Deutsche Bahn, the German national rail operator, is reported to be facing the prospect of loss of business with postal service and logistics group Deutsche Post. The postal group has criticised the rail service for poor transport quality and slowness, and is therefore increasing concentration on air mail services.
Read MoreUS-based United Parcel Service (UPS), the world’s largest express forwarding group, is still refusing to withdraw its legal complaint against Deutsche Post, the German postal and logistics group, on grounds of unfair competition, in spite of the announcement by the German company that it is to sell its shares in US airline DHL Airways, which is to be renamed Astar Air Cargo by its new owners.
Read MoreThe German, Dutch and French postal operators now control 45% of the European parcels market. The market was estimated to be worth 36bn Euros in 2002. According to Claude Béglé (Director General of European operator Geopost) “the smaller postal operators which are not currently part of one the three main networks will have to sell themselves to one of the three in the next five years. No postal administrations will be able to survive by concentrating on mail only due to the costs of maintaining a large retail network and sorting centres“. (translation from original)
Read MoreJapan Post plans to send 45 employees to internationally acclaimed corporations in the fields of mail, parcel and cargo delivery and financial services during a four-year period starting this fall, Japan Post officials said Tuesday. Japan Post is now asking such firms as FedEx Corp., Merrill Lynch & Co., both of the United States, ING Bank of the Netherlands, and Deutsche Bank and Deutsche Post of Germany to accept trainees from Japan, the officials said.
Read MoreUK Mail is the first independent mail operator planning to use Royal Mail’s delivery offices to win a larger chunk of the lucrative business mail market. At the price proposed yesterday many others should soon follow. Hays, which runs a document exchange service, Holland’s TPG, Germany’s Deutsche Post and Express Dairies all have either interim licences or seven-year licences to compete with Royal Mail. These allow them to carry and sort bulk mail as well as provide document exchange and guaranteed delivery services. Express Dairies can even deliver certain items on its milk floats. But none has been able to establish a national door-to-door network to rival Royal Mail’s. Postcomm’s proposed prices, which will go out to consultation, should encourage rival operators to hit the market hard.
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