The international letter services of Deutsche Post, the German postal service operator, will now also undergo a change of name in Europe, from Deutsche Post Global Mail to DHL Global Mail. Through the name change for its global activities, the group aims to increas the significance of DHL further as its international brand. Domestic and international letter services in Germany will continue to be operated under the name of Deutsche Post.
Read MoreDHL Express is planning to break into the market for trans-European combined shipping and rail transport services. The company is planning to operate a rail connection between Lubeck-Travemunde and Verona in collaboration with Lubecker Hafen-Gesellschaft (LHG), the company that operates Lubeck harbour. The train will run twice weekly and will allow around 130,000 tonnes of goods to be transferred from the roads to the railways while in transit between Scandinavia and southern Europe.
Read MoreThe German cartel office has approved Deutsche Post World Net AG’s takeover of part of troubled retailer KarstadtQuelle’s logistics operations, according to cartel office spokeswoman Anja Scheidgen. She said the clearance applies only to ‘internal warehouse logistics operations that supply individual stores.’ She said Deutsche Post has not filed for cartel office approval to take over the other parts of KarstadtQuelle’s logistics operations.
Read MoreThe German government is to reduce its stake in mail carrier Deutsche Post to 8 per cent in a transaction that gives a federal bank, KfW, 48.5 per cent of the stockmarket-listed logistics group. KfW confirmed Monday the sale would go through this month. Berlin had been widely expected to force-march the privatization of the former post office since it needs to reduce net public borrowing. Originally set up as a post-war reconstruction fund, KfW is regularly used by the government as a halfway house in privatizations, as it can wait till prices improve before passing the shares on to private buyers. Its assets do not count as state-owned. A spokeswoman at KfW confirmed the price to be paid in this month’s transaction would be 1.7 billion euros. At present KfW owns 36.5 per cent of Post, which has absorbed the DHL courier group into its overall brand, Deutsche Post World Net.
Read MoreDeutsche Post report of current international letter price comparison.
Compares: Belgium / Denmark / France / Germany / Italy / Netherlands / Norway / Republic of Ireland / Spain / Sweden / Switzerland / UK / Austria / Finland / Greece / Luxembourg / Portugal /
P:LibraryPostalLetter prices in Europe Dpost report.pdf
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