Tag: Czech Republic

Main developments in the postal sector (2006-2008)

Posted by | Sep 11, 2008 | |

On behalf of the European Commission, DG Internal Market and Services, ECORYS has carried out this study from November 2007 to August 2008. The objective of the study is to identify, quantify and assess the main developments of the postal sector in relation to the application of the Postal Directive, in particular with regard to regulatory, economic, social, consumer and employment aspects, as well as quality of service and technology developments.

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Itella Information is expanding to Russia and Central Europe

Posted by | Sep 4, 2008 | |

Itella Information is expanding its operations to Russia and Central Europe. During early autumn 2008 Itella Information starts operations in Moscow and Bratislava. Russian and Central European information logistics markets are growing and new services related to outsourcing of information flow processes are welcomed. At the end of the year Itella Information will also start in Hungary, Czech Republic and Austria.
Earlier this year Itella Information expanded to Poland and created a joint venture with Norway Post in the field of information logistics in Norway. Itella Information operates already in Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Germany, Poland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. At the end of the year it has operations already in 14 countries.
Itella Information provides services for the processing, management and delivery of information flows. As a market leader in Northern Europe Itella Information offers solutions for both physical and electronic information flows helping customers move to e-transactions.

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General Parcel opens new hub in the Czech Republic

Posted by | Aug 21, 2008 | |

Czech parcels carrier General Parcel Cechy, a subsidiary of Germany’s Geis Group, has opened its new central hub at Chomutovice, close to the capital, Prague.

The company has invested about EUR 5 million in the new parcel hub which includes a 2,100 sqm building. The new facility has capacity for up to 7,000 parcels an hour. It has 15 docks for loading and 5 docks for unloading of trucks including enough space to be expanded to up to two more truck docks.

“The new hub enables us to keep up with the increasing shipping volume which is rising by 30pct per year,” said Joachim Fink, managing director of the Geis Group.

The new central hub will handle only parcels while the former mixed hub at nearby Modletice will handle only freight shipments in future. The separation of parcel and freight handling will thus increases capacity at both hubs while still enabling the company to profit from the synergies provided by their close proximity, General Parcel said.

Daniel Knaisl, managing director of General Parcel Cechy, highlighted the good location of the new hub. “Our new facility is located about 2 km from the Czech main traffic axis, the D1 motorway from Prague to Brno. This is thus an ideal position for a central hub.”

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Boom in Czechs purchasing American internet goods

Posted by | Jul 31, 2008 | |

The number of parcels arriving in the Czech Republic from the United States has shot up dramatically, with Czechs taking advantage of internet shopping and the strength of the crown.

Czech postal service is being inundated with parcels arriving from the United States. The postal service has handled over 120,000 packages arriving from the states in the first six months of this year alone – that is up from 70,000 during the same period last year. Ivo Mravinac is a spokesperson for Czech Post, he thinks the glut of incoming packages is down purely to economics:

“The dollar has taken a big hit against the crown and Czechs have done two things. One, they have become increasingly interested in internet shopping and two, they have realized that they can make big savings buying foreign goods, especially from the United States. And this has had a knock-on effect on the number of parcels we are receiving from America. In May 2007, we received 4,900 parcels from America, in May 2008, that number was up to 7,500.”

Couriers such as DHL and UPS back up Mr Mravinac’s statistics. DHL says it has experienced a 99 percent rise in the number of American parcels it handles.

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