Postcomm issues new licence to Zip Mail Limited
Postcomm has today issued a new licence to Zip Mail Limited.
The licence takes into account the requirements of the new licensing framework that came into force on 1 January 2006.
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Xanto to use Night Star Express as transport partner
Xanto, the newly-founded private German mail network, will use night express operator Night Star Express to transport mail between its members when it goes into operation in 2008 after full liberalisation of the German postal market.
“Xanto – the LetNet System” was founded in August by five medium-sized German freight logistics companies as a cooperation system designed to enable up to 100 local and regional mail carriers to have nationwide coverage while retaining their identity and independent status. It is currently seeking members.
Night Star Express, owned by eight freight forwarders, specialises in so-called “in-night” delivery, collecting items in the late afternoon and delivering across Germany and to several neighbouring countries by the start of the working day.
Read MoreCeska Posta raises profit to Czk 1 billion
Ceska posta, the Czech Post Office, raised gross profit by 4 percent year-on-year to CZK 1 billion in the first nine months of the year.
Sales from postal operations added almost 2 percent to CZK 7 billion, while sales from agency services to clients rose by 5 percent to CZK 1.5 billion.
Ceska posta also expects a 4 percent rise in profits for the full year. In 2005, it made net profits worth CZK 667 million, a year-on-year increase by half. Gross profits reached CZK 920 million.
Ceska posta, owned by the state, has 37,500 employees in 3,400 branches. The company will be transformed into a joint-stock company in the next few years before it can be privatised.
Read MoreSeur opens new Lisbon head office
Seur, the Spanish express company, has opened a new head office in Portugal with a EUR 10 million investment. The new Lisbon facility covers 40,000 sqm, including 11,000 sqm of office space.
The company, with nine outlets throughout Portugal, aims to extend its leadership of cross-border traffic between Spain and Portugal, and secure its position as number two in Portugal behind national postal company Correios. Seur hopes to increase Portugal revenues by 16% to some euro35 million this year.
Read MoreDeutsche Post buys USD150 million stake in Atlas's polar air unit
Deutsche Post AG’s DHL express- delivery division plans to spend USD150 million for nearly half of Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings Inc.’s Polar Air Cargo unit, gaining access to extra aircraft in key markets.
DHL will pay cash to acquire a 49 percent holding in Polar, including a 25 percent voting interest, Atlas said today in a statement on Business Wire.
Bonn-based Deutsche Post, Europe’s largest postal service, has spent more than USD13 billion on acquisitions since 1996 in a quest to become the No. 1 logistics company in the world.
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