Tag: Middle East

Empost opens specialized service department that offers packing and removal solutions

Posted by | Mar 3, 2007 | |

Empost, UAE’s National Courier Company, has expanded its range services by opening the Cargo and Logistics Removals Department that will specialize in moving households, office relocations, transporting exhibition equipment and handling of personal effects.

The new department utilizes state-of-the-art technologies, such as a specially developed range of packing cartons to provide the best protection for the clients’ belongings. Empost has also customized vans to cater to the unique service demands.

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Interview – DHL sees good Middle East growth

Posted by | Mar 1, 2007 | |

DHL Express, the Middle East market leader, is expecting good growth in the booming region in the future thanks to expanded domestic services, higher demand for road transport, and synergies with DHL Global Forwarding and DHL Supply Chain, regional director Phil Couchman told CEP-Research in an interview.

DHL Express is successfully defending its high regional market share, including of about 43% in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) market, despite more intensive competition, he said at this week’s World Mail & Express Logistics Middle East, Africa & South Asia conference in Dubai.

“We are growing very quickly,” Couchman said. The express operator was growing at about 20% a year in the Middle East region compared to slightly lower market growth rates, he noted. But he pointed out that costs were rising fast, particularly in Dubai, due to higher salaries and local living costs as well as more expensive fuel, meaning that price rises taking cost increases and inflation into account were necessary.

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UPS increases international delivery options

Posted by | Mar 1, 2007 | |

UPS has expanded its service offering in the United Arab Emirates, enabling customers to select from two different options for the daily, time-definite delivery of packages between international trading markets.

Both services took effect in the UAE last month and should expand delivery options on routes between the United States and Asia, Europe and the Americas. The first option, UPS Worldwide Express, guarantees delivery by 10.30am or 12pm, depending on the destination. The second option, UPS Worldwide Saver, guarantees delivery by the end of the business day.

Each of the services will be supported by Quantum View visibility technology, which provides customers with the status of their shipments anywhere in the world and also sends them proactive alerts if shipments do not arrive by their committed delivery deadline.

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Emirates Post buys fleet for courier service

Posted by | Feb 28, 2007 | |

Emirates Post has commissioned two aircraft to begin an international courier service by mid-March, a top official said.

It is expanding into the air courier business and will begin operations next month, Abdullah Ebrahim Al Daboos, director-general of Emirates Post, told delegates at a logistics conference in Dubai yesterday.

The postal service, which is also planning an initial public offering, will procure a third plane in the next six months to complete its overall plan of a full fleet of planes in the next five years.

The director-general announced that it has assumed control of certain airport operations in the UAE but did not specify which airport the new courier service would fly from.

Air logistics is just one of three new companies Emirates Post plans to introduce in 2007.

Emirates Post plans to diversify its current remittances services by forming a “money management and movement” company slated for this year.

Emirates Post currently provides remittance services through its Wall Street Exchange Centre, but plans to open multiple offices in Asia and Europe with the new company to take advantage of the multi-billion dollar worldwide remittances industry. New offices are targeted for the Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia, and Singapore, Al Daboos said.

Emirates Post will also create a national trucking service to complement its other ground delivery operations.

The government service is in the process of forming a parent company called Emirates Post Group to oversee its rapidly expanding family of subsidiaries.

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Empost takes off with new Cargo and Logistics service

Posted by | Feb 26, 2007 | |

Empost, the UAE’s national courier company announced the launch of its Cargo and Logistics service offering air, land and sea freight operations through the Logistics division of Empost. This service will enable Empost to expand into a higher degree of customer services and will improve the level of proficiency.

Sultan Al Midfa, CEO, Empost said, “The new Cargo and Logistics service will provide Empost customers with regional and global transportation networks, specifically tailored to their requirements to offer reliable, prompt, secure, efficient and profitable solutions. We are aiming to offer a comprehensive global supply chain solution that will reduce costs, improve customer service, reduce inventory investments and speed up product delivery.”

The portfolio of services offered by the land, air and sea freight division includes flexible International land options from standard to expedited services; Door-to-Door and Airport-to-Airport forwarding Sea-to-Air transhipments and Air-to-Air transhipments, Customs Clearance, Ware House & distribution and Land transportation within UAE and the globe.

Online management tools for shipment tracking, and time bound and guaranteed air freight services, with flexible options for shipment and delivery ranging from 24 hours to seven days, depending on the urgency of the shipment.

Empost’s sea freight service operates in association with a variety of global ocean freight and transportation providers and is designed to combine the economies of ocean freight with the speed of air freight. The service can handle any shipment size, such as full container loads to less than container load, special equipment and oversized cargo, with the additional guarantee of personal cargo monitoring until the freight’s arrival at the desired destination.

Both air, land and sea logistics services will facilitate communication by sourcing all incoming and outgoing logistical needs through one point of contact on a 24/7 basis. The booking and tracking system will be EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) compliant and CCN (Cargo Community Network) based, enabling Suppliers and Customers to communicate directly to improve Data integrity and generate significant cost savings.

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