Tag: International

FedEx Express breaks ground on new central and Eastern Europe hub

Posted by | Oct 20, 2008 | |

FedEx Express broke ground on a new hub at the Cologne/Bonn airport, the site of the company’s new Central and Eastern European gateway.

The state-of-the-art facility will be the largest FedEx Express gateway in Germany. In addition, it will be the first solar-powered hub for FedEx outside of the U.S. and the company’s largest solar-powered hub worldwide. The hub is slated for completion in 2010 and is expected to employ 450 people in Cologne.

New ramp, freight and sort facilities with a fully-automated sort system will cover a floor space of approximately 50,000 square meters. In addition, the facility will be equipped with a 1.4-megawatt solar power system, which can generate approximately 1.3 gigawatt hours of electricity per year – equivalent to the annual consumption of 370 households. Solar panels, fitted to the roof of the new ramp and sort facilities, will cover a total surface area of 16,000 square meters.

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New DHL Express Center offers greater convenience for customers (Japan)

Posted by | Oct 20, 2008 | |

DHL inaugurated a new package drop-off centers in central Tokyo, Osaka and Kobe. The new drop-off centers will enhance convenience for customers in the central Tokyo and Kansai area, complementing DHL’s standard shipment pick-up services.

DHL established the new Express Centers in WcLock’s Shibuya, Tanimachi and Kobe branch, under a business entrustment agreement with Koyosha, Inc. (shop name; WcLock) a specialist in printing and DTP-related service, offers a wide range of services from data compilation and design to copy service, printing and binding. DHL account holders can also use these Express Centers to drop off documents and packages for DHL Express services.

The new Express Centers also offer the DHL Simple Pack service, an easy-to-use service featuring a simplified fee structure. The popular service offers dedicated envelopes and boxes, the shipment fees for which are calculated based on destination zone (Asia Pacific, America, or Europe / other regions) instead of the weight. These fixed fees are not affected by jet fuel surcharge adjustments* based on monthly fluctuations rates.

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Integrator shares rocked by financial sector turbulence

Posted by | Oct 17, 2008 | |

Shares of Deutsche Post World Net, TNT, UPS and FedEx have been hit dramatically in recent weeks by the turbulence in world financial markets but also by clear signs of a slowdown in the international express business. The outlook for the forthcoming weeks and months remains uncertain.

Since the start of September, TNT shares have fallen nearly 40pct, DPWN shares have dropped 37pct, FedEx shares are down 20pct and UPS has declined 19.5pct, according to CEP-Research analysis. Since the start of 2008, DPWN is down 57pct, TNT is down 44.9pct, UPS has fallen 25.3pct and FedEx has dropped 23.1pct.

“Integrator shares have clearly been impacted by the general slump on the world stock exchanges. But investors also appear nervous about how the economic slowdown will affect the express and parcel sector,” commented Mark Winkelmann, managing partner of ITA Consulting, the CEP-Research parent company. “There are certainly widespread indications of customers downtrading from expensive air express services to cheaper and slower economy products. It is unclear however whether this is a short-term or a longer-term trend.”

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Speedpost 'Next Flight Out' service launched

Posted by | Oct 17, 2008 | |

Hongkong Post introduced a new Speedpost service: the “Next Flight Out” (NFO) service, which offers speedy delivery to major Asian and European cities the same day at the earliest.

The “Next Flight Out” service has been jointly developed by Hongkong Post, Cathay Pacific Cargo and RPX Limited to offer customers a personified speedy courier solution for delivery of their highly time-sensitive items.

The Speedpost “Next Flight Out” service is available to designated areas including the Asian cities of Singapore, Taipei, Manila, Penang and Kuala Lumpur, and three European cities – Paris, Amsterdam and London. Customers can make postings at 10 dedicated post offices including the General Post Office and Tsim Sha Tsui Post Office, or they can choose Hongkong Post’s pick-up service for posting before the cut-off time. Items posted under “Next Flight Out”‘ will be put on the earliest flight available to ensure the shortage waiting time for conveyance.

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UPS Sets 2009 Rates

Posted by | Oct 17, 2008 | |

UPS released new list rates for 2009, including an average increase of 5.9 percent for UPS Ground packages and an average net increase of 4.9 percent on all air express and U.S. origin International shipments.

UPS Freight announced a general rate increase of 5.9 pct for 2009.

The rate increase for air express and international shipments is based on a 6.9 percent increase in the base rate, less a 2 percent reduction in the air and international fuel surcharge index.

The new rates will take effect on Jan. 5, 2009.

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