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EMS quickens deliveries to regain share

Posted by | Aug 16, 2006 | |

Express Mail Service (EMS), operated by state-owned China Courier Service Corp., has sped up its deliveries in a bid to regain its decreasing market share.

Now it takes just more than ten hours to deliver an express mail from Shanghai to Beijing, about two hours shorter than before. Moreover, EMS deliverers are dressed in orange, a change from the former green, and equipped with data collection machines, which provide timely information about the delivery process.

With millions of Chinese yuan put into upgrading facilities, adjusting networks and improving systems, EMS has accelerated both inside and outside the country.

It is the biggest move for EMS since it started twenty-six years ago. It has finally got moving when the Chinese express market is crowded with more and more privately owned express companies and global logistics titans.

EMS’ acceleration is mainly depending on upgrading equipment and optimizing operation, an upgrading model focusing on technologies.

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Rail service better

Posted by | Aug 16, 2006 | |

North American rail service improved in the second quarter and year over year, according to Bear Stearns’s quarterly survey of 1,000 shippers.

The survey respondents named CSX, Canadian National, and Canadian Pacific as having the most improved service.

Although 28 percent of the shippers still expect rail service to deteriorate during the peak season, this is down considerably from 53 percent a year ago.

Shippers expect to pay a 4.4-percent average rail rate increase in 2006, meaningfully up from 3.7 percent in the first quarter and 3.5 percent a year ago. Forty-four percent of the survey respondents described full-truckload capacity as “balanced;” 34 percent described the full-truckload market as “tight” and 22 percent as “over capacity.” For the first time since 2001, no respondent saw “extremely tight” capacity. The survey found shippers see even greater less-than-truckload capacity availability.

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Deutsche Post says suing Deutsche Telekom for 105 mln euro

Posted by | Aug 15, 2006 | |

Deutsche Post AG said it has filed a lawsuit against Deutsche Telekom AG for 105 mln euro worth of payments relating to a dispute over the refurbishment of logistics centres.

Deutsche Post acquired the logistics centres from Deutsche Telekom six years ago, but they were later found to have faults.

The two companies failed to settle the dispute out of court.

A Deutsche Post spokesman could not say when a verdict will likely be made.

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Shmesani opening highlights DHL continuous expansion plans in the Kingdom

Posted by | Aug 15, 2006 | |

The Shmesani express centre, which is DHL’s first amongst a number of upcoming facilities in Jordan, has been opened to address the growing business, commercial and financial sector’s requirements within Amman. It will be operating six days a week from 8 am to 8 pm employing highly trained frontline staff to provide cash paying customers the best of services.

We are extremely excited about this important growth for DHL Jordan, where our initiative is to increase our visibility and accessibility in a more demanding business environment, since the country has a growing economy and great ventures in commercial and retail aspects, DHL, the world’s premier express and logistics company, recently celebrated the opening of its new express centre in Shmesani, a stand-alone retail centre for DHL Express cash shippers of documents and parcels, to/from anywhere in the world.
said Rhys Williams, Country Manager, DHL Jordan.

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DHL reports 40% rise in UAE shipments

Posted by | Aug 15, 2006 | |

Express logistics provider DHL says its UAE shipments are up by 40 per cent and has responded by opening four new service points in the country.

The new service points are located at Deira and Sharjah City Centre, Mall of the Emirates and Dragon Mart and are additional to the 21 existing sites in the UAE. DHL’s UAE general manager, David Wild: “Our new service points ensure customers can deal with their shipments while they shop. ”

He added: “We are witnessing huge growth in the number of shipments originating from our service points, with figures up 40 per cent year-on-year.

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