Tag: International

GeoPost announces sales of 3.1 billion euros in 2007

Posted by | Apr 1, 2008 | |

In 2007, sales of GeoPost, subsidiary of the French La Poste Group and leader in the European BtoB express delivery market, topped the EUR 3-billion mark. Its 2007 sales totalled 3.171 billion euros, an increase of 6.8 pct compared to 2006, on a like-for-like basis and at constant exchange rate.

GeoPost consolidated its position in Europe by acquiring Seur’s Santander franchise, in Spain, and reinforced its partnership with the leading express delivery company in Turkey, Yurtiçi Kargo, by acquiring a 25 pct-stake in the company. In South Africa, a new joint venture with the Laser group has enabled GeoPost to move into the country’s domestic express market.

GeoPost has expanded its international brand DPD into Poland, Benelux, Russia and the Baltic States. Thanks to its subsidiaries, leaders in their respective countries, and to a first rate DPD European transport network, GeoPost is today, in terms of sales, the third leading express parcel service provider in Europe.

Agreements signed with Air France /SoDeXi and Aramex have given GeoPost access to intercontinental routes.

Hence, in terms of volume, 2007 saw GeoPost confirm its position as the second largest express company in Europe – 528 million parcels delivered, in 2007 – for 300,000 customers.

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DHL simplifies global product range to create widest-time based express range in the industry

Posted by | Apr 1, 2008 | |

DHL is unifying and simplifying its entire express product range to create the widest time-based express portfolio in the industry.

The new products will be structured in three categories – emergency same day deliveries, time definite next business day deliveries, and cost-effective day definite deliveries – and will align DHL’s brand worldwide. All of the core products are supported by a number of optional services that will provide the flexibility to meet specific customer needs.

The rollout of the new-look product range began throughout the 220 countries and territories serviced by DHL’s global network in January 2008 and is expected to be completed by the end of the year.

Customers worldwide will benefit from a harmonized suite of reliable products and services that use standardized tools, processes and systems including e-commerce tools, waybills and the internet, ultimately offering a simplified shipping experience. In addition, the DHL brand leverages the assets of the integrated DPWN group to offer freight and mail deliveries.

“As one global organization, we are fully leveraging our integrated network and worldwide presence without limiting our local expertise. Our updated product portfolio ultimately makes it easier to do business with us, both for large, multinational customers as well as small, local businesses, no matter where in the world they are based,” notes John Pearson, EVP Global Marketing & Sales, DHL Express.

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TNT Express opens new depots in France

Posted by | Apr 1, 2008 | |

TNT Express France has opened three new depots in eastern and central France to expand its network that already comprised 120 locations across the country.

The new platform at Nitry, 25 km south of Auxerre, is perfectly located next to the A6 motorway and will become a key base linking together the Paris region, the north and the south-east of France, TNT said.

The 3,300 sqm facility, on a 17,000 sqm site, is fitted with 39 docks for trucks and vans. Some 1,200 palettes are loaded and reloaded daily at the centre, which is served by 24 linehaul routes, the company added.

TNT has also opened a new depot in Pont-sur-Yonne near Sens in the same region to replace a smaller site at Appoigny. This 1,800 sqm facility, on an area of 9,200 sqm, has about 37 docks for 28 light vehicles and 9 lorries destined for regional transportation of shipments. The new depot, serving about 1,000 customers in the region, has increased the overall handling capacity at the location.

In addition, TNT opened a new sorting centre near Chambéry, the capital of the French department Haute-Savoie in eastern France. Situated next to the A43 motorway, the centre is a central distribution point in the region for the collection, sorting and express delivery of parcels and documents.

The 1,500 sqm facility has 30 docks for lorries and light vehicles, and already handles 3,200 inbound and outbound parcels a day. It replaces the previous building in the same area which became insufficient in terms of capacity.

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Union delegation demands TNT pay decent wages and cooperates only with proper unions

Posted by | Apr 1, 2008 | |

A Union Delegation, headed by Neil Anderson, Head of Department UNI Post and Logistics, and Rolf Büttner, UNI President Post and Logistics, along with UNI’s Dutch affiliates FNV Bondgenoten and ABVAKABO, German affiliate ver.di and an ITF delegation lead by its General Secretary David Cockcroft, met together in Amsterdam to discuss their concerns about the global activities of the TNT Group.

Given the numerous problems that have arisen in the TNT Group, the trade union representatives agreed that a regular social dialogue between UNI, the ITF and their affiliated organisations was essential. To achieve this, some sort of global network and global union structure is needed. The aim is to ensure that at the end of the dialogue process an global framework agreement can be signed that will ensure respect for internationally recognised labour and social standards.

The situation in Germany and the events at TNT Post were also discussed. TNT refuses to recognise the minimum legal wage that has been adopted in Germany. TNT announced that it intended to challenge the legality of the minimum wage for the postal sector in the German courts, even if this were to take several years. Until such time, it would refuse to pay the minimum wage. Until there was a final ruling, it intended to apply the agreement signed by the employer-financed pseudo union GNBZ. The wages paid under this agreement are way below the minimum wages negotiated by UNI’s German affiliate ver.di and the largest employers’ federation of German postal service providers, and which were made legally binding by a statutory order issued by the Federal government.

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Latin America to dodge weak U.S. economy

Posted by | Apr 1, 2008 | |

Latin America and the Caribbean could dodge U.S. economic weakness because of the diversity of its exports and bilateral trade agreements, the regional head of package delivery giant FedEx Corp said on Tuesday.

FedEx is betting on Latin America because the region is growing at its fastest pace in three decades and because of solid economic fundamentals of regional powerhouses Mexico and Brazil.

The firm is also closely watching big commodity producers Peru, Chile and Argentina at a time when metal, oil and grain prices are at record highs.

Some analysts believe a U.S. recession would hit demand for commodities and other products from Latin America. Juan Cento, FedEx’s president for Latin America and the Caribbean, disagrees.

“A weaker U.S. economy is not paralyzing the economies of Latin America,” Cento told the Reuters Latin America Investment Summit in a telephone interview from Miami.

FedEx, which employs 3,400 workers in 50 countries and territories in Latin America and the Caribbean, is seen as an indicator of economic health, because a fall in demand for its services is a symptom of a weak economy.

“We are noticing that the change in dynamics of markets, in which exports are being pushed to other areas, has brought a new stability and position of strength (to regional products) in the global economy,” Cento added.

Trade alliances with China, other eastern countries and Europe will help avoid a slowdown in demand for goods and commodities produced in Latin America, he said.

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