Tag: Mail Services

Qatar planning to host World Postal Congress

Posted by | Jan 31, 2008 | |

Qatar will make efforts to host the Universal Postal Union’s World Postal Congress in 2012, chairman and chief executive of Q-Post Ali Mohamed al-Ali said yesterday.
He was speaking after inaugurating the first Arab postal stamps exhibition, being hosted by Q-Post, at Villagio mall.

Al-Ali said the exhibition would help participants exchange ideas and expertise and expressed the hope that it would help enhance co-operation between various postal corporations of the region.

The event will boost Qatar’s image, al-Ali said, terming the exhibition “a feather in Q-Post’s cap.”

Seventeen postal corporations and prominent philatelic societies of the region have set up pavilions at the venue. Among the collections are some of the first and the latest stamps issued by the postal corporations of the region.

Referring to Q-Post activities, Al-Ali said the corporation has brought about several innovations by introducing the latest technology. He said Q-Post has implemented several services as part of Qatar’s e-government project.

The chairman said Qatar would take the lead in forming an Arab Philately Society. “The exhibition is a first step in this direction and the Q-Post is sure that it will help enhance people’s knowledge of the culture, history and traditions of the region.”
Among those present at the inaugural ceremony were ambassadors of Palestine and Djibouti Muneir Abdullah Ghanam and Mohamadi Ali Mohamadi respectively.

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Building cleaning and maintenance: Swiss Post prepares for market liberalization

Posted by | Jan 31, 2008 | |

Swiss Post has to prepare for planned full market liberalization. It therefore wants to transfer its cleaning and maintenance services, which are not part of its core business, into a separate company. The unit responsible – Service House – should thus be able to offer its services at standard market rates in future. The current collective employment contract (CEC) conditions mean that costs are considerably higher than market rates. Swiss Post intends to hold talks with the unions about possible solutions over the next few months.

Swiss Post wants to eliminate the competitive disadvantages prior to the deregulation planned by the Federal Council. This includes the cleaning and maintenance services, which are not part of its core business. One problem is the lack of flexibility in recruiting – compared with the competition – under the current Swiss Post CEC. The current CEC conditions mean that costs for cleaning at Service House are considerably higher than market rates.

Swiss Post wants to offer its employees opportunities and make the Service House unit competitive over the medium term. It therefore favours a solution within Swiss Post Group, as foreseen in the CEC and already implemented a number of times with the unions. This means outsourcing the business into a subsidiary. The collective employment agreement provided for in such cases will be adopted and industry-specific adjustments will be set out in a follow-up agreement. It should be noted that almost all European postal organizations have outsourced their cleaning and maintenance work to external companies. Swiss Post wants to hold talks with the unions in the next few months with the aim of agreeing further steps by mid-year.

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Emirates Post hikes post box fees

Posted by | Jan 31, 2008 | |

The Emirates Post (EP) has increased the annual fees of P.O. boxes, both individual and commercial. The revised fees came into effect on January 1, according to EP officials.

Individual post boxes now cost Dh200, instead of the previous cost of Dh150, and the fee for the commercial post box has been doubled from Dh250 to Dh500.

Officials added that the increase has been imposed in order to cover the additional expenses of the services provided by the organisation.

“A circular with regard to the price hike was sent to us earlier this year. But then it is a minimal hike and we don’t think that the income of people or companies wishing to have a P.O Box number is going to be affected,” said representatives at the Al Khor Post Office.

In a press release issued by the Emirates Post on the issue, officials said that lately, the EP had spent a lot of money on introducing new services.

“EP has modernised its infrastructure. It has set up the Post Exchange Centre at Al Ramool in Dubai. A document centre is also going to be established soon,” the release said.

“Last year, EPhad signed an agreement with a Japanese company to export and set up an advanced system to handle the letters, at a cost of Dh14 million. In the next four years, the UAE and specifically Dubai is expected to receive more than a million letters daily due to the increasing number of companies and organisations in the UAE. Modern system is the only way to deal with post parcels and distributing them in a short time,” added officials.

The post offices network has expanded to include 87 branches around the UAE. Studies and researches are being conducted to modernise that network to supply customers with the best services, officials added.

“We signed a number of contracts and agreements that cost us a lot. The charges of post services, transportation and other relevant services have increased all over the world. This directly affected the charges imposed on our services. Besides, we are always promoting our services of post deliveries to post boxes and this naturally costs more,” the authorities opined.

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EPA recognizes FedEx as leader in renewable energy use (U.S)

Posted by | Jan 30, 2008 | |

FedEx Kinko’s and the FedEx Express Oakland Hub were today recognized by the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Green Power Partnership program as one of 53 Fortune 500 companies investing in green power.

Nearly a year ago, EPA asked Fortune 500 companies to collectively invest in more than 5 billion kilowatt hours (kWh) of green power – electricity that is generated from environmentally renewable resources, such as wind and solar. Today EPA announced that the program exceeded its goal by 130 percent.

The FedEx Express Oakland Hub Facility – a solar electric hub since 2005 – contributed to the goal by generating more than 1.2 million kilowatt-hours (kWh) of green power, which can supply up to 80 percent of the facility’s peak energy demand, the equivalent of power used by more than 900 homes during the daytime. The Express Oakland Hub was one of only eight Fortune 500 companies on EPA’s list that acquires green power through an on-site renewable energy system, an innovative and proactive way to help protect the environment.

FedEx Kinko’s ranked on EPA’s Top 10 Retail list with more than 76 million kWh of green power or 32 percent of FedEx Kinko’s total energy consumption. Over 785 FedEx Kinko’s locations in 38 states purchase energy from renewable sources such as wind and solar.

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Korea's Postal Office to Spend 175.4 bln won

Posted by | Jan 30, 2008 | |

Korea’s state-run post office said Tuesday that it will invest 175.4 billion won (USD 185.5 million) in 2008 mostly to improve its mailing system.

Korea Post said the investment earmarked for this year includes 37.4 billion won for procuring necessary hardware and software, 6.5 billion won for better IT systems and 57.3 billion won for system maintenance.

It also plans to spend some of the money to purchase around 40,000 radio frequency identification (RFID) tags and 600 tag readers for improving the speed at which its mailing work is carried out, the company said in a statement.

1 USD = 944.223 KRW

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