Tag: Estonia

Estonian Post could start issuing electronic ID cards

Posted by | Jul 9, 2008 | |

Eesti Päevaleht writes that the postal company announced its readiness to provide such services as issuing ID cards after the Ministry of Interior announced this week that it was going to close down a number of regional CMB offices because of downsizing.

Tiina Liitmäe, board member of Eesti Post, said that by law citizens can pick up their ID cards of passports in person from CMB offices. Since the availability of such offices will be reduced, Eesti Post is prepared to issue ID cards and passports in its postal offices.

Eesti Post says that in cooperation with the Social Welfare Board it already helps the state to pay out pensions and benefits.

Eesti Post has 495 postal offices all over the country.

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Eesti Post must give up plan to purchase Express Post

Posted by | Jul 8, 2008 | |

Eesti Päevaleht writes that according to a stock exchange statemetn made by Ekspress Grupp, the negotiations were cancelled without coming to an agreement since neither party agreed on the terms of the agreement.

In March Eesti Post offered Ekspress Grupp to sell its half-stake in Express Post. Ekspress Grupp decided to involve in the negotiations the other half-owner Eesti Meedia that publishes, among others, Postimees.

Revenues of Express Post were EEK 72 million (USD 7.22 million) last year.

In February the Estonian Competition Authority said it will not investigate claims that Eesti Post held illegal negotiations with a private postal company Express Post.

An executive of Eesti Post and Hans H. Luik, half owner of Express Post, had reportedly discussed how to divide the market of mailing services in the country between them. Holding such negotiations on market division is illegal.

Both Ahti Kallaste, board member of Estonian Post, and Luik admitted that they have been discussing ways of dividing the market.

However, Luik later told Äripäev that nothing specific was discussed.

Express Post mainly distributes perodicals such as newspapers and provides courier services. Half of the company belongs to Eesti Meedia and half is owned by Ekspress Grupp that is listed on the Tallinn Stock Exchange.

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DPD extends Baltic market leadership with new depot

Posted by | Jun 23, 2008 | |

DPD is expanding capacity for its fast-growing business in the Baltic region with a new depot at the Lithuanian port of Klaipeda for international imports to be distributed in Eastern Europe and the CIS region.

In 2007, DPD increased its import volumes to the Baltic countries of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia by 40 pct to around ten million parcels. This helped the GeoPost subsidiary to expand its CEP market share in the Baltics from 23 pct to 28 pct. In domestic shipping within the Baltic States the three companies DPD Latvija, DPD Lietuva and DPD Eesti have a market share of as much as 46 pct.

In order to cope with this volume growth, DPD opened a parcel sorting centre in the free-trade zone of the port of Klaipeda in western Lithuania in May. The depot has a total of 46 loading bays and its current capacity is 2,000 parcels an hour, which can however be expanded substantially. The centre is intended specifically to handle the rising volumes of international shipments which arrive at Klaipeda by sea and by rail from all around the world.

DPD said that it has grown strongly in the Baltic region in recent years. It has established a rapidly growing network, based on an operational infrastructure featuring three hubs, 29 depots and a fleet of 540 vehicles. Within the three countries DPD has a workforce of 750 employees backed up by self-employed transport operators. In Riga the company opened the largest sorting centre of the whole Baltic region only last year, with a sorting capacity of 6,000 parcels an hour.

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Itella Logistics will build a logistics centre in the Jüri Technology Park near Tallinn

Posted by | Jun 3, 2008 | |

The logistics centre of 16,000 square metres will be built as Itella wants to expand its operations on the Estonian postal market. The centre received its corner stone today and according to plans, it will be completed in February 2009, writes Postimees Online/LETA.

Managing director of Itella Logistics Risto Merisalu stated that the parent company Itella Corporation will invest into the new centre as it wants to expand its operations in Estonia.

Currently it mostly deals with transportation, storing, compiling convenience goods, textile products, electronics and cosmetics and all additional services included.

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Itella Information joins European electronic invoicing network

Posted by | Apr 16, 2008 | |

Itella Information has been accepted as a member of EXPP Summit, a co-operative organisation, which disseminates information on processes related to e-invoicing and payment management. The members of the organisation and companies participating in its activities are leading European e-invoicing service providers. Itella is one of seven member companies, while another Finnish participant is TietoEnator. The organisation’s aim is to assist companies in identifying the best e-invoicing solutions, thereby achieving cost savings.

– Itella Information currently functions as an e-invoicing operator in as many as nine European countries. Participation in the activities of organisations and consortiums such as EXPP Summit is important to Itella, since this provides it with a channel for receiving information on e-invoicing in Europe, and for sharing its experiences with others. Itella is currently engaged in exporting its inter-company e-invoicing solution to Norway and Estonia, says Director Heikki Länsisyrjä, who is in charge of Itella’s information logistics operations.

In an environment undergoing internationalisation, information provided by the EXPP Summit on supranational solutions, models and systems in the area of e-invoicing is considered important.

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