Tag: Europe

Estonian Postal Co signs agreement with Nordic Countries' logistics system

Posted by | Jan 26, 2006 | |

Under an agreement Eesti Post (Estonian Post) and the Danish-Norwegian company Pan Nordic Logistics signed today, Eesti Post’s ELS express delivery service will expand to the Nordic countries, making the forwarding of parcels both faster and cheaper. The service meant primarily for corporate customers allows to cut the price of forwarding parcels to the Nordic countries by 20-30 percent and should shorten the time of delivery to 1-3 days depending on the area of the destination country, Eesti Post said. “We are implementing one of our strategic goals, that of expanding our ELS express delivery service to the Nordic market,” CEO Peeter Raudsepp said. The company expects the volume of ELS services to grow more than 30 percent this year.

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GBP 1m up for Nightfreight QuorumValue

Posted by | Jan 26, 2006 | |

Nightfreight says that its QuorumValue product, launched in July last year, has done more than pounds 1m-worth of business from 858 customers in less than six months. The service is aimed at a mix of consignment types that might otherwise be split among customers. A typical mix might include satchels, standard parcels and packages, IDW (irregular dimension and weight) consignments and pallets. “We have set an industry standard and have a real winner on our hands,” says IDW Network sales director Chris Meadowcroft.

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The big getting bigger – Motor Transport top 100 listing

Posted by | Jan 26, 2006 | |

Motor Transport’s Top 100 listing has proved very popular among our readers, and with good reason: it provides a useful snapshot of the current state of the industry’s leading players. But it really is only a snapshot, as its figures are taken at one point in time – and as accounts are filed throughout the year, the situation can change. So in the first of a regular series of updates, here we look at who has moved up and who has moved down – and we include a few companies which had been omitted from the list.

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Finland Post, Hong Kong's MultiFreight in Cargo Transport Deal

Posted by | Jan 26, 2006 | |

Finland Post said on January 25, 2006 it signed an agent contract with Hong Kong’s company MultiFreight (H.K.) Ltd, under which MultiFreight will provide sea and air cargo services between Finland and China. The agreement strengthens Finland Post’s position in Finland as a provider of international cargo and freight forwarding services, the company said. Hankyu Express manages Finland Post’s transports in the remainder of the Asian countries.

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