Tag: GLS

USPS ends contract with German GLS

Posted by | Jul 19, 2004 | |

United States Postal Service has not renewed its contract with General Logistics Systems (GLS), the German postal service operator which is controlled by UK-based postal service operator Royal Mail, but has opted to co-operate with Deutsche Post, Germany’s leading postal service operator. At present, GLS has an exclusive licence with USPS for the distribution of private parcels in 23 European countries. In future, Deutsche Post, Germany’s former postal monopoly, will hold the exclusive licence for these services.

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USPS statement on agreement with GLS

Posted by | Jul 2, 2004 | |

In January 2002, the United States Postal Service announced an agreement with Royal Mail to use their pan European delivery network to deliver Global Express Mail and Air Parcel Post to 23 countries. This agreement formally expires on December 31, 2004 and the Postal Service and Royal Mail have mutually agreed to let the contract expire on that date. The Postal Service will revert to the individual Foreign Postal Administration for delivery of these two products in each country that Royal Mail’s subsidiary, GLS, served effective January 1, while GLS will continue to focus on its core product: Business to Business deliveries utilizing commercial customs clearance.

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Opening the doors to eastern Europe

Posted by | Jun 23, 2004 | |

Presentation at UK Express Delivery Conference by Claude Begle, DPD/GeoPost.
Contains size of European market, European market share, market shares for UK Benelux, France & Germany, GeoPosts alliances.
P:LibraryUK Express Delivery 04Claude_Béglé.ppt

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Transport and Logistics: Industry Facing an Historic Opportunity as EU Market Becomes Fully Open

Posted by | Apr 29, 2004 | |

The Polish transport industry is facing an historical opportunity, as entry barriers to the huge and lucrative EU market are about to be removed, and Poland is to become part of a single market stretching from Gibraltar to Tallinn.

Europe’s commodity transport market is expected to grow by almost 25 percent in 2005-2010, to some 2,045 billion kilometre tonnes. Road transport is expected to rise by 37 percent, growing by an annual rate of over 6 percent in the coming years. Next year, the market is expected to be worth some 220 billion euro.

The expected rise in transport volumes has already taken place, with commodity transport traffic at Poland’s border crossings up 20 percent in January-February on the same period of last year.

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An Post moves to distance itself from US parcel costs complaints

Posted by | Dec 31, 2003 | |

An Post has moved to distance itself from charges being levied on people receiving air-mail parcels from the United States. The company has received hundreds of complaints about the charges and a spokeswoman said it “expected hundreds more” in the weeks after Christmas. She stressed An Post was no longer responsible for the delivery of air-mail parcels from the US and this service had been taken over by a private contractor. The contractor, General Logistics Systems, Ireland (GLS), is a Dublin-based subsidiary of the Royal Mail in Britain. The United States Postal Service (USPS) signed an agreement with Royal Mail over a year ago to deliver air-mail packages from the US to 23 countries in Europe.

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