Tag: Europe

French Deputies support postal reform

Posted by | Jan 22, 2005 | |

French deputies took a vote on Friday regarding a draft bill which would allow France’s postal services market, currently dominated by La Poste, to be opened to rival service providers by 2009. The bill would also allow the creation of a post office bank. The text was supported by the UMP-UDF coalition. It has yet to be voted by the Senate. If passed, the bill would end the monopoly of postal service operator La Poste on letters weighing more than 50g with effect from 2006.

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Rivals admit Royal Mail will be dominant UK postal player

Posted by | Jan 22, 2005 | |

Competitors to Royal Mail have said that the postal giant is set to be the dominant player in UK postal services for years to come. The admission came at a debate featuring the chief executives of Business Post Group, TNT Mail UK and DHL Global Mail at last month’s Mail Show Conference, and just under two months ahead of full deregulation of the UK postal services market. Sarah Chambers, chairman of postal regulator Postcomm, said that despite limited deregulation so far, Royal Mail still retained 97.2 per cent of the market. TNT Mail UK chief executive Nick Wells said he thought Royal Mail would be “the dominant player and that’s a good thing. But if we can take a 10-15 per cent share, we’d be happy with that.” However, Adam Crozier, chief executive of Royal Mail, said that Royal Mail is faced with falling mail volumes.

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DHL plans 20 mln-euro investment in Russia business in 2005

Posted by | Jan 21, 2005 | |

Express mail carrier DHL plans to invest 20 million euros in business development in Russia this year, its Moscow offices announced on Monday. The bulk of the money will be put into the building of new customs terminals in Russia’s regions. “Having analyzed the potential of Russia’s market for express deliveries and logistics, DHL has decided to expand its business by developing its capacities,” the statement says.

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Nightspeed Deliveries Get One Million Pound Boost

Posted by | Jan 21, 2005 | |

Nightspeed Secure Worldwide Express will be ensuring that more parcels will be delivered on time, securely and safely, with an investment of nearly one million pounds in a brand new fleet of sixteen specialised double-deck trailers – one of the biggest double deck fleet upgrades seen this year.

Tipton, West Midlands based Nightspeed Secure Worldwide Express has purchased the 16 purpose-built double deck trailers to improve the reliability and efficiency of the crucial overnight trunking operation.

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Pan-Baltic arrangement needed for co-operation with Dutch mail company

Posted by | Jan 21, 2005 | |

The Dutch mail company TPG Post International is not interested in cooperation only with the Latvian state-owned postal company Latvijas Pasts therefore the latter will urge other Baltic mail services to join in, said Latvijas Pasts director general Gints Skodovs. “The Dutch mail company is not interested in Latvia alone, it is interested in the entire Baltic region,” said Skodovs, who had met with TPG Post International management this week during the Latvian president’s visit to the Netherlands. He told BNS it had been agreed that Latvijas Pasts will arrange a meeting in Riga with participation of Estonian and Lithuanian mail companies in the coming months. Skodovs said Latvijas Pasts already was cooperating with one of TPG Post International subsidiaries, TNT Latvia, but on a small scale and this cooperation should be expanded in future.

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