Tag: Germany

New GLS network partner in Turkey

Posted by | Jul 1, 2008 | |

Istanbul-based MNG Kargo Co Inc is a new GLS network partner in Turkey, carrying out national parcel distribution for all GLS companies since May. It will start feeding packages from Turkey into GLS’ pan-European network in July. The new partnership will reduce projected transit times for parcels from GLS’ European hub in Neuenstein (Germany) to Turkey by a day. MNG Kargo is the third-largest player in the Turkish CEP market, with 2,000 vehicles, 6,000 employees, 26 hubs, 600 branch offices and 1,150 mobile service stations, all of which enable it to serve even the most remote regions of the country.

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DHL and TNT boost association of European airlines’ membership to 35

Posted by | Jul 1, 2008 | |

From 1st July 2008, the Association of European Airlines expands its horizons, following the decision of the AEA Presidents’ Assembly in May to welcome the express cargo carriers TNT and DHL, as AEA’s 34th and 35th airline members.

The accession of DHL’s European airlines (European Air Transport and DHL Air UK) and TNT Airways to AEA membership will bring still one more dimension to the Association. The express air carriers’ business model integrates different modes of transport into one system; it is based on network planning and coordination centred around one or more hub airports to which express freight is forwarded either by road or by air.

DHL traces its origins to the early 1970s in the US, but with expanding worldwide operations, Deutsche Post World Net bought the company in 2002. DHL has its main European operating hub at Leipzig in Germany, from where it operates regular direct daily services to 30 European destinations, as well as services to Africa and the

Middle East. DHL airlines operate 33 Boeing 757s and 18 Airbus A300s for the DHL Express network to every major city in Europe.

TNT Airways, founded in 1999, is a Belgian licenced air carrier based in Liège. Its parent company, TNT n.v. has its headquarters in the Netherlands. From its Liège hub, TNT operates 47 aircraft (B747s, A300s, B757s, B737s, BAe146s) to more than 70 European destinations and has traffic rights to 12 intercontinental destinations. For long haul transport, the company also has agreements with commercial passenger airlines.

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Deutsche Post to receive 1 bln euro repayment after court ruling

Posted by | Jul 1, 2008 | |

Deutsche Post World Net will receive a repayment of around 1 billion euros after the European Court of the First Instance in Luxembourg today overturned a 2002 decision by the European Commission.
The European Commission in 2002 ordered Deutsche Post to repay 907 million euros in purported state aid and interest. Deutsche Post in 2002 appealed the decision and will now receive a repayment.
Responding to the decision, Deutsche Post said the court had confirmed the company’s legal position.
The company expects to receive the cash inflow in several weeks’ time and would prefer to earmark the amount for returning to shareholders, pending clarity regarding other cash-relevant issues.
In June 2002, the Commission determined that Deutsche Post from 1994 to 1998 covered a cost deficit in the competitive business parcel segment through improper cross-subsidization with State aid funds earmarked for the financing of the universal service. Deutsche Post has always disputed this claim.
Furthermore, no cross-subsidization was found in Commission antitrust proceedings completed a few months earlier. In September 2002, Deutsche Post brought an action for annulment of the Commission’s state-aid decision before the European Court of the First Instance.
As a result of the Commission’s decision, however, Deutsche Post had to repay 572 million euros that was determined to be state aid plus 335 million euros in interest to the Federal Republic of Germany at the beginning of 2003. Germany will now repay this amount with interest to Deutsche Post.

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New Express Couriers joint venture in Australia

Posted by | Jun 30, 2008 | |

New Zealand Post announced that it has formed Express Couriers Australia Pty Limited (ECA), a 50:50 joint venture with Deutsche Post World Net (DPWN), for the ownership and operation of express courier businesses in Australia. Effective 1 July 2008, the arrangement builds on the success since 2005 of a similar joint venture in New Zealand between DPWN’s express unit DHL Express, and New Zealand Post.

The New Zealand Post-DHL Express structure in Australia encompasses six complementary businesses in metropolitan and regional markets in Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and Western Australia. The businesses include Couriers Please, Parcel Overnight Direct and Northern Kope Parcel Express, three businesses under New Zealand Post ownership. The other businesses to make up the joint venture are: PEP Transport, VicFast Couriers and Hills Transport.

The new structure is called Express Couriers Australia Pty limited (ECA). It will be governed and managed separately from the shareholders’ other Australian interests. The six businesses will be interconnected to form an express courier network with coverage of more than 80 pct of Australia’s populated area, although within their markets the businesses will continue to operate as stand-alone operations.

New Zealand Post Group Chief Executive John Allen said formation of the ECA network is “a very positive step for both shareholders, for each of the businesses involved, and for their customers”.

Mr Allen said the structure gives New Zealand Post 50 pct ownership of a substantial business group in Australia, alongside DHL the world’s leading express and logistics provider. Total shareholders’ investment in ECA is around NZD 140 million. New Zealand Post and DHL Express have completed a series of transactions between them and with other parties to form ECA.

1 USD = 1.31788 NZD

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