Tag: Middle East

AN Post – Another Bad Day At Blackrock

Posted by | Apr 26, 2008 | |

Irish postal operator AN Post, is trying clear a serious mail backlog’ at Blackrock (Dublin) Mail Delivery Office. The backlog is said to be the result of a row with local postal staff over changes to working conditions. Parcels and Post Office Counter services are said to be unaffected.

The Blackrock Mail Delivery Office serves Booterstown, Blackrock, Mount Merrion, Kilmacud and Stillorgan. Efforts to minimise delays, continue as AN Post and the Communications Workers’ Union attempt to resolve the present difficulties and restore normal service but some mail in the backlog is said to be already more than a week old.

Daily mail deliveries are continuing in Dublin 4, however customers are being advised not to post to the affected district which includes the areas of Ballsbridge, Donnybrook, Ringsend and Sandymount.

AN Post currently employs 9,500 people through retail, processing and delivery points.

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Kuwait To Privatise Postal Service

Posted by | Apr 25, 2008 | |

The Arab Times reports that the Assistant Undersecretary of the Kuwaiti Ministry of Communication for Postal Sector Saud Abdulaziz Al-As’ousi says that his country was working hard to update its postal system and introduce the latest technologies.

“Kuwait has developed a vision for privatizing the postal system under the supervision of the Ministry of Communication,” he revealed in statements to KUNA on the sidelines of the 16th meeting of the Arab Standing Committee on Postal Services. “Privatization is the best solution for the problems of the post sector,” he pointed out. “Kuwait has developed a plan to modernize its 63 post offices thoroughly in order to better serve the citizens,” said Al-As’ousi who leads Kuwait delegation to the meeting.

“The three-day meeting mulled ways to reorganize the postal services in the Arab countries and separate between the posts of legislation, organization, and reform and development. “It probed the plan to initiate a pan-Arab database including all postal reforms, legislations and controls,” he disclosed. “The meeting also explored ways to promote postal exchanges among the Arab countries, and reviewed the measures aimed to combat money laundering and narcotics through postal systems. “The conferees set up a panel to organize the celebrations marking the development of the Arab postal systems.

“The celebrations will be held on the fringe of the Nairobi conference, Kenya, later this year. “The Arab panel is also assigned to review the progress made towards implementation of the Universal Postal Convention of Bucharest,” Al-As’ousi went on to say. “The Arab Standing Committee on Postal Services will meet several times to arrange positions of the Arab countries ahead of the Universal Postal Union Strategy Conference, due in Geneva in July, 2008. “Arab toolkits will be formed to arrange for the global conference in line with the decision of the 23rd meeting of the executive office of the Arab communication ministers council, held at the Cairo-seated Arab League last January,” he added.

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RFID project likely to improve post services

Posted by | Apr 24, 2008 | |

The Radio Frequencies Identification (RFID) project, initiated by Q-Post along with other postal corps of the region is expected to improve the quality of services in the whole region, according to Yusuf Nasser al-Muzafer, director of administrative affairs at Q-Post.

Al Muzafer was addressing a meeting of the project group held at the GPO on Monday. The RFID, said to be the first of its kind in the region is an innovative postal project being implemented by Q-Post in association with Emirates Post and Saudi Arabian Postal Corp.

The project started on March 3, would be completed on June 7 and it aims to test the quality of service control through Radio Frequencies Identification. It will help Arab postal corps in using the global monitoring system to track mail via satellite, Qatar is the first Arab nation to participate as an observer in the UPU Quality Service Steering Committee and Q-Post official Catina Aghayan has been made a member of the committee.

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Aramex increases Q1 revenues by 24pct

Posted by | Apr 23, 2008 | |

Aramex has announced a first-quarter revenue rise of 24pct to AED 494.4 million (EUR 84.1 million), from AED 399.6 million (EUR 67.9 million) for the same period last year, highlighting the company’s strong financial performance.

Net profits for 2008’s first quarter rose by 21pct to AED 36.2 million (EUR 6.2 million), from AED 29.9 million (EUR 4.9 million) posted in 2007.

Despite challenges in the market, Aramex said it continues to reap the benefits of a successful expansion strategy that has helped boost productivity and sales across key product and service lines, as reflected in the company’s healthy margins. Along with strong profitability for its freight and express product, the company has been pleased with the impressive growth of its logistics and records management services, which have witnessed 39pct and 57pct growth, respectively.

Across Aramex’s core Middle East market, performance in the Levant has improved notably, while rapid growth in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and excellent results in the UAE have made an unequivocal impact on the company’s profitability, the company said.

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DHL Express breaks regional TAPA record

Posted by | Apr 21, 2008 | |

Omar Cheik from DHL Express receives security certificate from TAPA auditor Aamir Shakir.DHL Express boosted its security credentials in the Middle East last month, after receiving accreditation from the Transported Asset Protection Association (TAPA) for its operations in Lebanon.
The globally acknowledged TAPA certification is rewarded to companies that successfully complete an evaluation of their cargo security procedures with a panel of independent auditors. DHL Express, which now operates 16 TAPA certified facilities in the Middle East, scored 99.42 pct during its evaluation in Lebanon, breaking its previous record of 98.86 pct in the UAE.

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