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Tourline Express expects revenues over EUR 150 million in 2007

Posted by | May 30, 2007 | |

Tourline Express, the Spanish courier owned by Portugal’s public postal operator Correios, announced revenues up by 31.5% to EUR 130 million – and expects growth of at least 15% this year.

Tourline said in a release that it will open more than 30 new branches in Spain this year – taking it to 340 – and expects to bring in over EUR 150 million in 2007. Last year, the group opened 58 new branches and has over 2,000 staff and 1,800 vehicles.

Tourline has particularly grown in the Canary Islands, where it registered a 93% growth in business compared to 2005, Mallorca and Minorca (+86%), the east coast (+42%) and Galicia and Asturias (+30%).

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TNT Hungary bucks local trend to increase sales by more than 61%

Posted by | May 30, 2007 | |

TNT Express Worldwide Hungary Kft increased its turnover in 2006 by 61.2% over the previous year, well beyond the average for its sector.

“Part of this sales jump is linked to one limited project ending this year; however, even excluding this item, we are clearly above both the industrial average growth rate in Hungary and the average growth rate of 12% within TNT Express,” said managing director Márton Járosi Jr.

TNT Hungary attributes its success to the fact that it has improved the quality, broadened its range of its services and increased its client base among small- and medium-sized enterprises.

Express delivery companies on the Hungarian market were generally affected by the government’s deficit-cutting program causing a slowing-down of Hungarian economy in the second half of the year.

Some Ft369m (USD 1.9m) was invested in the Hungarian business in 2006. The biggest single amount was spent on the development of the logistics and sorting center in Ecseri út, Budapest, which increased from 1,300 to 1,950sqm. The vehicle park grew by 8% in 2006 and further investments were made in IT.

The postponement of the development of the Budapest Ferihegy airport has proved a problem for TNT Hungary.

A short-term minor investment was therefore made to increase its existing operational area in the airport. Ft673m (USD 3.6m) has been earmarked for developments this year, of which Ft290m (USD 1.5m) is slated to be used for the establishment of the new TNT center in Ferihegy airport, although it says that remains dependent on the plans of the new owner of the airport.

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Dutch postal liberalisation law likely to pass in June

Posted by | May 30, 2007 | |

The Dutch parliament will likely pass a law fully liberalising the domestic postal market in June after compromising with the cabinet on the sticking point of labour provisions, the parliament’s official website confirms.

The legislation will open the market for letters under 50 grams next year to TNT NV competitors Sandd and Selekt Mail, a Deutsche Post subsidiary that counts Dutch publisher Wegener NV as a stakeholder.

In a final debate on the subject with Deputy Economic Affairs Minister Frank Heemskerk yesterday, a parliamentary majority came out in favour of liberalisation after a cabinet amendment was incorporated requiring postal companies like Sandd and Direkt Mail to make labour agreements with unions or face government intervention.

Unlike TNT, which has a collective labour agreement, Sandd and Selekt Mail use alternative payment schemes for employees including performance-based salaries measured by total deliveries.

Unions had warned that such schemes could allow companies to pay less than minimum wage and create unfair competition and political objectors had demanded that minimum labour regulations be included in the liberalisation law.

Parliament is expected to vote on the law on June 5.

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Poczta Polska loses battle with competitors

Posted by | May 30, 2007 | |

According to a report by the Office of Electronic Communications (UKE), the national mail Poczta Polska cannot cope with increasing postal service demand.

One in three letters handled by Poczta Polska does not arrive on time. The regulator checked the quality of postal services twice. The first time in November and December 2006. Then the indicator of punctuality was 68.22 percent for priority mail and 60.37 for ordinary mail.

Then, however, Poczta Polska was troubled by a nationwide strike by postmen. This is why the UKE repeated the research in the first quarter of 2007.

The situation turned out to be as bad as before. Only 63.09 percent of priority mail arrived on time. The indicator for ordinary mail was 69.73 percent.

The UKE says that now it will monitor the performance of Poczta Polska regularly, although it does not have the right to fine the postal service.

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Palletline launches new online service

Posted by | May 30, 2007 | |

Palletline has launched a new web-based service – the first of its kind in this sector – that enables online retailers and occasional users to book and pay for transportation of their goods to and from anywhere in the UK.
According to Palletline managing director Glyn Jones, the online service is in response to the ongoing growth of online retailing.

The service enables anyone with web access to arrange collections and deliveries nationwide at a highly competitive rate, and allows smaller customers to enjoy the same level of service as large companies that ship hundred of pallets each week via the Palletline network.

Palletline’s web-based track-and-trace system featuring on-line POD images will also be available to Palletline Online customers.

Founded in 1992, Palletline was the UK’s first national network dedicated to pallet distribution.

Operating from a main hub in Birmingham with regional hubs at Greenford, west London, and Preston, Palletline has more than 65 member companies across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, each year covering some fifteen million miles and making more than 8,500 deliveries a day on behalf of the network.

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