Tag: Deutsche Post

Blasting US Express Barriers

Posted by | Apr 19, 2004 | |

The U.S. International Trade Commission found that in addition to postal competition, U.S. express delivery companies are impeded abroad by unfair postal competition, inefficient customs practices, costly restrictions and tough barriers against entering new markets in the first place.”We believe this study, which highlights the importance of reducing foreign barriers to express delivery services, now can be used by U.S. negotiators in ongoing and future trade negotiations to obtain strong commitments for our industry,” UPS spokesman David Bolger said.

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Deutsche Post Germany to introduce floor managers

Posted by | Apr 17, 2004 | |

Deutsche Post, the German postal service, is planning to introduce the role of floor manager, at least in its 250 largest branches. The new role is to be introduced on May 1 and is expected to be filled by branch managers, as the company does not wish to take on new staff. The company says that the aim of the plan is to improve its service; it is hoped that queues will become shorter and that customers will be happier.

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EU to clear planned 70 mln eur aid package to DHL

Posted by | Apr 14, 2004 | |

The European Commission are set to clear a 70 mln eur aid package offered by the German government to Deutsche Post AG’s express delivery service DHL, industry sources said.

DHL Companies Cologne GmbH will put the 70 mln eur towards the cost of constructing a logistics centre at Halle-Leipzig city airport. The total cost of the project is 253 mln eur.

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Deutsche Post targets Royal Mail markets

Posted by | Apr 12, 2004 | |

Deutsche Post Global Mail has set itself to become number two in the UK postal market. “We want to be the alternative to Royal Mail,” said Michael Proffitt, MD of Europe and the UK for DPGM’s Mail International division. Building on its takeover of Speedmail this year and the award of a long-term license, DPGM has opened a purposebuilt 7,500sq meter mail centre in Croydon, with a capacity of 90m items a year, and has negotiated a downstream access agreement for Royal Mail to handle final delivery. Under the terms of its license from regulator Postcomm, DPGM (UK) will offer businesses mailing more than 4,000 pre-sorted letters a day a two-day delivery service from this August.

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Deutsche Post UK centre delivers 200 new jobs

Posted by | Apr 9, 2004 | |

It’s a red letter day for Croydon with the arrival of almost 200 new postal jobs and the prospect of many more to come. Deutsche Post Global Mail (UK) Ltd, part of the German post office, looked at a number of sites before deciding that Croydon was the best place to concentrate its international operations in the United Kingdom. It has created a purpose-built headquarters where it now houses 160 staff in a state-of-the-art sorting and distribution facility that can handle up to 7.5 million items a month.

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