Deutsche Post is to raise prices for packages by 8 cents per shipment as it anticipates a European Union decision to charge trucks toll rates. The price hikes come into play as of September on the companys national, international, Europremium, Express Paket, Officepack and Express Brief services.
Read MoreForeign firms see an opportunity to move in as a strike seems inevitable.
The Royal Mail is in a dispute with the postal unions that could turn the clock back to the disastrous industrial relations of the 1970s.
Evoking the image of British Leyland is guaranteed to send a shiver down the spines of managers and directors. And yet that is what management at Royal Mail is doing.
Read MoreZeitungHermes Logistik Gruppe, Germany’s second-largest logistics service provider for deliveries by businesses to consumers, will in future manage incoming transport to its 65 depots in Germany. Until now, this part of the logistics chain has been provided by DHL Freight, a subsidiary of German postal service operator Deutsche Post.
Read MorePall-Ex, the UK’s leading palletised distribution network, has teamed up with German logistics company, Transco Süd, to launch Pall-Ex Germany as part of its continued expansion of services across Europe. Launched last week, the service covers the whole of Germany and will initially include with at least three departures a week from the UK. Transco will bring in pallets to Pall-Ex’s Leicestershire-based hub for onward distribution in the UK via the Pall-Ex network and will collect shipments from Pall-Ex, take them to its hub in Düsseldorf, the main centre for Pall-Ex Germany. Goods are then distributed throughout Germany either by Transco’s direct connections or via the CTL network, of which Transco is a member.
Read MoreWincanton acquires control of intermodal company
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