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FedEx to take on 200 more staff in France

Posted by | Feb 14, 2008 | |

FedEx Express has announced plans to take on 200 more employees in France during 2008, split between its European hub at Roissy-CDG and its 14 branches in Paris and the regions. This would be an 8 pct increase in staff numbers.

FedEx Express, which opened its European hub at CDG in 1999, currently employs 2,500 people in France. A similar number of additional employees could be taken on annually over the next few years as the company grows its business.

“The express market is very dynamic and our recruitment needs reflect this development,” said Aurélie Morin, head of human resources. Most of the 200 additional jobs planned for this year will be in the positions of handlers, couriers and operational managers.

FedEx will concentrate on taking on locally-based staff who live close to its hub and branches. The company offers good career opportunities, with 80% of managers having advanced up through the ranks, Morin pointed out.

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FedEx jumps aboard France's TGV

Posted by | Feb 13, 2008 | |

A consortium plans to offer express parcel service to points in Western Europe using high-speed trains. German tracks may derail idea of overnight service
One side-effect of the world of modern logistics is that Germany’s national postal service can hardly afford to use trains to move packages these days. Overnight delivery is considered the standard in express shipping. But freight trains are hardly able fit the bill when it comes to guaranteed next-day delivery.
That situation, though, is expected to change soon in France, where 20 high-speed TGV trains — which operate at speeds of 300 kilometers per hour (186 miles per hour) and will be equipped with nine unfurnished cars designed to carry standardized airfreight containers — are slated to being operations in four years. The Carex project (an acronym for “Cargo Rail Express”) has strong political support in France.
In the meantime, though, funding has been secured for the project, with La Poste and FedEx, which uses Paris’s Roissy Airport (formerly “Charles de Gaulle”) as its European logistics hub, on board as the lead investors.
More than 50 FedEx cargo planes take off and land at Roissy every night, connecting Paris with faraway continents, as well as domestic airports like Nice, Toulouse, Lyon and
Given these obstacles, German national railway Deutsche Bahn has shown little enthusiasm for the project. Courier freight is a minor player in the industry. The core business consists of heavy cargo, such as raw materials and industrial products, and it is highly successful. Annual freight transport volume, which has been growing for years, now amounts to significantly more than 100 billion ton-kilometers.

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DHL Express USA to reduce workforce by 600 positions

Posted by | Feb 12, 2008 | |

In a move designed to lower general and administrative costs across its U.S delivery business—due to the current economic climate and market conditions—DHL Express USA said today it will reduce its workforce by approximately 600 positions.

DHL added that these domestic workforce reductions will occur through attrition, reductions, and suspending open positions across functional areas. DHL Express USA Spokeswoman Michele Nadeem told LM that these reductions will take place today and tomorrow.

Hans Hickler, Chief Executive Officer, DHL Express USA., said in a statement that this action is one of several measures DHL Express USA is taking to improve its competitive position in the U.S. market, which is strategic to the company’s global growth plan. “These changes will help us better align our cost structure without impacting our unwavering commitment to serve our US customers,” said Hickler.

Since then it has competed aggressively for market share against industry bellwethers UPS and FedEx, as well as the United States Postal Service. DHL said it has invested more than USD 3 billion into the U.S. since 2003, including USD 1.2 billion in infrastructure and distribution.

In the DHL statement issued today, the company said it is making moves to augment its competitive position in the U.S. by investing in business growth areas and increasing service to both consumer and business customers, as well as the non-cash writedown for DHL Express USA.

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FedEx enables shipping inside Microsoft Office Outlook

Posted by | Feb 11, 2008 | |

FedEx Corp. will now provide users of Microsoft Office Outlook, the ability to connect directly to FedEx shipping services. FedEx made its announcement during the keynote event at the 2008 Microsoft Office System Developer Conference.

The application, FedEx QuickShip, is an add-in that utilizes web services to provide fast and easy access to FedEx shipping functions.

With the FedEx add-in installed, Microsoft Office Outlook users will be able to generate labels, track packages, check rates, schedule pickups and find FedEx drop-off locations while still inside their Outlook 2003 or 2007 e-mail application.

To initiate the shipping experience, users simply right-click on an existing contact and choose ship from the menu. Shipments are then stored in a task view allowing users to conveniently recall and sort previous shipments.

This announcement serves as a continuation of the FedEx Web services platform. This platform delivers e-commerce solutions to software developers who need to build shipping and logistics services directly into their own or customers infrastructure.

In late 2007, FedEx introduced the FedEx Developer Resource Center (DRC) to help developers integrate applications with FedEx technologies through FedEx Web services. The FedEx DRC provides developers online interactive documentation, downloads, technical FAQs, testing resources and processes to customers.

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Cologne extends night flights as airlines fight Frankfurt ban

Posted by | Feb 7, 2008 | |

Germany’s two leading cargo airports are taking diverging approaches to night flights for cargo and express airlines. Cologne/Bonn will permit night flights until 2030 but proposals to reduce flights at Frankfurt to just 17 flights a night are being opposed by airlines.

The existing permit for night operations at Cologne/Bonn will be extended from 2015 until 2030, although the airport operator will have to improve noise protection measures. There are currently about 120 take-offs and landings at night at Cologne/Bonn, mostly operated by cargo and express carriers.

Airport chief Michael Garvens welcomed the permit extension as “a fundamental contribution” to the airport’s future. It would give companies “relying on night flights” the planning security to invest over EUR 200 million within five years, and would guarantee 10,000 jobs, he said.

UPS completed a EUR 135 million expansion programme at its European air hub at Cologne in early 2006. This doubled the hub’s sorting capacity to 110,000 packages an hour. UPS operates both intercontinental and intra-European flights to and from its Cologne hub.

FedEx will transfer its Central European hub from Frankfurt to Cologne in 2010. The airport authority will spend about EUR 70 million building a new 50,000 sqm freight terminal that it will lease to FedEx, while the integrator will invest about EUR 70 million in sorting equipment and in the stationing of three MD-11s.

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