Geopost & Interlink improve Irish deliverie
Express parcels group Geopost has strengthened its range on delivery solutions to and from Ireland by chartering an aircraft for its Irish subsidiary, Interlink Ireland.
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La Poste, Parceline & Interlink
It is a year-on since La Poste bought Parceline and Interlink from the Australian-owner Mayne Nickless in a deal which Colin Milibariks, a chief operating officer, describes as a marriage made in heaven.
Mayne Nickless was renamed GeoPost, and Millbanks and Kay Philips were both made ceos. Millbanks claims that had the two parcel distribution firms not been bought by such a large postal authority they would have been unable to secure their position as mega players in the parcel market.
Millbanks says: “You can already see that the postal authorities of Germany, France, and Britain have emerged as the power players in Europe.
GeoPost blamed for losses at La Poste
La Poste, the French post office, has announced results for 2001 characterised by the amortisation of 170m euros. This is mainly the result of a poor performance from its logistics and parcels subsidiary GeoPost. La Poste’s net profit would have reached 75m euros if Geopost’s losses had not been included in the accounts.
Read MoreGeopost appoints new MD
Gilles Moutel has been appointed managing director of the southern Europe division of the French mail services company Geopost.
Read MoreGeopost & TNT comment on Parcelforces woes
Colin Millbanks, head of French-owned GeoPost UK, dismissed remarks by Consignia chief executive John Roberts that ‘our costs are running ahead of income’. Said Mr Millbanks: ‘It is not about costs. Parcelforce Worldwide does not charge enough in the marketplace. ‘It is offering ridiculous rates that are endangering the position of the other players. Tom Bell, managing director of TNT Express Services in the UK, agreed that Parcelforce’s ratecard was ‘wrongly calibrated’.
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