Baltic Logistic System Estonia (BLS Estonia) has posted sales of 30.1 million kroons (EUR 1.92 mln) for the first six months of 2006, a 48 percent increase over the same period of 2005.
The number of parcels handled by BLS Estonia also grew by half, to 537,000 parcels, the company announced.
In the fall BLS Estonia will start bringing its services under a single trade mark, DPD.
Read MoreRadical plans to split the Royal Mail in two and reduce the volume of letters covered by its one-price-goes-anywhere guarantee are to be canvassed next month by the postal regulator.
Postcomm is preparing to launch a strategic review of the organisation which will float a number of far-reaching ideas for increasing competition in the mail market.
One idea is to separate Royal Mail’s trunk network from its “last mile” delivery network of postmen and postwomen to make the business more transparent to rival operators.
Another is to remove more categories of mail from the universal service obligation (USO) which requires Royal Mail to deliver to all addresses in the country at a uniform price. At present, about three-quarters of all letters, including normal first- and second-class deliveries and the two biggest categories of business mail, are covered by the USO.
Read MoreDHL Global Forwarding and Lufthansa Cargo announced that they have signed a strategic air-cargo security partnership agreement.
The companies said the partnership will develop standard operating procedures that support customer and governmental security requirements. They said the procedures will improve safety for employees who handle high-value and high-risk products, and make DHL a more attractive forwarder for customers shipping high-value or sensitive goods.
Tony Widmer, head of airfreight for DHL Global Forwarding, said the hoped the partnership would attract more air carriers and boost freight volume.
Read MoreAs more business is done over the net, CLARE GASCOIGNE assesses the power of online branding
When Honda ran a television campaign showing Honda owners who look like their cars, it invited viewers to post photos of themselves and their vehicles on its website. The move generated so much traffic that the car maker had to set up a new site.
It is a good example of one of the net’s key features: interactivity. The ability to engage can help develop a brand and inspire customer loyalty.
“The key word with online branding is simplicity,” says Michael Peters, chairman of Identica, a branding consultancy. “People have so little time, you have to be able to sustain their interest. Online branding should be about distilling the essence of what the brand is until you get to its core values.”
Read MoreWith its online freight exchange DPD now provides transport operators with the chance to generate additional business for themselves. At www.dpd.net/frachtenboerse service providers can now obtain information in a fast and uncomplicated way about the latest requirements for transport services.
At a few clicks of the mouse all the relevant tour information is available for both long-distance and local transport, including the number of stops and parcels involved and the daily number of kilometres to be driven. Transport operators will also be able to apply for contracts directly online. With this new service DPD intends to create more transparency between the individual depots and their partners, so that it will be possible in future to react even more flexibly to the requirements of the market. ”Via this freight exchange the depots can provide information over a wide area on their requirements for additional long-distance and local transport. In addition to greater transparency this will also enable us to work more efficiently“, says Hans Fluri, Chief Executive Officer of DPD GeoPost (Deutschland) GmbH & Co. KG. For the providers of transport services the latest online information could be especially useful during the autumn and pre-Christmas seasons, when high parcel volumes mean that additional tours have to be made.
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