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FedEx opens new depot in Spain

Posted by | Mar 5, 2008 | |

FedEx has opened a new depot in Riba-roja de Túria in the region of Valencia, Spain, to expand its network and improve its service in the region, according to Spanish newspaper Transmarket.

The construction of the new facility follows an increasingly growing demand in the most important sectors of industry in Valencia including pottery, footwear, textiles and clothes.

The depot will be the operational centre of the company in the Levantine area and cover up to 14 routes in the provinces Valencia and Castellón. With the new facility, FedEx also expects to improve delivery times in some areas by up to 5 hours, Transmarket further reported.

The newly inaugurated depot is the third official operational centre of the company adding to the two facilities in Madrid, functioning as one operational unit as well as two depots Barcelona operating as one.

“There has been a growing demand from our local customers and potential clients”, said Ian Silverton, operational manager at FedEx Spain. “It was very important for us to continue providing high quality services for all our customers and FedEx business activities in this region.”

The Spanish FedEx subsidiary generated the revenues of about EUR 48 million in 2006. It employs 374 people and has a fleet of 75 delivery vehicles.

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TNT ups costs savings target to 395 mln euros

Posted by | Mar 5, 2008 | |

Dutch mail company TNT NV increased its costs savings target to 395 million euros (USD 600.9 million) due to changes in its retail network, the firm said on Wednesday.

TNT, which had originally aimed for savings of 370 million euros between 2007-2015, said it will save an extra 25 million euros from ending its joint venture with Postbank.

It estimated restructuring costs related to this move at about 70 million euros before taxes.

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Amtrak Strengthens Management Team

Posted by | Mar 4, 2008 | |

Amtrak has appointed three new directors to its Operating Board as it gears up for the next phase of development. They will all report to Alan Jones, Amtrak’s Managing Director.

Phil Whitlock has been appointed IT Director, a new position created to reflect Amtrak’s continuing investment in state of the art technology, ensuring delivery of the best customer service. The latest developments include e-billing, credit card bookings and the phasing in of more than 1,000 new scanners for drivers and depots as part of its leading edge track and trace capability. The new on-line booking system, in partnership with NetDespatch, has just passed 10 million bookings.

Joe Dudley, who has recently returned to Amtrak after a spell at NetDespatch, has been appointed as Deputy IT Director.

The Sales and Commercial teams will be strengthened with the addition of Michael Hawkins as Commercial Director and Tony Hammond as Sales Director,. Michael has a significant track record in the parcels business, having worked for UPS for many years and more recently was with DHL Express. Tony has had a successful career in Royal Mail and TNT and was, until recently, Sales Director of DHL Mail.

As well as investing significantly in IT, Amtrak has restructured its depot network to make it more efficient, re-organised its trunking schedule, improved the efficiency of its C&D fleet, taken delivery of hundreds of new vehicles and greatly improved customer service.

Gerry Ruffell, who took on the role of Commercial Director when the business was acquired, will oversee the introduction of Tony and Michael into the business before moving on to other challenges.

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Hermes introduces international parcel size XS

Posted by | Mar 4, 2008 | |

German parcels operator Hermes Logistik has launched a new parcel category XS for parcels sent from Germany to European countries, except for Romania, Bulgaria and Greece.

With the launch of the new XS parcel, Hermes completes its international parcel categories Small, Medium and Large.

The XS parcel weighs up to 25 kg with a size no longer than 30 cm, calculated with the longest and the shortest side of the parcel.

The price for the XS parcel is EUR 8.50 for customers filling in the packing slip online, and EUR 9.50 for those completing the slip manually at the Hermes parcel shop. The prices include liability up to EUR 500.

For now, the XS parcel has been introduced to Germany only and is being tested within a period of three months.

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GLS inaugurated a new hub in France

Posted by | Mar 4, 2008 | |

GLS opened its EUR 4,5 million parcels distribution hub at Roquemaure, near Avignon, South-East France, to finalise its transport plan for southern France. With the new hub, the company expects to optimize its service quality to better cope with the rising parcel volumes in the region.

Built on a surface of 30,000 sqm, the new 4,000 sqm facility is equipped with the latest technology and has the capacity to sort 45,000 parcels a day. The site has 100 quays, 40 for HGVs and 60 for smaller vehicles. It will serve as a hub and as an agency at the same time thanks to a special delivery zone differentiating the two parties and assuring the safety of the parcels.

The new Roquemaure hub will employ 70 local workers. Following the opening of GLS’s hub in Uzerche in January 2007, this is the final part of the EUR 100 million that GLS invested in Europe during 2006-2007 to further expand its network.

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