Tag: Deutsche Post

Deutsche Post and Selekt Mail file complaint against extension of mail monopoly in the Netherlands

Posted by | Jun 11, 2008 | |

Deutsche Post World Net and Deutsche Post Selekt Mail Nederland C.V. filed a joint complaint with the European Commission today to protest the renewed delay of the opening of the mail market in the Netherlands. Basis for the complaint is the Dutch government’s decision not to end the mail monopoly as planned on July 1, 2008, but to extend it indefinitely, thereby creating a competitive advantage for Post TNT of the Netherlands.

Through their decision, the Netherlands join the group of opponents against a liberalization who refuse the uniform opening of postal markets in Europe and continue to count on market foreclosure instead of competition.

Under the European law, a member state may reserve the national postal market exclusively for one provider only if this approach plays an essential role in financing the universal service. However, the statements of the Dutch government clearly show that the renewed delay only serves the interests of TNT. The Dutch government’s activities are, therefore, a clear violation of European legislation.

The allegation of an insufficient competition in the neighbor countries, especially in Germany, is just an excuse. The German postal market has been completely open since January 1, 2008. An indefinite delay protects the home market of the Dutch TNT that has been acting in Germany for years and that has unlimited business opportunities since the fall of the mail monopoly there.

In anticipation of liberalization, DP Selekt Mail, like other TNT competitors, has already made extensive investments. For this reason, Deutsche Post and DP Selekt Mail are calling on the Commission to act promptly and to eliminate the unacceptable distortion of competition contrary to European law in the Dutch postal market as soon as possible.

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DHL faces anti-trust probe as Ohio representatives question UPS deal

Posted by | Jun 10, 2008 | |

Representatives of the U.S. state of Ohio are pushing for the Federal Justice Ministry to launch an anti-trust probe into Deutsche Post World Net AG.’s plans to tie up its U.S. air express DHL operations with UPS, Die Welt reported.

The representatives are trying to prevent DHL from cutting up to 8,200 jobs in the course of entering into a ten-year co-operation with competitor UPS.

In March, Deutsche Post said its fourth-quarter profit slid by more than 60 percent after it wrote down the value of its DHL unit. DHL is slashing network capacity in the U.S. by 30 percent, which includes closing and consolidating sorting facilities and streamlining pickup and delivery routes.

A spokeswoman for Deutsche Post told Die Welt that the company does not expect U.S. authorities to object to its planned co-operation with UPS.

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Job cuts may be deal breaker in German bank merger

Posted by | Jun 6, 2008 | |

Three of Germany’s biggest lenders are mulling a merger that would create a new national banking champion but opposition to losing tens of thousands of jobs as a result could quickly render the plan unfeasible.

Commerzbank and Allianz are making a joint approach to buy the country’s biggest retail lender, Deutsche Postbank, sources familiar with the matter told Reuters on Friday.

A three-way tie-up involving Allianz’s Dresdner Bank unit would be big part of a broad shakeout of the German banking system triggered by a global credit crisis that has prompted massive writedowns and created deep uncertainty about future revenues among the country’s lenders.

Berlin would like to see a second big financial player that could hold its own on the international stage next to top lender Deutsche Bank, government sources have said.

With its nearly 15 million customers, Postbank is seen as a major prize in a fragmented banking market that is two-thirds dominated by public-sector and cooperative lenders.

But combining Commerzbank, Dresdner and Postbank could put 20,000 jobs at risk, services trade union Verdi has estimated.

A top Verdi official and Postbank supervisory board member threatened stiff resistance should Postbank parent Deutsche Post sell its 50 percent stake in the lender.

Financial sources said the German government was pushing to get the sales process moving to get a deal done while it still held a veto right over possible partners, a power it can exercise only until the end of the year.

Germany faces a general election next year, which may add pressure to get controversial bank mergers done quickly.

More than a third of Postbank’s 21,000 staff members are civil servants, a holdover from its history as a state enterprise, in effect guaranteeing they cannot be sacked.

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Hermes Logistik Group to undercut Deutsche Post by 10-15 pct if minimum wage dropped

Posted by | Jun 5, 2008 | |

Hermes Logistik Group, the postal-services unit of privately held mail-order retailer Otto Group, plans to undercut Deutsche Post AG.’s letter prices by 10 percent to 15 percent should German courts strike down the minimum-wage rule for the industry. Hermes Chief Executive Hanjo Schneider told Die Welt that the group hopes to enter the market for letter delivery still dominated by former monopoly Deutsche Post in January 2009 but legal uncertainties are keeping him from making a forecast.
Should the highest German court squash the minimum wage rule, Hermes will immediately start offering letter delivery from all of its 13,500 German packet receiving offices. A Berlin court ruled in March that a German law imposing a minimum wage at all companies in the letter-carrier industry is illegal.
A higher court will probably rule on the issue in July.

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Bahwan DHL Exel Supply Chain promotes safe driving in Oman

Posted by | Jun 4, 2008 | |

Bahwan DHL Exel Supply Chain (ESC) has recently embarked on the sultanate’s first ever safe driving campaign aimed at owner, drivers in the oil and gas field.

In addition to focusing on educating employees on responsible driving, the CSR program also helps to maintain sustainable local employment, according to Wayne Tait, Health, Safety & Environment Manager, Bahwan DHL Exel Supply Chain.

Statistics indicate that each year there are around 10,000 car accidents in Oman resulting in 680 deaths and 7,550 injuries. The causes of these crashes include speed, driver neglect, tiredness, overtaking, weather, sudden stops, safe distance, improper acts, vehicle condition, road condition, and cell phone use. Oman’s road traffic death rate is 28 per 100,000 of the population, which is much higher than the global average of 19 killed per 100,000 and according to Tait, anything the company can do to help reverse this worrying trend will be at the forefront of its agenda.

A component part of this effort will be a monthly competition to help to incentivize employees to maintain high levels of safety both in their driving practices and vehicle maintenance. The first monthly winner of the competition was Mahmoud Hilal Ali Al Qarni who took the first prize cash award of RO100 with a 99.6 pct rating for the month of April. The six month long campaign will culminate with the announcement of the ‘Driver of the Year’ award in October 2008.

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