Tag: France

Geodis teams up with Paris City Council

Posted by | Jun 28, 2006 | |

Jean Depraeter, Executive Vice President with the Geodis Group and Advisor to the Chairman for the Groupage and Express businesses, signed a charter of best practices for the transportation and delivery of goods (in french) drafted by Paris City Council and transport companies at a ceremony attended by Bertrand Delanoé, the mayor of Paris.

The charter will become effective as of 1 January 2007 and comprises a number of commitments from the different parties involved.

On the one hand, the transport company signatories will undertake to:
– limit delivery times to a maximum of 30 minutes in order to minimise disruption to traffic and local residents;
– use delivery vans that comply with the latest European standards.

On the other, Paris City Council is to:
– establish three coordinated time slots for deliveries;
– adapt and improve dedicated delivery zones.

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FedEx confident on timing of A380 delivery

Posted by | Jun 28, 2006 | |

FedEx has delivered a vote of confidence in Airbus’s troubled A380 superjumbo, saying it remains committed to the aircraft and expects its order to be completed on schedule.

Fred Smith, chairman and chief executive, said, while the latest delays to the A380 were “a source of concern”, FedEx had been assured its 10 aircraft would not be affected. “We’re confident,” he told the FT. “They have told us that ours are going to arrive on time.”

The comments followed Airbus’s warning that deliveries of the A380 passenger jet would be delayed by an additional six or seven months, prompting demands for compensation by airlines and causing at least one customer to rethink its order.

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FedEx chooses Geodis to perform pick up an delivery operations in France

Posted by | Jun 28, 2006 | |

FedEx Express and Geodis signed an operational agreement for a 3 year period. “Through this agreement Fedex acknowledges Geodis’s position as the leading domestic express network in France and a supplier with a high level of service quality, as a result of our Total Customer Satisfaction policy. We will draw on our industrial resources, exclusive Track & trace system and our commitment to permanent innovation to manage these operations”, said Denis Zimmer, Senior Vice-president French regions at Geodis. As of January 1st, 2007 Geodis will perform through its domestic Express groupage network pick-ups and deliveries for FedEx customers in designated areas in France, not directly served by FedEx.

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FedEx and France launch new initiative to promote French trade

Posted by | Jun 26, 2006 | |

FedEx Express, a subsidiary of FedEx Corp. and the French Office of Economic and Commercial Affairs (FOECA), have joined forces to expand trade and investment between France and the United States. The skills and resources of FedEx and FOECA will be made available to small- and medium-sized French and U.S. businesses that want to import and export. Through this alliance, U.S. and French businesses will have increased opportunities to find international buyers and receive the training and assistance necessary to enter new markets.

“This initiative is a boon for small- and medium-sized businesses,” said Jean Francois Boittin, minister counselor of Economic and Commercial Affairs for France. “By tapping into the expertise of our network of experts across the country, occasional exporters will have a chance to grow in the U.S., and grow FedEx business as well.”

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French postal market opens to competition

Posted by | Jun 16, 2006 | |

The French postal market has been opened up to competition with the first licence awarded to a private operator. The national postal regulator ARCEP has also fixed a price cap on La Poste letter rates for the next three years.
ARCEP granted Adrexo, a direct mail distribution subsidiary of SPIR Communication (Ouest France group), a licence to provide postal services throughout France (except for Corsica). It is also considering applications from other unnamed companies. Adrexo, with 2005 turnover of some EUR237.5 million, distributes some 7.7 billion free newspapers and printed items a year as well as 25 million addressed items into letter-boxes.

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