Itella will test the suitability of electric mopeds for mail delivery service use in various parts of Finland by acquiring, for trials, a total of ten electric mopeds, specially designed for mail delivery purposes. The trial runs will start during the summer in Espoo, Pori, Pirkkala, Lempäälä, Vaasa and Teuva.
Read MoreItella Logistics will revise the basis and rates of fuel surcharges applicable to its services: for parcels, the new fuel surcharge is 7.15 pct and for unitised transport services, 8.2 pct. The new rates will take effect on 7 July 2008.
From that day on, the fuel surcharge will be tied to the fuel factor of Statistics Finland’s cost index on the road transport of goods. The change will not influence agreements in any way, and the usage of services will continue unchanged in other respects.
– The current price trends have forced us to revise the basis and rates of the fuel surcharges applicable to domestic and international Express, parcel and unitised transport services, says Pekka Stenqvist, director in charge of Express and domestic freight services at Itella Logistics.
In recent months, fuel prices have increased drastically: the price per litre has gone up by approximately 25 pct this year.
Read MoreThe joint venture of Norway Post’s and Itella’s information logistics services started the 2nd of June. Competition authorities have approved the deal and the joint venture has officially started. Itella owns 51 percent and Norway Post 49 percent of Itella Information AS. Per Olov Sjøgren started as the Managing Director of the joint venture.
– By combining the experience of two strong operators in the field of information logistics we will become the leading player in Norway. Itella Information’s skills and services both in paper and electronic information flows are crucial when offering the best solutions to our Norwegian customers, says Managing Director Per Olov Sjøgren.
The aim of the joint venture is to make Itella Information AS into the leading information logistics company in Norway. Itella Information provides services for the processing, management and delivery of information flows. Norway Post’s current operations relating to information logistics are all transferred to the joint venture.
– This is the next step in the execution of Itella Information’s strategy in Europe. In May we started our operations in Poland. Itella Information operates now in nine countries, says Heikki Länsisyrjä, Senior Vice President, Itella Group.
Read MoreThe logistics centre of 16,000 square metres will be built as Itella wants to expand its operations on the Estonian postal market. The centre received its corner stone today and according to plans, it will be completed in February 2009, writes Postimees Online/LETA.
Managing director of Itella Logistics Risto Merisalu stated that the parent company Itella Corporation will invest into the new centre as it wants to expand its operations in Estonia.
Currently it mostly deals with transportation, storing, compiling convenience goods, textile products, electronics and cosmetics and all additional services included.
Read MoreFinland’s postal operator will soon begin mailing 7,000 to 8,000 envelopes a month with passive RFID tags inside to trace the flow of mail through the system. Itella, a private company that operates the Finnish postal system, has completed installation of RFID readers at three Finnish distribution centers and plans to have all 11 DCs in the network equipped by the end of September.
The readers will identify pieces of mail that have RFID tags inside. The trace mail will not be identifiable to postal workers. Itella will use the read data to measure velocity of mail through the system, analyze flow, and to measure its performance against benchmark levels of service.
Allen said the application is technically challenging because handling systems can operate at high speeds, and item orientation is inconsistent. Itella previously used active RFID technology to track mail. The passive system is less expensive to operate, in part because tag costs are significantly lower.
Itella has also applied passive RFID tags to 650,000 reusable totes used to move mail, and may tag more, according to Kari Hanninen of Finn-ID, which is the system integrator for the project. There are no current plans for widespread use of RFID to track individual pieces of general mail.
Postal operators worldwide have used RFID for a variety of operations, from track-and-trace operations like Itella’s to reusable container tracking and other asset management. In ten years postal operators will buy USD 2.5 billion worth of RFID equipment and services and tag ten trillion items annually, international market research firm IDTechEx predicted in a recent report.
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