Tag: DHL

Deutsche Post’s DHL to handle US Postal Service’s packages to Germany

Posted by | Dec 23, 2004 | |

Deutsche Post World Net AG said its express mail courier DHL has agreed to transport 600,000 packages per year to Germany for the US Postal Service, beginning in January. No financial details were disclosed. Deutsche Post said the new contract will create 20 new jobs in its international mail centre at Frankfurt airport and 20 in its package centre in Saulheim in the German state of Rhineland Palatinate. US Postal Service’s packages to Germany were previously handled by General Logistics Systems.

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NZ Post-DHL link annoys other rivals

Posted by | Dec 21, 2004 | |

State-owned New Zealand Post has spurned rivals to sell its courier businesses into a joint venture with Deutsche Post-owned DHL. The sale was condemned as a partial privatisation of a state business without a contestable process to find out if anyone else wanted to pay more. New Zealand-owned Freightways was annoyed that it did not get a look in despite asking for the chance several times. Also excluded was Toll Holdings of Australia, which has started a small courier business in New Zealand to exploit cross-selling opportunities from its road and rail businesses. “We just wanted a level playing field,” said Dean Bracewell, managing director of Freightways. He condemned yesterday’s deal as lacking transparency – no financial details were disclosed. Toll chief financial officer Neil Chatfield said the company was disappointed it did not get an opportunity to be involved. He said it was a strange way to sell a public asset.

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BALTIC STATES – Moving in on Europe’s new stars in the east

Posted by | Dec 20, 2004 | |

Express delivery is making inroads into Poland and the Baltic States, with new partnerships, services and investment launched in 2004. Established in Poland, DHL, TNT and UPS have been joined by FedEx, which launched direct flights in August. Industry sources estimate that Poland supports a EUR500m-a-year total express market, including courier business worth EUR270m – EUR280m, and the market is expanding rapidly.

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DHL in 50/50 jv with New Zealand’s NZ Post

Posted by | Dec 20, 2004 | |

Deutsche Post World Net AG’s express mail courier DHL said it has agreed to launch a 50/50 joint venture with New Zealand’s NZ Post.

German newspaper Die Welt reported at the end of November that the two groups were close to agreeing a joint venture.

The company gave little detail about the operations of the new venture but did suggest it will compete in the New Zealand-Australian express mail market by giving a figure for the sales potential of this market of about 185 mln aud per year.

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NZ Post and DHL join forces for new international service

Posted by | Dec 20, 2004 | |

New Zealand Post and the international freight firm DHL have formed a joint venture which they say will offer far better service to burgeoning markets such as South East Asia, China, Japan and India. The 50/50 joint venture is for the express and logistics business of New Zealand Post’s Express Couriers Ltd, which includes the brands CourierPost, Pace!, Skyroad and Contract Logistics, and road and air line haul operations. New Zealand Post Chief Executive, John Allen said working with DHL would allow them to offer a more comprehensive service to New Zealand businesses in the local and international markets. He said the new operation could offer a service which was uniquely attractive to New Zealand businesses.

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