Tag: Europe

Royal Mail puts its stamp on Olympic handover

Posted by | Aug 21, 2008 | |

Royal Mail and China Post are going for gold in an historic joint issue of a special set of stamps to mark the handover of the Olympic Flag from Beijing to London.

From 22 August the stamps are available at Post Offices across the UK, two days before the Games’ closing ceremony when the Olympic Flag will pass from Beijing to London. The special stamps mark the first event in the handover celebrations and everyone across the UK can participate.

Stamps with identical images will be issued across China by China Post from 24 August 2008. This stamp issue is the first partnership of its kind between Royal Mail and China Post.

The four 1st Class stamps feature landmarks of the two cities. The astonishing mesh of steel of the National Stadium in Beijing sits next to the London Eye which recently welcomed its 30 millionth visitor.

Representing the past tradition of each country, further stamps show Beijing’s Corner Tower of the Forbidden City – home to China’s Emperors for five centuries – beside another former Royal residence, The Tower of London.

Each stamp on the Sheet- entitled ‘Olympic Games – Handover of the Olympic Flag from Beijing to London’- features the famous Olympic rings, representing the five continents of the world.

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DPD expands network to Romania

Posted by | Aug 21, 2008 | |

DPD is further expanding its business in Eastern Europe: the Romanian courier and express parcel service company Pegasus is now part of the DPD network. At a press conference Arnold Schroven, CEO of DPD Dynamic Parcel Distribution GmbH & Co. KG and Pegasus CEO James Gray-Cheape announced details of the collaboration. Pegasus is one of the most successive Romanian CEP service providers.

GeoPost has been established for several years in the core European countries with its international brand DPD and is continuing to expand its network in the direction of Eastern Europe. Today DPD has the strongest road network throughout Europe. Arnold Schroven stresses, “Due to our clear growth strategy, more and more franchisees are deciding to operate under the DPD brand and benefit from our international size.”

Pegasus has 74 depots and a workforce of 200 in Romania. The company works together with around 250 service providers. Every day more than 6000 parcels are delivered throughout Romania. Pegasus was the first company to offer a door-to-door delivery service in Romanian towns and cities.

As a result of the introduction of the DPD standard, DPD CLASSIC services are also now available in Romania. These are a reliable and efficient solution for the simple dispatch of items within Europe. The services comprise defined delivery times, rapid transport handling and offer an excellent price-performance ratio.

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CEVA selects Birch Coppice for flagship freight forwarding facility

Posted by | Aug 21, 2008 | |

Leading global logistics and freight management company CEVA has established a flagship freight forwarding facility at Birch Coppice Business Park one of the Midlands most successful rail served distribution locations. The purpose built 55,000 sq ft (5,110m2) warehousing facility developed by IM Properties to incorporating bespoke requirements for CEVA Freight (UK) underwent a fit out investment of GBP 200,000 to embrace the latest technology in global freight management systems.

The relocation to Birch Coppice sited alongside junction 10 of the M42 motorway north east of central Birmingham brings together two original Midlands facilities to provide a portfolio of blue-chip customers with competitive operational solutions in road transportation and international air and sea freight.

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General Parcel opens new hub in the Czech Republic

Posted by | Aug 21, 2008 | |

Czech parcels carrier General Parcel Cechy, a subsidiary of Germany’s Geis Group, has opened its new central hub at Chomutovice, close to the capital, Prague.

The company has invested about EUR 5 million in the new parcel hub which includes a 2,100 sqm building. The new facility has capacity for up to 7,000 parcels an hour. It has 15 docks for loading and 5 docks for unloading of trucks including enough space to be expanded to up to two more truck docks.

“The new hub enables us to keep up with the increasing shipping volume which is rising by 30pct per year,” said Joachim Fink, managing director of the Geis Group.

The new central hub will handle only parcels while the former mixed hub at nearby Modletice will handle only freight shipments in future. The separation of parcel and freight handling will thus increases capacity at both hubs while still enabling the company to profit from the synergies provided by their close proximity, General Parcel said.

Daniel Knaisl, managing director of General Parcel Cechy, highlighted the good location of the new hub. “Our new facility is located about 2 km from the Czech main traffic axis, the D1 motorway from Prague to Brno. This is thus an ideal position for a central hub.”

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TNT Germany cuts Economy Express transit times

Posted by | Aug 21, 2008 | |

TNT Express Germany has enhanced its Economy Express service by cutting transit times for exports to about 30 countries over three continents.

“Economy Express” is a convenient option for less urgent shipment orders worldwide, TNT Express Germany said in a statement. The transit times for the service have now been significantly reduced including to the economically promising states in Latin America and South East Asia that are of special interest for many German companies.

The “Economy Express” transit times to Brazil have been reduced to only two days. Transit times for shipments to Argentina, Uruguay, Venezuela und Honduras have been cut by one day. In a similar way, the delivery of express shipments to South East Asia including Thailand, Cambodia, Bhutan und Laos takes two days less than before. For Indonesia and Philippines, the transit times have been accelerated by one day.

Furthermore, the flight times to destinations in the Caribbean have been reduced thanks to the new routings via Frankfurt. In addition, even the transit times to Oceania have been reduced with shipments from Germany arriving in the Solomon Islands, South West Pacific in only five days, a week earlier than previously.

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