathan Smith says: “People want deliveries at a convenient time when they are already at home and for many that is not in the working day. Evening deliveries are pretty essential in our view and are a part of a range of services we are developing to tackle the home delivery sector.”

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