Tag: Middle East

Emirates Post and Iran Post to boost collaboration in IT, money transfer, parcel and mail hub services

Posted by | Feb 27, 2006 | |

Emirates Post and Iran Post have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that focuses on increased cooperation in IT, money transfer, parcel delivery and mail hub services. The MoU was signed by Mr. Mohammed Hassan Mohebiyan, Chairman of the Board & Managing Director, Iran Post, and Mr. Abdulla Al Daboos, Director General, Emirates Post, in Tehran. A separate MoU was signed with Mr. Mahmoud Hassan Zadeh, CEO and Chairman of the Board, Post Bank of Iran, to promote money transfer between the two countries.

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DHL sees no major growth in express business in UAE

Posted by | Feb 15, 2006 | |

DHL said yesterday it was not expecting significant growth in its core express delivery business in the UAE this year. The company delivers some 13,000 packages a day in the country and claims a 42 per cent market share in the express segment. “Growth in the express business is not going to be significant. But we are expecting overall growth in the UAE,” the company’s country manager David Wild told Gulf News. He said DHL’s road freight business is growing strongly in the UAE. DHL employs 500 people and operates 115 vehicles.

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ARAMEX acquires a leading Egyptian freight forwarding company

Posted by | Feb 11, 2006 | |

ARAMEX has announced that it has acquired Egypt-based Freight Professionals, a leading freight forwarding company specializing in air and sea freight.
With this acquisition, ARAMEX will consolidate its presence in Egypt as a major player providing a full, multi-modal transportation link to every country in the world as well as full coverage of the domestic local market. Operational since 1995, Freight Professionals employs 86 people and has offices at Alexandria’s and Cairo’s Airports as well as at Port Said, in addition to its main offices in Cairo. The company also provides customs brokerage services in the respective ports. Mr. Fadi Ghandour, President and Chief Executive Officer of ARAMEX, said: ‘The decision to acquire this excellent freight forwarding company fits perfectly within our strategic direction of solidifying and expanding our presence in the region. Freight Professionals provides us with a clear competitive advantage in the Egyptian market, adding new expertise, specifically in Sea Freight. The synergy of Freight Professionals with ARAMEX in Egypt is strong and will help us provide the market with complete supply chain solutions.’

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Saudi residential mailboxes arriving

Posted by | Feb 7, 2006 | |

Thousands of mailboxes are being installed in residential buildings in different parts of the capital as part of Saudi Post’s novel plan to enable the people to send and receive mail from their own residential buildings without going to the post office. “We are installing 6,000 boxes a day in Riyadh and Jeddah respectively as part of our plan to distribute five million boxes throughout the Kingdom over a two-year period,” Usamah Altaf, vice president of Saudi Post, told Arab News. He said the next phase of the campaign would see similar installation in the Eastern Province in the first quarter of this year.

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FedEx expands in Middle East

Posted by | Feb 1, 2006 | |

FedEx has introduced a new service to Libya and Algeria through a network of Global Service Participants (GSPs). In Libya Fedes will work with Al Zajel Express as its GSP. Four offices have already been etablished by the GSP in the major Libyan cities to suppot cutomers across the country. In Algeria, FedEx service will be provided by GSP Falcon Express Inc, which already handles delivery services for FedEx in Jordan, Lebanon, Qatar, Syria and Yemen.

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