Tag: New Zealand

Tis a jolly good season for NZ Post

Posted by | Dec 22, 2006 | |

Santa’s sack is groaning with a record number of presents flying around the country for the delivery on Sunday night.

Parcel deliveries at New Zealand Post are up by 13 per cent on last year as the Christmas season enters overdrive.

Monday had the biggest volume of packages for the year, at about 160,000 out of 5.3 million mail deliveries.

“It’s an exceedingly significant increase,” New Zealand Post spokesman Richard McLean said. Mail volumes this year had hit record highs in some towns compared with previous Christmas periods, and nobody was reporting a decline in mail traffic.

Even after adding extra delivery trucks between Wellington and Auckland, New Zealand Post’s resources were stretched, he said.

“The system is at absolutely full capacity at the moment.”

Posties were delivering well over five million pieces of mail each day. “This week is one of those weeks where the mail just keeps flowing and flowing.”

The higher-than-normal volumes were probably the result of Christmas shoppers filling stockings via the Internet, Mr McLean said.

“Even apart from the Trade Me phenomenon, everyone is getting into the online shopping thing, and it all has to be transported somehow.”

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Competition for postal dollar delivered

Posted by | Dec 20, 2006 | |

Freightways says its purchase of the franchisor rights of small mail service Pete’s Post will expand the business from the main cities and ramp up competition against NZ Post.
Freightways’ postal service, DX Mail, said it bought the mail delivery businesses of Pete’s Post in Taranaki, Manawatu, Wanganui, Hawkes Bay and Bay of Plenty for NZD1.3 million.
Purchase of mail service expands alternative to NZ Post from cities into the regions
Freightways managing director Dean Bracewell said the purchase would allow the company’s DX Mail service to expand from the cities to the regional centres of New Zealand and increase competitive pressure on NZ Post.
Pete’s Post business complemented DX Mail which operated in all major towns and cities in New Zealand and had street-delivery services in Christchurch, Hamilton and Wellington, said Bracewell.
Freightways has forecast that the Pete’s Post arm would deliver operating earnings of about NZD500,000 over the next 12 months.

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Logistics, we've got to keep moving

Posted by | Nov 27, 2006 | |

If a small trading country is to successfully compete in the quickly developing global economy, we need to transport our goods to our markets via high-quality, low-cost transport networks.

Issa Baluch, the immediate past- president of the International Federation of Freight Forwarders, said at the World Bank’s Transport Forum in March: “Having visited over 80 countries, it has become clear to me that the most vibrant economies are found in countries that have healthy partnerships between Government and the private sector.”

Challenging times demand that the Government and industry co-operate to keep goods moving smoothly across our borders.

He cited Dubai and Singapore as two world trade hubs that were rising to pre- eminence not because of their strategic location but because of their public-private partnerships.

In Dubai, the USD33 billion (NZD49 billion) Dubai World Central complex, linked to Dubai Airport, will open next year and include a logistics zone three times as large as FedEx’s hub in Memphis. It will include warehouses, factories, offices, accommodation and e-customs processing for anyone operating in its zone.

Baluch also noted that in 2000 China named logistics as a key sector in its 10th five-year plan.

If New Zealand is serious about boosting economic performance, we need to similarly look at how the Government and private enterprise can work together to create more efficient logistics management.

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New Zealand Post plans for online market

Posted by | Nov 20, 2006 | |

New Zealand Post plans to develop an online marketplace to help small and medium-sized enterprises export goods and services online, with possible financial backing from the Government.

It intends to set up a website to let businesses deal directly with overseas consumers, while handling shipping, logistics and the processing of international payments for them. Spokeswoman Fiona Mayo says a decision on whether the proposal will go ahead could be made next month, after which NZ Post may approach the Government for help.

However, the service is unlikely to be available for about a year. ”It will be a public-private partnership, but it needs to be approved from our end before any government funding comes our way.”

Ms Mayo says the cost has not yet been worked out, but NZ Post has already invested a lot of time in the plan. ”We have designed what we want to do, but we haven’t taken it beyond that at this stage. It certainly would be a first for New Zealand.”

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Delivering on time the key to success

Posted by | Nov 15, 2006 | |

Qualifications needed:

When I took the job I had no courier experience and FedEx gave me all the training I needed. I got new hire initiation, safety initiation, courier training, and defensive driving training courses.

Whizzing around the city as a courier often means going the extra mile to ensure packages arrive at their destination

What are the career prospects?

Who knows what the future may hold but I have the opportunity to move into management, change fields into customs clearance or operational support. I also have the opportunity to support Pacific Island operations from here in Auckland. We have access to development and training programmes as well as tuition reimbursements and over 500 e-learning courses on the FedEx intranet to help me in any direction I wish to take.

Describe your job.

I deliver and pick up documents and packages. Each day brings something new _ different delivery or pick up addresses, different types of customers. I also enjoy the day to day contact with my customers.

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