Tag: Courier/Express/Parcels

DHL dispatches its message to USA

Posted by | Nov 22, 2004 | |

DHL has hopes that red and yellow will be as popular a color combination for the holidays as red and green.

The colors for the global shipping giant are part of the new look adopted after its USD1.1 billion acquisition of Airborne last year (the two previously used white and different shades of red).

The new look popped up virtually overnight this summer on 426 warehouses, 2,841 retail store locations, 15,338 drop boxes, 17,000 uniformed personnel, 18,000 vehicles and 275 million pieces of packaging.

“We said we have to paint everything yellow as quickly as we can,” says Dick Metzler, executive vice president marketing of DHL Americas. “We really did fast-track this. It was almost a military operation.”

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Multinational express companies aim at Shanghai

Posted by | Nov 22, 2004 | |

Latest Customs’ statistics show that Shanghai has become an air express (AXPS) hub in China, and even in Asia and the Pacific region. Multinational express companies are one after another increasing their investment and shifting their regional business focus to Shanghai.

Shanghai is an aviation hub port and a leading city in the development of the Yangtze River Delta area. Since this year, the amount of both inbound and outbound express delivery handled by Shanghai Port has grown over 50 percent over the same period of 2003, and the port even ranked first in China in terms of amount of air express handled, which had reached 8 million pieces by the end of September this year.

The world’s largest express operator, UPS of the United States, after shifting its Grand-China-Area headquarter from Hong Kong to Shanghai, plans to construct an Asia-Pacific area transshipment center in Shanghai, and then centering on Shanghai, to develop international through express business in Qingdao, Guangzhou and Xiamen. Several other international express giants, including DHL and TNT, are also planning such operation system in China.

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TNT Global Express buys out Italian SDO

Posted by | Nov 22, 2004 | |

TNT Global Express SpA, the Italian unit of Dutch mail, express and logistics services provider TPG, has acquired 100 pct in Italian courier Servizi Distribuzione Ottica Srl (SDO), it was reported on November 22, 2004. SDO, in which TNT holds the majority stake since 2001, expects to end 2004 with a turnover of 11 mln euro (USD14. 3 mln). SDO was established in 1995. TNT Global Express closed 2003 with a turnover of 497 mln euro (USD648. 1 mln). It employs more than 3, 000. The company has 130 offices, 3, 400 delivery vans and trucks and five aircraft for domestic and international connections.

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TNT Logistics sees further turnover growth in North America

Posted by | Nov 19, 2004 | |

Dutch mail, express and logistics company TPG NV’s unit TNT Logistics expects a further turnover growth in North America in the next few years, Jeff Hurley, managing director of TNT North America, said on November 19, 2004. The company targets a double-digit turnover growth. TNT North America generated a turnover of 630 mln euro (USD816.8 mln) in 2003. Hurley expects that the number of contracts with clients will increase in the next few years. Currently TNT North America has 181 clients. The value of the contracts with these clients vary from USD2.0 mln (1.54 mln euro) to USD50 mln (38.56 mln euro) per year. The company ecpects further USD300 mln (231.4 mln euro) to USD400 mln (308.5 mln euro) of additional turnover in North America from contracts with potential clients. TNT North America has some 6,000 employees.

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Dutch TPG sees improvement of logistics activities in France

Posted by | Nov 19, 2004 | |

Dutch mail, express and logistics company TPG NV expects an improvement of its logistics activities in France in the next few years, the managing director of TNT Logistics, TPG’s logistics unit, David Kulik, said on November 19, 2004.
TNT Logistics activities in France will be loss-making in 2004 and 2005, however 2004 will be a better year than 2003, and 2005 will be better than 2004, Kulik said. This will be mainly a result of a cost reduction. Kulik did not say when a break-even result will be achieved in France.

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