In 2003, DHL increased the volumes of deliveries by 30 percent from 2002. Profit of DHL in Russia in 2003 grew by 40 percent. In 2003, European countries and US accounted for the major part of imported cargoes and DHL transported more than 3,000 tons of cargoes and documents both in international and in internal directions in Russia.
Read MoreThe Air Courier Conference of America (ACCA) welcomed the release of a study on the express delivery services industry by the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC). The report concluded that U.S.-based express delivery services suppliers encounter a range of trade barriers in foreign markets and that initiatives such as postal reform, trade negotiations, and improvements in customs practices could improve the industry’s competitiveness in foreign markets.
Read MoreInternational express courier DHL plans a major reorganisation that could threaten nearly half its 950-strong workforce at its global headquarters in Brussels, the Belgian press said Tuesday. The German-owned company is planning to sack 173 people at its complex at the Belgian capital’s Zavantem airport, and move another 177 posts to its European headquarters at Bonn, the Belga news agency said. Another 98 posts could be moved elsewhere in the world, it said.
The head of DHL in Belgium and Luxembourg, Frank Beuselinck, told AFP that it was premature to talk of job losses.
International express courier DHL plans a major reorganisation that could threaten nearly half its 950-strong workforce at its global headquarters in Brussels.
Read MoreThe plan drawn up by DHL, the German courier company, to minimise its job losses in France, is a model plan, the CFDT union said on Tuesday. DHL, which is planning to cut its workforce by 1,200 or 10 per cent, signed an agreement last month with the unions on how to proceed with the reduction.
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