Tag: International

Courier told to explain lost data (UK)

Posted by | Jan 19, 2008 | |

The papers were found on Thursday by a motorist on a roundabout near Exeter.

Karl-Heinz Korzenientz picked up hundreds of documents with passport photocopies and benefit claims details.

Secretary of State Peter Hain has ordered an immediate inquiry. TNT said it “deeply regretted” the temporary loss of the documents.

The papers included incapacity benefit files, others relating to pensions and Jobseeker’s Allowance, bank statements, passport documents and copies of passports.

There were also documents relating to home loans and mortgage interest, and details of national insurance numbers, addresses and dates of birth.

The Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) said: “We have now recovered a number of documents following their loss from a TNT vehicle and we believe they constitute all the material that was lost.

“We have no reason to believe that any individuals’ details have been misused. We take the security of individuals’ data extremely seriously.

“As part of our own inquiry, we have asked TNT for a full and urgent report on all of the circumstances relating to the loss of this data.”

The Information Commissioner has also been informed.

The courier firm said: “TNT takes the loss of any consignment extremely seriously.

“We are currently working closely with partners in the DWP and a full and thorough inquiry into this incident is currently being undertaken.”

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China express service industry may slow down

Posted by | Jan 18, 2008 | |

China’s fast developing express service industry may slow down in 2008 as cargo transportation demand from domestic and foreign companies may decrease due to the steam-losing US economy.

Logistics Association China envisions that foreign majors represented by DHL and Federal Express will tap the chance of Beijing 2008 Olympic Games to reinforce their leading positions in the Chinese market, while domestic players, especially private ones, which feature smaller business volume, weaker capital strength and poorer management, will see days get harsher.

Historical data show that China’s express service industry has been growing at a pace of around 30 percent in recent years and become one of the fastest growing markets of the world.

But according to DHL China, signs of slowdown actually appeared in 2007 though the Chinese market still maintained steady growth in the year, largely due to US economy deceleration and tax policy changes, which decreased cargo transportation demands between the two countries.

DHL said those companies used to adopt air shipment switched to relatively money-saving means as seaway shipment.

Another major foreign player Federal Express China is more optimistic, saying the Chinese economy to a certain degree can be independent from world market changes and it is certain that domestic express service market will continue stable growth momentum. Domestic analysts, however, hold that with market base getting increasingly bigger, the growth of domestic express service industry will get slower as compared to years ago.

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DHL starts next day delivery express service to US, Canada and Mexico

Posted by | Jan 18, 2008 | |

DHL Express has started a new service: with DHL US Next Day time-sensitive goods and documents from the most important Swiss economic regions will be delivered to the US, Canada and Mexico on the following day.

DHL Express is offering delivery before 10.30am (DHL Express 10.30), before 12.00pm (DHL Express 12.00) or before the close of business (DHL Express Worldwide). With US Next Day DHL can deliver to almost anywhere in the US as well as commercial centers in Canada and Mexico by the next day.

This new service is made possible by the DHL hub in Wilmington, Ohio, one of the largest private airports in the world, as well as four further international gateways. More than 34,000 staff in the US work around the clock to distribute the items. In recent years DHL has invested 1.2 billion US dollars in the comprehensive network and in expanding the hub in Wilmington.

The commercial centers of Geneva, Lausanne, Bern, Biel/Bienne, Basle, Lucerne, Zürich and Wil (St. Gallen) all benefit from DHL’s US Next Day service. A customer in the Geneva area can have his US Next Day item collected by DHL as late as 12.45pm. Customers in the Basle region have the last collection time at 3.45pm because a dedicated DHL plane is used for this service to fly from Basle via East Midlands to Wilmington. Duty is paid on these items while in the air.

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Azkar opens in Cadiz its first mixed plataform in Andalucia

Posted by | Jan 17, 2008 | |

Azkar has opened a new shared user site in Cadiz, more specifically in Puerto de Santa
María, to 10 km from Jerez, and 20 Cadiz capital and San Fernando, as well as 100 km
from Seville by the AP-4 and 12 km from the airport of Jerez de la Frontera. This is the first joint facility for logistics and distribution company opens in Andalusia. They have invested EUR 2.8 million in this site which is their third shared user facility in operation.

The warehouse measures 10.000 m2 and occupies a plot of 5,435 m2. The facility is split
into two sections with the smaller section dedicated to transport and distribution. Parcels
can be automatically read from a conveyor belt and scanning system and the WMS offers
a full range of classification types for the storage of pallets.

The new logistics platform provides excellent transport capability. A mixed fleet of 22
trucks will provide all movements from long distance work to local pick-up and delivery.
The on-site team consists of 41 staff; in logistics and in the warehouse.

The new facility has, with berthing piers 36, 14 and route for heavy vehicles and 22 units
for sharing package, featuring a total fleet of 21 vehicles for distribution and logistics.

The ship is equipped with automatic classifier parcel of 2 inputs and 3 outputs with reading system to three sides.

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Analysts hand DHL bad new year's forecast (U.S.)

Posted by | Jan 17, 2008 | |

Worldwide shipper DHL is doomed to fail in the United States unless it radically shifts its business model, two well-regarded investment firms say.

Now, Morgan Stanley and Bear Stearns separately contend that DHL could eventually contract out operations to competitors, abandon its domestic delivery routes or sell off its U.S. operations entirely.

Facing U.S. operations that lost USD 900 million last year, the company’s new chief financial officer has “indicated the group needs to have a structural solution to U.S. losses” by March 6, according to the Morgan Stanley report.

“While we can’t respond to speculative reports, we have made a commitment to the U.S. market because of its importance to our overall global (DHL) Express strategy,” spokesman Richard Gibbs said in an e-mailed statement.

DHL, owned by German-based Deutsche Post, has spent billions of dollars to build up its domestic presence.

Nonetheless, U.S. operations lost USD 900 million last year and analysts don’t foresee a profit this year.

Morgan Stanley foresees three possible solutions:

Deutsche Post should try to sell all of DHL Express or at least the U.S. operations to UPS, FedEx or the U.S. Postal Service

DHL could fly parcels in but contract delivery to FedEx, UPS or the U.S. Postal Service

It could reduce its footprint to metropolitan areas and either contract pickup and delivery in the rest of the U.S. to the three carriers or offer only international delivery.

The first two options are less likely, according to Morgan Stanley.

In a November Goldman Sachs report, the firm said it was unlikely that DHL’s U.S. operation was on track to perform well.

Beh of Bear Sterns said any DHL decision to quit domestic operations would be difficult.

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