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DHL UK first to use new sustainability reporting standard

Posted by | Jan 22, 2007 | |

DHL has released the first Sustainability Report for its operations in the UK. Prepared in accordance with the Transport and Logistics industry guidelines set out by the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), makes this Report the first of its kind for the industry.

The Sustainability Report covers both the Express and Aviation divisions of DHL UK. It provides stakeholders with detailed information about the economic, environmental and social performance of DHL in the UK and the company’s aspirations for the future. The report includes information that is of particular relevance to the Transportation and Logistics industry and its customers, such as managing Health and Safety, managing the impacts of climate change from air and road transport, the handling of hazardous goods, road safety and managing noise in local communities.

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Consumer deliveries and international business to drive German CEP market growth

Posted by | Jan 19, 2007 | |

The German courier, express and parcels (CEP) market is likely to grow only moderately in the 4% – 5% range over the next few years. International business will continue to grow well while consumer deliveries will generate the bulk of new volumes in the domestic sector. Those are the key findings of the newly-published “CEP Market Fact Sheet Germany” from CEP-Research. The in-depth report also contains detailed market and competitor figures, profiles of the ten leading operators, and a comparative overview of their products.

Germany reinforced its status as Europe’s largest CEP market with total revenues of just over EUR 9.2 billion in 2005, the latest report by the Hamburg-based market research company revealed. The deferred parcels segment, accounting for over 60% of market revenues, grew faster than the express sector. Confirming the recent trend towards more online-generated parcels business, the B2C/C2C (or “consumer deliveries”) segment has grown to 32% of the market. Domestic business accounted for about 75% of market revenues. “We are now expecting a 4.6% increase for the overall market in 2006, with the B2C/C2C segment generating somewhat higher growth,” commented Robert Thyssen, CEP-Research manager.

In its medium-term forecast, CEP-Research predicted that the German market will grow moderately by 4.4% a year to reach total revenues of over EUR 11.4 billion in 2010. International growth will outpace domestic market growth. Key factors driving additional volumes will be the emergence of Central and Eastern Europe as an important regional import and export market, and rising international trade with Asia. While competition in the B2B sector will intensify, domestic market growth is likely to be mostly generated by increasing demand in the B2C and C2C segments.

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DHL to invest USD 35 million in Hong Kong

Posted by | Jan 18, 2007 | |

DHL announced a USD 35 million investment program in Hong Kong to capitalize on the continued growth of the region’s trade. The program comprises the opening of a new facility in South Kowloon which will enhance DHL Express’ ground handling capacity by about 20%, as well as a large-scale office relocation plan to further strengthen operational synergy.
Scott Price, Chief Executive Officer – Asia Pacific, DHL Express, said: “We are very pleased to celebrate the beginning of 2007 with this exciting expansion plan. DHL Express Hong Kong ended 2006 with double-digit growth, clearly benefiting from the strength of China’s growth and the dynamism of other economies in the region. This is the 5th consecutive year that DHL has recorded double-digit growth in Hong Kong. The investment program brings us close to USD 1 billion in our commitment to the Greater China area to position us for the opportunities which abound in this region.”
This investment program lifts DHL’s total investment in Hong Kong to USD645 million, which includes the USD 210 million Central Asia SuperHub, investment in Air Hong Kong, service centers and office facilities. Hong Kong’s position as the centerpiece of DHL’s hub-and-spoke network has been further cemented by the Company’s USD 400 million investment in Air Hong Kong, a joint venture with Cathay Pacific, which feeds cargo from around Asia Pacific into Hong Kong for consolidation and transit purposes.

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Blow to Royal Mail as BT and British Gas defect

Posted by | Jan 16, 2007 | |

Royal Mail suffered a twin blow yesterday after UK companies BT and British Gas switched postal contracts worth around GBP150m to its rival operator, TNT.

BT is the largest bulk mailer in the country, and the contract won yesterday by TNT, part of the Dutch post office, is the biggest since deregulation of the UK postal market in 2004. The BT contract is worth GBP90m over three years, and will involve TNT handling 170 million items a year – mainly bills and statements. No announcement has been made of the British Gas deal, but the contract is thought to worth GBP60m. TNT declined to comment.

The loss of the two huge utilities is a further setback for Royal Mail following the decision by the Department for Work and Pensions to switch a GBP12m contract to another of its privately owned rivals, Business Post, two weeks ago.

The BT contract involves a so-called access agreement, whereby TNT collects the post and trunks it to Royal Mail sorting offices for final delivery. However, TNT is planning to launch its own end-to-end postal service, and is in the final stages of selecting a number of UK cities to conduct trials. It has already signed up a host of blue-chip clients including Virgin Mobile, Sky, Next, Sainsbury’s. HBOS, Lloyds TSB, npow-er and Thames Water.

Nick Wells, chief executive of TNT Post UK, said he aimed to win more business from BT.

Business Post’s letters division, UK Mail, has also picked up contracts from Royal Bank of Scotland, Vodafone and Powergen while DHL, owned by Deustche Post, counts Tesco, John Lewis and Debenhams among its customers.

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New era dawns for telecom ventures in vietnam

Posted by | Jan 16, 2007 | |

Foreign investors are looking to have more control in telecommunications now that Vietnam is a member of the WTO, said Tran Duc Lai, Deputy Minister of Post and Telematics.

Investors want to participate in joint ventures, where they can own and operate telecommunications businesses with Vietnamese partners, instead of signing a business co-operation contract (BCC), he said.

Agreeing to a BCC was the only way foreigners could invest in telecommunications companies before Vietnam officially became the 150th member of the WTO on January 11. But it’s still up to companies whether they want to use a BCC or choose to form a joint-venture or joint-stock partnership, according to Lai.

“If both Vietnamese and foreign partners want to establish a joint venture, they can negotiate to stop the BCC and implement the procedures for a future joint venture,” he said. Market experts predict foreign companies that have already signed a BCC will be looking to establish joint ventures with local posts and telecommunication companies rapidly in the near future.

One example is the recent announcement of a joint venture between DHL, the world’s leading express and logistics company, and the VNPT. There are seven telecommunications business co-operatives that have been formed so far this year.

Three BCC contracts have expired, with four still valid. The companies still under a BCC are: France Telecom and the VNPT, the NTT of Japan and the VNPT; the South Korean SK Telecom Co and the Sai Gon Postel; and the Hutchison Whampoa of Hong Kong and the Hanoi Telecom.

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