Tag: Courier/Express/Parcels

DHL’s USD53m tax-credit package gets final ok

Posted by | Sep 28, 2004 | |

The Ohio Tax Credit Authority gave its final approval Monday to the tax-incentive package that lured DHL to move its air cargo sorting operations from Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport to Wilmington, Ohio. The tax deal was initially announced in June.

The Ohio tax board awarded DHL and ABX Air Inc., which operates DHL’s hub in Wilmington, more than USD53 million in tax credits to expand and retain its operations there and to stay at the Clinton County site for 30 years.

The Ohio Department of Development said DHL is expected to create 600 new jobs in Wilmington within three years. The company will receive a 90 percent job-creation tax credit for five years and an additional 70 percent credit for 10 years after that. It also gets a 75 percent tax credit for 10 years for retaining 2,886 existing jobs there.

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Yamato Transport Files Antitrust Suit against Japan Post

Posted by | Sep 28, 2004 | |

Yamato Transport Co. said Tuesday it has filed an antitrust suit against Japan Post in an attempt to stop the public corporation’s tie-up with Lawson Inc. , a major convenience store chain, in the parcel delivery business. In the suit, filed with Tokyo District Court, Yamato Transport is seeking an injunction to the parcel delivery agency service Lawson plans to offer from November under its contract with Japan Post. The company, acting on the basis of Article 24 of the Antimonopoly Law, is also demanding cancellation of the contract between Lawson and Japan Post, which the government plans to break up and privatize in stages from April 2007. Yamato Transport, Japan’s leading door-to-door parcel delivery service provider, claims that Japan Post has used improper profits to tempt Lawson to become agents of its “Yu-Pack” parcel delivery service. Yamato Transport said it has decided to take Japan Post to court in order to level the playing field.

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DHL appoints UK & Ireland Environmental Manager

Posted by | Sep 28, 2004 | |

DHL has reinforced its commitment to environmental issues with the appointment of Nicola Phillips as Environmental Manager for its UK and Ireland Express and Freight operations. Nicola joins DHL from an environmental management role at the BBC where she was responsible for delivering large-scale environmental risk-management projects. In the newly created DHL position, Nicola will be responsible for leading the company towards its goal of ISO14001 accreditation by 2007. Nicola will manage the strategic implementation of all DHL’s environmental programmes which include the implementation of a formal Environmental Management System (ISO14001) throughout 200 operational sites, development of a comprehensive environmental monitoring system to provide enhanced public reporting, extensive staff environmental awareness training, and a programme of customer partnerships.

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DHL opens major facility in Czech capital

Posted by | Sep 27, 2004 | |

DHL opened an information technology operations center in the Czech capital on Friday, a spokeswoman said.

The Prague center will serve as the key IT facility for DHL in Europe. The company has similar operations centers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and Scottsdale, Arizona.

The Prague center is expected to be in full operation by December and to employ some 800 people by early 2005, said Alison Jocz, a spokeswoman for the company.

DHL planned to invest EUR500 million (USD615 million) in the center over five years, Jocz said.

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Personalis S.A. – new GLS network partner in Portugal

Posted by | Sep 24, 2004 | |

General Logistics Systems B. V. (GLS), headquartered in Amsterdam, presents a new network partner for Portugal: from spring 2005 onwards, the GLS Group will be cooperating with the Portuguese parcel and express service Personalis S.A., based in Lisbon. During the course of the coming year, GLS will also acquire a 25.1 percent stake in the new partner. GLS and its current network partner Transnautica S.A. mutually agreed to terminate the contract with effect from February 28th 2005, as Transnautica S.A. will concentrate in future more strongly on their core business (general cargo, container handling and freight forwarding).

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