Tag: Europe

Lufthansa, Fraport sign air cargo partnership

Posted by | Sep 19, 2006 | |

Fraport and Lufthansa Cargo have agreed on a strategic partnership for further developing Frankfurt Airport (FRA) as an air cargo hub.

The strategic partnership will ensure joint planning of the overall airline-airport system and will intensify further the system partnership of the world’s second-biggest cargo airline and Europe’s biggest cargo airport. With this initiative, the partners are also responding to the increasingly tough competitive situation in global air cargo transportation.

“In this competition between the significant airports in global air transportation, everything depends on the quality and efficiency of the total system and on the cooperation between the airline and airport within this system,” stressed Mr Bender and Mr Lauer.

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Systematic extends PalletFORCE’s European reach

Posted by | Sep 18, 2006 | |

PalletFORCE has significantly enhanced its European capability with the arrival of Benelux transport company Systematic Logistics.

Systematic’s fleet of 160 vehicles operates from four strategically positioned depots in Belgium and The Netherlands. It becomes Shareholder Member Depot for the Benelux region, and will handle Germany on a caretaker basis.

The company has extensive experience of palletised distribution from its days working previously as a member of Palletways and when PalletFORCE approached them, Systematic was quick to recognise a kindred spirit.

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Postal Services: Now size matters

Posted by | Sep 18, 2006 | |

Last month, Royal Mail introduced its postal cost plan, Pricing in Proportion.

How many companies were ready for the change? How many had put in months of preparatory testing and re-testing? How many others are now in a tail-spin, awaiting their first Royal Mail invoice under PiP and wishing they’d taken more notice earlier?

Few will admit to being in the latter camp, inevitably. Abacus, the mail order data pool supplier, says 80 per cent of its Alliance members claimed last summer that they would be ready by now. Mail order firms are among those set to benefit most, since they can now send heavier catalogues at no extra cost. Some 70 per cent of Abacus Alliance members believe it will mean good news for them, and 31 per cent are planning to increase their circulations as a result.

Nevertheless, admits Roger Williams, Abacus’ marketing director, the reality is that smaller companies “have not thought about the implications and it’s suddenly upon us”.

More worryingly, an online survey conducted by mailing equipment company Neopost found that 75 per cent of 1,000 businesses sampled had done nothing about PiP by June this year.

Many businesses are under the impression that they spend a minimal amount on postage and need not pay heed to the change, says Walsh. “Actually, if they added up their postal costs, they would be shocked.” Neopost estimates postage accounts, on average, for 30% of the cost of a typical direct mail campaign.

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Bartolini continues network expansion

Posted by | Sep 18, 2006 | |

Bartolini, one of the leading Italian express parcels companies, has continued to extend its nationwide network with the recent opening of several new depots.

The privately-owned company put a new Napoli Centro depot into operation at the start of September. The facility, located about 10 km from the city centre, covers a surface of 2,600 sqm and is equipped with an automatic sorting system. Bartolini said that the new branch would enable it to further improve its service quality for Naples and the northern part of the surrounding province.

On Sicily, Bartolini also opened a new depot called Catania Centro in early September to improve coverage of the local area. Located about 15 km from the city, it covers a surface of about 1,500 sqm and it is equipped with an automatic sorting system.

The company has also put into service a major new depot at Palmanova, between Udine and Triest in northeast Italy, in mid-July. Covering 8,000 sqm, the facility serves the province of Gorizia and part of Udine, and is strategically located close to the A4 and A23 motorways. The Palmanova depot is also equipped with an automatic sorting system.

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Postal Services: Postcomm calls for views

Posted by | Sep 18, 2006 | |

Postcomm is asking the industry how it should take its strategy forward as it maps out the future of the deregulated mail-delivery marketplace.

The postal services regulator wants to collect views from all interested parties, including domestic customers, suppliers, businesses and postal operators.

Phased deregulation of the postal market began in February 2004 and the market was opened up to full competition in August.

Postcomm’s current regulatory framework, which deals with Royal Mail pricing and service quality, runs until 2010.

The consultation document includes key questions for stakeholders, inviting responses that, together with research, will form the basis of the Postcomm Strategy Review.

Postcomm is also examining how customers’ needs might develop over the next five to 10 years, whether the market will grow, the effects of email and web shopping on the market, and how Royal Mail’s operations impact other operators.

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