DHL seeks European B2C partners
DHL is planning to increase its European B2C activities in cooperation with other companies to target the growing e-commerce market.
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UPS targets DHL customers in North America
UPS is actively trying to win DHL US express customers at the same time as negotiating a deal to take over North American uplift for DHL.
Read MoreFedEx Ground selects site for New Portland area distribution hub
FedEx Ground has chosen a 77-acre site in Troutdale to build a distribution hub that will be double the size of the existing operation in Portland, Oregon. A formal ground breaking ceremony took place on October 29.
The 415,000 square-foot facility will be built in the new Troutdale Reynolds Industrial Park and will cost about USD 100 million including land, construction and material-handling equipment. Scheduled to open in 2010, the hub will feature the latest automated material handling technology designed to initially process 25,000 packages per hour and eventually 45,000 packages per hour when it reaches full capacity after a projected expansion. The workforce at opening is projected to include more than 500 full-time and part-time employees and about 200 independent contractor opportunities, many of which will transfer from the current facility.
New TNT Express depots in Germany and Italy
TNT Express has laid the foundation stone for a new logistics centre at Rostock airport in northern Germany, investing EUR 3.7 million in the new depot. In addition, the company opened two new branches in Italy this month.
In spring 2009, the current depot in Guestrow, which is 17 km away from Rostock, will be moved to the new site, which lies on a 12,000 sqm plot of land. Some 40 employees will work at the new facility.
Separately, TNT Express Italy has opened two new branches. The new depot at Verona, northern Italy, where about 200 staff are employed, is located in an industrial area close to the nearby motorway and benefits from the latest security facilities. The site is used for local distribution during the day and as a sorting hub for nationwide shipments during the night. TNT also opened a new branch at the coastal port of La Spezia following an investment of some EUR 400,000.
Read MoreRegional postal heads review progress of inter-GCC express mail service 'Gulf Express'
Postal heads from Arab countries meeting in Qatar for the 21st postal high committee meeting gave the green signal for the implementation of Gulf Express, an improved express mail service for GCC countries.
The officials, who included under-secretaries of postal ministries and directors-general of posts, reviewed the business plan submitted by the Riyadh-based newly appointed manager of the project and asked for an operational plan.
The meeting also decided that the Gulf countries will henceforth take part in international stamp exhibitions under the name of the ‘GCC Countries Group’, in an effort to promote Arab solidarity and philatelic excellence.
Among the other topics was a review of the proposed pan-GCC logistics company owned by GCC postal organizations.
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