Tag: North America

Multi-carrier certified shipping solution

Posted by | Aug 10, 2008 | |

OutBound Shipping System, a provider of automated carrier certified shipping software and solutions, has now integrated the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) Global Shipping Solution (GSS) interface into its enterprise shipping software. This integration allows customers to access the easiest method for shipping international USPS parcels. The software streamlines the oftentimes difficult process of generating the correct paperwork for international shipping with USPS. The module can accomplish this by capturing the required information for international shipping, including product codes, value, and requirements of the destination country.

OutBound Shipping System’s multi-carrier certified shipping solution now encompasses USPS, FedEx, DHL, and UPS products and services, and also has a less-than-truckload (LTL) module. The latest edition also features increased application functionality in addition to the integration with USPS.

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Multi-Year Contract Triples Canada Post MoneyGram Money Transfer Locations

Posted by | Aug 8, 2008 | |

Canada Post and MoneyGram International announced a new agreement that will bring MoneyGram’s money transfer service to 2,000 more Canada Post locations and greatly expand the MoneyGram money transfer agent network throughout Canada. Canada Post, a MoneyGram agent since 2002, offers the money transfer service in 1,000 locations today. As part of the new, multi-year agreement, Canada Post will add the service in an additional 2,000 locations by the end of 2009, tripling the locations offering the MoneyGram money transfer service.

Canada Post is also upgrading to MoneyGram’s latest AgentConnect system which makes it easier to expand the service into more Canada Post locations as well as provide fast service to enhance the customer experience. It takes as little as 10 minutes to send a MoneyGram money transfer around the world, depending on an agent’s hours of operation on the receiving end.

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USPS supports price incentives for full-service IMB

Posted by | Aug 8, 2008 | |

In response to concerns from the mailing community, the US Postal Service said that it will support an additional price incentive for mailers who adopt the full service Intelligent Mail barcode (IMB) option.

“Postcom was very pleased to hear that the Postal Service reconsidered their position on IMB after receiving input from MTAC [Mailers’ Technical Advisory Committee] members,” said Jim O’Brien, chairman of Postcom and VP of distribution and postal affairs for Time Inc.

In an August 8 letter to MTAC members, Stephen M. Kearney, SVP of customer relations at the USPS, wrote that the Postmaster General would recommend to the USPS Board of Governors that full-service IMB prices be lower than basic IMB and POSTNET prices.

As planned, the USPS will be ready for full-service IMBs in May of 2009, Kearney said. A Federal Register notice with additional details related to IMB implementation will be published in the near future, he added.

Kearney’s letter followed concerns voiced at this week’s MTAC meeting in Washington. According to a post on the Association for Postal Commerce Web site, Postmaster General John Potter told meeting attendees that the USPS intended to implement the IMB program without providing cost incentives for mailers adopting the full-service IMB option.

The full-service option will require mailers to use unique IMBs on mail pieces as well as trays and containers. Mailers will also have to electronically submit postage statements and mailing documentation before mailings are inducted, among other requirements.

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Brown urges McCain to use clout to save Wilmington jobs

Posted by | Aug 7, 2008 | |

U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, urged Republican presidential candidate John McCain to press DHL and its German owner, Deutsche Post, to preserve jobs that could be lost if DHL hires United Parcel Service for its U.S. cargo airlift work.

McCain, the Arizona senator, scheduled a campaign stop in Wilmington today (Aug. 7), to meet privately with community activists trying to save at least 8,000 jobs at DHL’s Wilmington air freight hub. McCain was also to visit Lima.

The Plain Dealer of Cleveland reported on Wednesday that Washington lobbyist Rick Davis, now McCain’s top campaign adviser, made hundreds of thousands of dollars in fees lobbying Congress to allow the 2003 deal in which Deutsche Post bought Airborne Express to form DHL’s U.S. business. The Washington Post had a similar report in June.

Brown, noting the Cleveland news report, publicly urged McCain on Wednesday to send Davis to Germany so that Davis could use his contacts to lobby for preserving the Wilmington jobs.

In 2003, some in Congress had expressed concern about foreign ownership of a U.S. cargo transport company, before the DHL purchase of Airborne Express was allowed.

Joseph Teuchert, a Wilmington-based pilot for ASTAR Air Cargo that is a contract delivery carrier for DHL in the United States, said he expects to be in the meeting Thursday with McCain.

Wilmington Mayor David Raizk said he and others trying to preserve the Wilmington jobs met privately with Obama just before the Illinois senator’s public appearance July 11 at Stivers School for the Arts in Dayton.

McCain campaigned Wednesday in Jackson, Ohio. He and Democratic opponent Barack Obama have been campaigning across Ohio and Michigan in recent weeks.

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Purolator doubles US network and adds services

Posted by | Aug 7, 2008 | |

Canadian express parcels company Purolator is further expanding its presence in the USA with the opening of new regional facilities, most recently in King of Prussia, Philadelphia, following the launch of domestic express and deferred delivery services.

As a result of this expansion, Purolator USA has doubled the size of its office network during the past 12 months, with branches or gateways now operating in New York, Los Angeles, Seattle, Chicago, Detroit, Dallas/Ft. Worth, Philadelphia and Raleigh/Durham. The most recent openings were in Buffalo (upstate New York), Dallas/Ft. Worth and Raleigh/Durham (North Carolina).

The new full-service freight processing centre in Philadelphia opened this month and covers businesses located in Philadelphia, southern and central New Jersey, Maryland, Delaware and Virginia that ship regularly to Canada and within the United States.

Purolator USA said it offers customers unmatched experience and expertise in cross border logistics, and can ensure the seamless movement of goods across both sides of the Canadian border. The company has operations in both Canada and the United States and provides access to established and extensive distribution networks throughout each country. Through its Purolator Trade Solutions service, Purolator USA provides access to cross border trade specialists, who can easily navigate U.S./Canadian customs regulations and procedures.

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