Baltic Logistic System Estonia (BLS Estonia) has posted sales of 30.1 million kroons (EUR 1.92 mln) for the first six months of 2006, a 48 percent increase over the same period of 2005.
The number of parcels handled by BLS Estonia also grew by half, to 537,000 parcels, the company announced.
In the fall BLS Estonia will start bringing its services under a single trade mark, DPD.
Read MoreParcels Group GeoPost, a subsidiary of La Poste, recorded a turnover of Î2.53bn in 2005, an increase of 6.2%. Pre-tax profit was up to Î142.9m.
Growth was boosted by an increase in volumes handled in most European domestic markets, particularly in Germany, the UK and eastern Europe, and an increase in international business.
Thomas Lot, chairman of the French CEP service provider Chronopost International, a subsidiary of the GeoPost group (owned by the French national post office La Poste), wants to develop a network linked almost exclusively to road services
Read MoreFrench courier service provider GeoPost, a subsidiary of French postal service company La Poste, plans to invest 25 mln euro (USD30.6 mln) in its wholly-owned Polish subsidiary, courier service firm Masterlink. The three-year investment programme is in line with GeoPost’s strategy of strengthening its position on the Polish market. It includes purchasing land plots, expanding its network across the country, constructing parcel-sorting centres and renovating existing offices. The company also plans ro deploy new IT systems and employ a further 1,000 in the next three years.
Read MoreLa Poste has named Alexis Ruset as the new president of Exapaq, the French B2B parcels carrier that its express parcels division GeoPost acquired earlier this year. Ruset remains a director-general of GeoPost, a post he has held since 2001.
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