Tag: Europe

DHL strikes at Brussels airport continue to disrupt mail network

Posted by | Dec 28, 2004 | |

Strikes at DHL’s mail sorting office at Brussels airport continue to disrupt the express mail courier’s delivery network in Europe, according to a report in local daily Le Soir, citing union officials and the company. Stoppages by the 150 workers began last Thursday and Friday over the refusal of the German company, a subsidiary of Deutsche Post AG, to guarantee jobs at the centre. ‘It’s chaos in DHL’s European network,’ Hendrik Vermeersch, a SETCA union representative told Le Soir. ‘All the other sorting offices are overwhelmed. They (DHL) can’t wait much longer (to strike a deal).’ According to Vermeersch, 90 pct of workers in Brussels supported the action last Thursday and Friday, with further stoppages over the weekend by 10-15 pct of personnel.
Unions and the company hope to break the deadlock in a meeting with a mediator on Jan 4 at the earliest.

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Deutsche Post joint venture lands major order in Holland

Posted by | Dec 28, 2004 | |

Selekt Mail, a joint venture between Deutsche Post and the Dutch company Wegener, has won a major contract put out by Holland´s largest mail order group, the Neckermann Group Netherlands. Starting immediately, Selekt Mail has been named Neckermann´s exclusive partner for the delivery of catalogs and direct mail in Holland.

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Germany to end monopoly in letter delivery-media

Posted by | Dec 26, 2004 | |

Germany does not plan to extend Deutsche Post’s monopoly for delivering standard letters beyond the monopoly’s current expiration date in 2007, a magazine reported on Sunday. The government does not think it is necessary to extend the monopoly, which keeps Post’s rivals including United Parcel Service, FedEx and its European peers from collecting and sorting letters of up to 50 grams, German newsweekly Focus reported. The magazine cited as its source a statement drafted by the government in reply to the German postal service regulator’s annual report. Neither document has yet been made public.

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Business Post signs agreement with the Administrators of NCN

Posted by | Dec 23, 2004 | |

Business Post has signed an agreement with the Administrators of NCN Limited (“NCN”), which runs a national network of independent express parcel delivery firms and which went into administration yesterday. In the year ended 31 May 2003, NCN had an audited turnover of GBP25.2 million. The agreement gives Business Post access to NCN’s centrally-serviced customers and its network members.

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UK Christmas mailbag grows

Posted by | Dec 23, 2004 | |

Despite the popularity of e-mails and text messaging customers continue to
post Christmas cards in record numbers. Royal Mail have today announced a record number of deliveries were achieved this Christmas. Over 2.2 billion items were delivered. Postwatch thanks Royal Mail on behalf of customers for their record breaking effort. Peter Carr said “This is a good result for Royal Mail and it is encouraging that mail volumes have been sustained despite the e-alternatives. All the management and staff should be congratulated.”

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