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Senator McHugh bill would stop mail-order cigarettes at USPS

Posted by | Jul 11, 2007 | |

Rep. John McHugh has again introduced legislation that would outlaw the mailing of tobacco products through the US Postal Service.

If passed, the bill, H.R. 2932, would amend Title 39 of the United States Code, restricting the USPS from delivering certain tobacco products. The bill provides that cigarettes, smokeless tobacco and roll-your-own-tobacco are nonmailable matter, would not be carried or delivered by mail and would be disposed of as the Postal Service directs. It also imposes a penalty of USD 100,000 for each violation.

All three major shipping companies — DHL, FedEx and UPS — have stopped shipping cigarettes nationwide and, as a result, all Internet tobacco vendors are using the USPS to make their deliveries. In addition, in January 2006, Philip Morris USA reached an agreement with a coalition of 37 attorneys general aimed at combating the sale of the company’s cigarettes over the Internet and through the mail. And, in March 2005, the attorneys general also announced that the major credit card companies had all agreed to stop processing credit card payments for the Internet retailers.

Matt Lavoie, press secretary to McHugh, said that McHugh had planned to attach the bill to postal reform legislation that was passed last year during conference negotiations but was unable to because a conference never took place. As a result, the bill never passed.

Other senators have introduced similar bills over the years, but they also never passed.

The USPS has said it has continued to ship cigarettes because, under postal law, packages are sealed against inspection unless there is probable cause.

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DHL launches new service in south Texas

Posted by | Jul 11, 2007 | |

DHL announced it has introduced a new service in Harlingen, Texas, capable of handling triple the volume of its previous offering as well as heavier palletized freight and non-conveyable material to meet the growing needs of customers shipping into and out of the Rio Grande Valley and Northern Mexico regions.

Located at the southern tip of Texas, Harlingen is a crossroads of international commerce, offering the most efficient route to the Mexican border cities of Matamoros and Reynosa as well as the industrial city of Monterrey, via the Free Trade Bridge. The Free Trade Bridge is one of the largest and most modern ports of entry in South Texas with a full U.S. customs inspection facility that can accommodate up to 75 trucks simultaneously. DHL’s new Harlingen service will directly benefit the surrounding region’s major “maquiladora” industries, including electronics, automotive parts and medical devices.

The Harlingen service upgrade comes less than a month after DHL announced the opening of its Hermosillo, Mexico, gateway to meet the increasing demand from customers shipping across the U.S.-Mexico border from Northwest Mexico. These investments are part of DHL’s North America Trade Lane initiative, which was launched in November 2006 to increase the speed and efficiency of cross-border shipments across North America.

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FedEx fails to clinch Safexpress deal

Posted by | Jul 11, 2007 | |

Federal Express’ attempt to enter the domestic logistics business have received a setback with the failure of its attempt to buy out SafeExpress, one of the largest Indian logistics company.

This deal could have been significant for FedEx Express, because its competitors, DHL and TNT, have been successful in entering the domestic logistics segment in India through strategic acqusitions. TNT acquired Speedage, a divison of ARC India, in 2006 for an amount of Rs 200 crore (GBP 2.46 million), while DHL had acquired 81.03 pct of Blue Dart in 2004 for an amount of Rs 730 crore (GBP 8.97 million).

Had the deal gone through, it would have given FedEx a fairly huge chunk of the market in the express cargo, 3PL and warehousing segment.

The opportunity for integrated solutions in the logistics industry is huge and FedEx Express, the world’s largest express distribution company did not want to miss it. A proposed Central Sales Tax (CST) phase out, investments in infrastructure and technology as well as pick up in manufacturing outsourcing have been driving the demand for logistics solutions in India.

Something had to give. So, in a final meeting, held at one of the banker’s place, a couple of weeks back, FedEx walked away from the deal. Ernst & Young were the bankers of Safexpress, while FedEx was represented by JP Morgan. The anxiety in the minds of top officials with respect to Mr Jain’s inability to take a standing decision on the matter has been building up for a while now. The employees were not sure of their fate in the course of change in ownership.

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DHL spends USD 7.8 M in Minnesota

Posted by | Jul 10, 2007 | |

DHL said it has invested USD7.8 million to open a new regional sort center facility to serve its air and ground network in the Midwest.

The Plantation-based express delivery and logistics firm said the new facility, in Bloomington, Minn., relocates DHL from a 35,000-square-foot space in Blaine, Minn., to one more than double that size.

The new 79,049-square-foot regional sort center is also closer to the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. The company predicted its new technologies to more than double the packages it can process each hour.

DHL also recently completed a USD1.2 billion buildout of its U.S. domestic network and infrastructure, including an expanded primary air and ground hub in Wilmington, Ohio, and seven new regional sort centers throughout the country.

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DHL’s new ‘A.M.ERICA Campaign’ promotes speedy delivery between Japan and America

Posted by | Jul 9, 2007 | |

DHL launched its ‘A.M.ERICA Campaign’ to promote the advantages of using DHL for deliveries between Japan and America.

The campaign seeks to raise awareness of the convenience and quality of DHL services from Japan to America, which include timely next-morning delivery to major U.S. cities. The campaign will be launched via newspapers, magazines, and the Internet, focusing on the catchphrase “A.M.ERICA”- a combination of “A.M.” and “America.” Conducted in conjunction with the ‘A.M.ERICA Campaign’ will be an prize campaign offering customers the chance to win a trip to this year’s National Basketball Association (NBA) All-Star Game in New Orleans. In May this year, DHL concluded a logistics partner agreement with the NBA covering Asia Pacific region.

In response to sharply increasing demand for air cargo transport between America and Asia, DHL has invested in excess of US$1.2 billion since 2004 to reinforce its American infrastructure, opening new air and ground hubs and expanding existing facilities.

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