Tag: DHL

DOT begins review of DHL Airways

Posted by | Jun 17, 2003 | |

One month after Deutsche Post World Net announced plans to acquire the ground operations of Seattle-based Airborne Express Inc., shoe and apparel maker Nike Inc. informed United Parcel Service it was switching to the German delivery giant to move its European shipments.

According to UPS officials, Nike said it changed logistics companies because Deutsche Post offered rates 10 percent below those of UPS.

The loss of the $8-million account for standard, express and return logistics service adds fodder to the battle between global logistics integrators UPS, FedEx and Deutsche Post for global market share and access. And it reinforced the belief held by the U.S. integrators that Deutsche Post’s low package rates are being subsidized by its postal business and other state aid.

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Loud protests of US Express duopoly have familiar ring to them

Posted by | Jun 17, 2003 | |

The uproar in the United States about who is pulling the strings behind DHL Airways and Deutsche Post’s proposed purchase of Airborne Express has a familiar timbre to it.

As is often the case, politics, especially the politics of profit making, makes for strange bedfellows. Arch-rivals Federal Express (FedEx) and United Parcel Service (UPS), whose names are dirty words in the oppositions’ Memphis and Atlanta headquarters, have banded together to block what they see as a sinister incursion into their USD30 billion domestic air cargo market by the subsidiaries of the German postal giant.

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Irish express players broaden horizons

Posted by | Jun 9, 2003 | |

New PacTrac research data into the Irish parcels and express market shows how European postal operators are increasing their share of both the international and domestic sectors. On the domestic front, of the estimated 6.9m parcels despatched annually by Irish international parcels and express shippers, the domestic post office brands (An Post & SDS) feature predictably strongly, together accounting for 47%. Internationally, of the estimated 1.8m express parcels dispatched annually, just seven brands make up 82% of the market, with DHL (26%) leading the way.

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ASTAR Air Cargo names Blanchard and Godly to accounting and finance positions

Posted by | Jun 9, 2003 | |

Following up on the recent management re-organization of the company upon John Dasburg’s arrival as Chairman and CEO, Phil Wegescheide, Vice President Finance and Controller, announced that he has hired Bob Blanchard as Director Maintenance Accounting and Accounts Payable and Martin Godly, Director Financial Planning and Analysis. Mr. Blanchard will be responsible for aircraft maintenance accounting, other fixed assets, accounts payable, and payroll. Mr. Godly will assume responsibilities for budgeting, planning, analysis and capital expenditure planning. The appointments will be effective June 9 with Mr. Blanchard’s relocation to ASTAR’s Cincinnati office and Mr. Godly to ASTAR’s newly relocated headquarters in Miami, Florida.

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Carat Czech Republic initiates cooperation with DHL

Posted by | Jun 9, 2003 | |

Carat Czech Republic, a subsidiary of the UK media agency Carat, started co-operation with the U.S. express and logistics company DHL Worldwide Express, the director of Carat Czech Republic, Petr Majerik, said on June 5, 2003.
The co-operation covers the companies’ operations throughout Europe, Majerik added. Carat Czech Republic expects a minimum of 25-pct year-on-year increase in turnover for 2003, Majerik said.

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