Tag: Courier/Express/Parcels

TNT opens first "green" depot in the Netherlands

Posted by | Oct 29, 2008 | |

TNT is today opening its first CO2 emission-free depot in Veenendaal, the Netherlands. The official opening is to be attended by Harry Koorstra, member of TNT’s Board of Management and Group Managing Director Mail The depot is the first in a series of “green” buildings to be used by TNT as part of its worldwide environmental programme, Planet Me. The global mail and express delivery company aims to cut the CO2 emissions of all of its buildings, totalling three million square metres of real estate in over sixty-five countries.
The building produces its own energy in a sustainable way. More than 300 solar panels collect sunlight and convert it into energy.
The depot was designed in close collaboration with the VolkerWessels construction company. TNT required the building to be CO 2 neutral in operation.
The combination of techniques and measures in one business site allows energy savings of over 70 per cent compared with a traditional depot. VolkerWessels expects other end users of sustainable business premises to choose the same solutions. TNT’s green depot has been operational since mid-October and functions as a mail distribution centre for Veenendaal and its surroundings.

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Swiss Post: Profit CHF 496 million below 2007 figure

Posted by | Oct 28, 2008 | |

In the first three quarters of 2007, Swiss Post generated Group profit of 496 million Swiss francs. This is CHF 203 million below the year-back figure. The decline is due primarily to higher fuel prices, growth- and inflation-induced additional expenditure and value adjustments on financial investments. Swiss Post expects its full-year result to be down on the previous year.
In the first nine months of 2008, Swiss Post generated Group profit of 496 million francs (2006: 699 million francs). This is CHF 203 million or 29 pct less than in 2007, which was a record year. All product-carrying Group units posted a decline. Growth- and inflation-induced additional expenditure, higher staff costs and value adjustments on financial investments were responsible for the lower profit figure. In addition, cuts in press subsidies and the parallel operation in the “Reengineering Mail” (REMA) project resulted in higher costs. PostFinance had to make writedowns totalling CHF 95 million on its financial investments. CHF 67 million of the writedowns relate to fixed-income investments and the remaining CHF 28 million to equity investments. Thanks to its risk-conscious investment strategy, the loss amounts to only around 0.2 pct of the total investment portfolio (see also PostFinance press release of 22 October).

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Regional postal heads review progress of inter-GCC express mail service 'Gulf Express'

Posted by | Oct 28, 2008 | |

Postal heads from Arab countries meeting in Qatar for the 21st postal high committee meeting gave the green signal for the implementation of Gulf Express, an improved express mail service for GCC countries.
The officials, who included under-secretaries of postal ministries and directors-general of posts, reviewed the business plan submitted by the Riyadh-based newly appointed manager of the project and asked for an operational plan.

The meeting also decided that the Gulf countries will henceforth take part in international stamp exhibitions under the name of the ‘GCC Countries Group’, in an effort to promote Arab solidarity and philatelic excellence.

Among the other topics was a review of the proposed pan-GCC logistics company owned by GCC postal organizations.

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Austrian Post dismisses trans-o-flex chief

Posted by | Oct 27, 2008 | |

Austrian Post has dismissed Klaus Heinz, head of its German parcel logistics subsidiary trans-o-flex, but is not planning any change in the company’s business model, according to CEP-Research information.

“Klaus Heinz has been relieved of all his functions”, a trans-o-flex spokeswoman said. She declined to disclose the reason for the decisions but added: “A re-positioning of trans-o-flex is neither intended nor planned.”

Wolfang Weber, head of operations and formerly deputy head of the management board, has taken over as management board spokesman in addition to his existing responsibilities. The other management board members are Thomas Mohorn, head of sales and marketing, and Thomas Doll, responsible for finances.

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Deutsche Post World Net provides preview of third quarter 2008

Posted by | Oct 27, 2008 | |

Deutsche Post World Net recorded a decline in EBIT before non-recurring effects of around 8 percent in the third quarter compared with last year’s 468 million euros as the global economic environment deteriorated markedly. Third-quarter reported EBIT rose 26 percent from last year’s 1.68 billion euros, reflecting a 572 million-euro non-recurring effect on EBIT due to a repayment from the German government following a court decision on EU level. In the first nine months, underlying EBIT gained 1.3 percent compared with the year-earlier period.
The Group now expects underlying EBIT for 2008 of around 2.4 billion euros, some 10 percent below last year’s result and 17 percent below the previous guidance. Adjusted for the accounting changes following the agreement to sell a 29.75 percent stake in Deutsche Postbank AG to Deutsche Bank AG, the Group previously had forecast EBIT of around 2.9 billion euros. Including Postbank, the forecast was 4.1 billion euros. For transparency reasons, the Group will be showing EBIT without Postbank going forward. The main shortfall will be seen in the EXPRESS Corporate Division, which is being particularly impacted by deteriorating market conditions in the U.S. The Group also recorded volume shortfalls in other regions, but those could be mitigated through cost-cutting. Other divisions are likely to be slightly below previous guidance.

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