Tag: Courier/Express/Parcels

Budapest courier service market saturated

Posted by | Dec 29, 2004 | |

With about 100 courier services operating in Budapest and new ones constantly entering the market, fees are going down sharply in a business operating with a profit margin of less than 10pc as it is, a Budapest business paper wrote on Wednesday. Vilaggazdasag notes that only about 15-20 of the courier services operate with more than 1-5 people, and only the biggest two handle 800-1,000 deliveries/day. However, business for bicycle couriers, the backbone of the service, has been going up, a 10pc rise in deliveries in 2003 compared to 2003, and a 12pc increase in 2004 compared to 2003.

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FedEx, Datian split in China denied

Posted by | Dec 29, 2004 | |

FedEx Express and Tianjin Datian W Group have denied rumours that the two parties will soon suspend their co-operation in China’s international fast delivery market. Foreign express firms may not necessarily seek fully-owned subsidiaries right after the nation opens its express market, according to experts. “So far we are not prepared to make any changes in our business modes in China,” FedEx said in a media statement last week. FedEx, the world’s largest express transportation carrier, is rumoured to be on the brink of seeking a controlling stake in the joint venture with its Chinese partner Datian Group. That indicates FedEx will probably end its co-operation with Datian and later run express services through its subsidiaries as China fully opens its express market in the next year.

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DHL strikes at Brussels airport continue to disrupt mail network

Posted by | Dec 28, 2004 | |

Strikes at DHL’s mail sorting office at Brussels airport continue to disrupt the express mail courier’s delivery network in Europe, according to a report in local daily Le Soir, citing union officials and the company. Stoppages by the 150 workers began last Thursday and Friday over the refusal of the German company, a subsidiary of Deutsche Post AG, to guarantee jobs at the centre. ‘It’s chaos in DHL’s European network,’ Hendrik Vermeersch, a SETCA union representative told Le Soir. ‘All the other sorting offices are overwhelmed. They (DHL) can’t wait much longer (to strike a deal).’ According to Vermeersch, 90 pct of workers in Brussels supported the action last Thursday and Friday, with further stoppages over the weekend by 10-15 pct of personnel.
Unions and the company hope to break the deadlock in a meeting with a mediator on Jan 4 at the earliest.

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DHL Vietnam happy to make trade happen

Posted by | Dec 25, 2004 | |

DHL Vietnam has maintained market leadership in the air express service, building on the strong national economic growth

[QQ] It has been five years since Roger Pritchard took up his post in this country. During that time the most memorable event for him as country manager of DHL Vietnam has been the signing of the Vietnam-U.S. bilateral trade agreement. “One of my lasting memories will be the ratification of the BTA in December three years ago.” As Pritchard puts it, the agreement has not only turned the United States into Vietnam’s biggest trading partner only after two years but has also made a big difference to DHL’s business in Vietnam.

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Business Post signs agreement with the Administrators of NCN

Posted by | Dec 23, 2004 | |

Business Post has signed an agreement with the Administrators of NCN Limited (“NCN”), which runs a national network of independent express parcel delivery firms and which went into administration yesterday. In the year ended 31 May 2003, NCN had an audited turnover of GBP25.2 million. The agreement gives Business Post access to NCN’s centrally-serviced customers and its network members.

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