Fedex plans Bahrain facility
FedEx Corp. will build a new state-of-the-art warehouse and distribution center in Bahrain. Scheduled to open in October, the facility and office building will be located at the Bahrain International Airport.
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Japan Post to send 45 staff to foreign firms for training
Japan Post plans to send 45 employees to internationally acclaimed corporations in the fields of mail, parcel and cargo delivery and financial services during a four-year period starting this fall, Japan Post officials said Tuesday. Japan Post is now asking such firms as FedEx Corp., Merrill Lynch & Co., both of the United States, ING Bank of the Netherlands, and Deutsche Bank and Deutsche Post of Germany to accept trainees from Japan, the officials said.
Read MoreUS regulator to take fresh look at DHL ownership
After more than two years of lobbying and filing several legal pleadings, United Parcel Service and FedEx Corp. have finally gotten their wish. The Department of Transportation, in an apparent win for the companies, said last week it would take a fresh look, or de novo review, of DHL’s citizenship. The parties are set to meet April 29 at a prehearing conference before the Department of Transportation’s chief administrative law judge, Ronnie A. Yoder, where they will set a schedule for the hearing, a DOT spokesman said. The ALJ has until Sept. 2 to decide what entity actually controls DHL Airways, the air carrier to determine whether DHL Airways meets U.S. citizenship requirements for air carriers.
Read MoreJudge will decide DHL case
An administrative law judge will resolve the dispute over the ownership of DHL Airways as part of an amendment to the USD79 billion Wartime Supplemental Appropriations bill approved by the House and Senate on Saturday. The amendment, sponsored by Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, also prohibits DHL Airways from carrying Defense Department cargo for the next six months. DHL had no comment on the amendment. UPS said it “reaffirms UPS’s longstanding concern regarding Deutsche Post’s ownership and control of DHL Airways.” UPS added that it looks forward to “the expeditious appointment of an administrative law judge.”
Read MorePostalAnnex+ Delivers Choice in Shipping in US
PostalAnnex+, the nation’s second ranked postal services franchise, today announced that they will continue to provide customers with a choice in shipping. Amid news of competitor MBE undergoing a massive franchise renaming effort, PostalAnnex+ points out that this will mean a reduction in shipping options provided by the newly branded UPS Stores, which will no longer be part of the FedEx Authorized ShipCenter(R) program. PostalAnnex+ sees a huge opportunity to step in and fill the void left by the competition. All of its 270 service centers are both UPS Authorized Shipping Outlets as well as FedEx Authorized ShipCenters.
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