The planned expansion of Frankfurt airport is causing a major headache for Deutsche Post AG, the German post office. Deutsche Post has been using night flights at Frankfurt airport for 40 years, and 9 million letters are transported through the airport every night between 11pm and 1.30am, with twelve aircraft bringing in and taking out post to different parts of the country.
Read MoreDeutsche Post World Net AG and Thiel Logistik AG [Luxembourg] are in talks for a possible cooperation, Thiel chairman Guether Thiel said in an interview with Monday’s Handelsblatt. Despite the company’s [Thiel’s] current low share price, Thiel does not see the company as a takeover target, but added that independence is, ‘no dogma for us.’ The company is open to a partnership with a ‘small European postal company,’ to help build up its logistics operations, although as yet there are no concrete plans, Thiel said. The company [Thiel} is well-positioned in Austria and Switzerland, and the postal companies in these countries would be possible partners, he said.” (Source: Financial Times)
Read MoreVan Gend & Loos’ new distribution center in the capital of the Netherlands, The Hague, was officially dedicated at the beginning of September this year. The DPWN subsidiary now operates a total of 27 regional depots in the various Benelux states. Other Van Gend & Loos hubs are located in Rotterdam, Amsterdam, Roosendaal, Eindhoven, Utrecht, Brussels and Ternat
Read MoreA group of German companies that publish seven newspapers are planning to set up a company which will compete with Deutsche Post World Net AG’s mail delivery business, WirtschaftsWoche magazine reported, without citing sources, in an extract of its Thursday edition.
Read MoreThe German government plans legislation to free the sale of its remaining stake in Deutsche Post World Net, the recently-privatized global mail, express and logistics company. The German cabinet is set to approve changes in existing legislation which requires the government to hold a majority stake of 50% plus one share to ensure Deutsche Post provides a full service.
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