Tag: Europe

Kuehne + Nagel opens frozen foods distribution centre in northern Italy Milan

Posted by | Jul 15, 2008 | |

Kuehne + Nagel has taken up operations at its new state-of-the-art warehouse at Casorate Primo (PV). The new multi-user facility is dedicated to the storage and distribution of frozen foods and will initially serve the 800 points of sale of Italian retailers Eurospin, PAM and Billa across northern Italy.

Constructed on a 45.000 sqm plot, the site is strategically located southwest of the Milan ring road close to the A7 motorway; an ideal gateway to serve the whole northern part of the Italian peninsula. The new distribution centre provides over 12,000 sqm of warehouse space and a temperature-controlled (-28°C) storage volume of 140,000 cubic metres across two cells. In a next phase of construction warehouse space can be extended to 17,000 sqm. The facility allows for the outbound handling of up to 8 million cases a year.

These are distributed across northern Italy, including Tuscany, via Kuehne + Nagel’s dedicated road transport network. The building complies with the strictest security and environmental requirements. It is equipped with a grid-connected photovoltaic generator, and 8,000 sqm of solar panels have been installed on its roof. Additionally, it features the latest state-of-the-art warehouse technology (radio frequency and voice picking), thereby significantly enhancing operations in terms of ergonomics, a key factor in the frozen foods sector.

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EU postal operators failing to communicate

Posted by | Jul 14, 2008 | |

Swiss Post and Royal Mail have been praised for their regular news bulletins by Hellmail, the European postal industry news site.

Editor for Hellmail, Steve Lawson, said “Many Euro postal operators have been rather slow to market themselves and communicate in the wider context since Liberalisation began.” he said.

He said that some postal operators should be praised for their efforts. Swiss Post particularly, with a whole section devoted to media communications including an impressive image library. Royal Mail too has a dedicated press office with almost daily news.

“Oddly, Lithuania scores well in terms of news output, but France’s La Poste, Turkey, Slovakia and Slovenia fall far behind. Italy, Czechoslovakia and Bulgaria rarely update their news, The Ukraine, Latvia and Luxembourg have no translation facility at all for news, and Romania stopped producing translated news altogether in 2007.”

Hellmail found that most web sites were reasonably easy to navigate except for Denmark & Greece which had a Flash into that was very difficult to get past. Swiss Post and Royal Mail scored the highest for news output, closely followed by DHL, Malta, and Russian Post.

“Clearly there is much room for improvement and we have emailed most of these operators asking them to look closer at the way they communicate. Obviously some European postal services are heavily tied into state ownership, and in some cases, political regimes, but even so, with Europe pushing for closer ties under postal liberalisation, some countries have simply failed to exploit the potential here. From our perspective, its so important that smaller European countries can be heard. We really do want to know what they’re about.” he said.

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TNT Romania ups profits by 45 pct

Posted by | Jul 14, 2008 | |

TNT Express again grew strongly in Romania in the first half of 2008, according to a newspaper report.

TNT Romania increased its revenues by 25 pct in the first six months of 2008 and improved its net profit by 45 pct year-on-year in the first half of 2008. No exact figures were available.

In 2007, TNT Romania reported a net profit of EUR 5.6 million and revenues of EUR 33 million targeting an increase by 20 pct on the year in 2008, with international courier services generating 75 pct of the total revenues, TNT Country Manager Bogdan Enache said.

The company reportedly plans to build a new road hub at the international airport in TImisoara, western Romania, this year. It has now 20 offices located in main cities of the country, a fleet of more than 180 vehicles and employs 360 people.

TNT Romania competes with the other leading global players DHL, UPS and FedEx as well as domestic companies such as Cargus, Fan Courier, Cargus, Alo Curier, Concorde and Pegasus.

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New FedEx depot shows faith in region (UK)

Posted by | Jul 14, 2008 | |

FedEx has opened a new facility close to Exeter.

The new FedEx depot, at the Greendale Business Park, Woodbury Salterton, has the capacity to sort 500 packages per hour along a 70-metre conveyor system designed to quickly process parcels. And Trevor Hoyle, FedEx UK Managing Director, said: “This depot demonstrates our commitment to playing a central role in the future growth of the South West of England.

“Our investment in Exeter means faster and more flexible services for local businesses and ensures they can continue to benefit from connections with the global economy.”

The 17,000 sq ft facility was also specially adapted to allow vehicles to load from any of the 13 double-shutter doors at the front and side of the building — freeing warehouse space inside.

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TNT shares jump on report of Fedex talks

Posted by | Jul 14, 2008 | |

Shares in TNT NV jumped almost 30 per cent on Monday 14th July after a report that FedEx Corp. is in preliminary talks to acquire it, raising the prospect of a bidding war for the Dutch mail company.

The Financial Times newspaper reported on Saturday that FedEx Corp. wanted to add to its European parcel delivery service and that both United Parcel Service and FedEx have “coveted” TNT’s European parcel business.

TNT and FedEx declined to comment on the report.

“Such a move would make a lot of strategic sense for FedEx, given its predominantly US-business gearing and the weakness in the US Express market,” said ING analyst Axel Funhoff in a note.

“Should FedEx make a formal bid for TNT – there could be a quick counter bid from UPS, who should be equally interested in TNT but which has deeper pockets.”

TNT shares were up 26 per cent at EUR 23.26 by 0946 GMT, making it the main gainer in the DJ Stoxx industrial goods and services index, which was up 2 per cent.

The smallest of the world’s top four express delivery companies has often been seen as a target for its bigger peers and some analysts say this could be the opportunity for them to pounce.

TNT shares had shed about a third of their value since the start of the year due to uncertainty over its German business, slowing economic growth and rising oil prices.

Europe’s second-biggest mail and Logistics Company by market value, which competes with Deutsche Post, is not active in the domestic U.S. market. It has a strong presence in Europe and is expanding in Asia and South America.

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