DHL handled 7.1 mln international packages in Germany last year, down 4 pct from 7.4 mln in the year-earlier period, according to internal company statistics obtained by Manager Magazine. In an advance release of an article to appear in this week’s edition, the magazine also said that rivals United Parcel Service and Fedex increased their shipments in the German market by 9 pct.
Read MoreGermany’s Federal Network Agency has started to investigate if Deutsche Post World Net AG misused its dominant market position by offering lower prices in parcel deliveries to cut down competition, according to a prerelease of Die Welt’s Monday edition. It cited a spokeswoman for the Federal Network Agency as saying that the agency has received a letter from a competitor with a request to examine the prices of Deutsche Post. ‘And so we have started initial investigations,’ she added. The newspaper, citing sources, said the complaint was lodged by Hermes Logistik Gruppe.
Read MoreThe German government has revealed that the letter monopoly of Deutsche Post, the German postal service operator, will end on 1 January 2008, irrespective of developments in other EU member states.
Read MoreGerman express parcels and pallets carrier Trans-o-flex is investing € 12.5 million in a new sorting centre in Alzenau, south-east of Frankfurt, to extend its national network. The ground-breaking ceremony took place on May 16.
The new facility, which is expected to enter service in April 2007, will create 60 to 70 full-time and 30 to 40 part-time jobs. Located on an area of 36,668 sqm, the first building stage of the handling terminal will cover 7,994 sqm, with a further 872 sqm for office space.
Read MoreDeutsche Post reports first-quarter group sales up 40.7 percent, operating earnings rise to 917 million euros and international revenue reaches 57.4 percent of total revenue. The company posted 4.2 percent higher profit from operating activities (EBIT) of 917 million euros in the first quarter of 2006 compared with the same quarter last year. Organic growth and acquisitions increased sales by 40.7 percent to 14.8 billion euros. Excluding Exel, which was included in Deutsche Post’s accounts for the first time in the reporting period, group revenues totaled 11.9 billion euros. That corresponds to an increase of 13.4 percent. Consolidated net profit was 482 million euros for the first three months compared with 459 million euros a year earlier, a 5 percent increase. Due to a higher number of shares, earnings per share fell from 41 euro cents to 40 euro cents.
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