European Postal Perspective: Facing the challenge from low-cost posts
European Postal Perspective: Facing the challenge from low-cost posts
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Jetpak Night Flight shrinks Europe
The Nordic express delivery company Jetpak is launching a new service for the growing number of companies that have their central inventories in Northern Europe. With “Jetpak by Night” customers can place orders late in the evening and the goods are distributed from 7 a.m. throughout the Nordic region – or in the middle of the night if desired.
Jetpak collaborates with the airline Amapola, a subsidiary of Salénia AB, as well as with DANX in Denmark, which has years of experience of nighttime deliveries and whose delivery vans complement Jetpak’s 700 own delivery vans in the Nordic countries. Since April this year, Jetpak has also partnered with the German company time:matters for fast and reliable express deliveries in Europe.
A growing number of companies are moving their warehouses down to the Benelux countries. A total of 800 Nordic companies have already chosen to locate operations closer to the European market. At the same time, short storage times mean capital is also tied up for less time, while efficient distribution solutions become increasingly important.
The new “Jetpak by Night” service, which will be fully operational in February 2008, is expected to achieve annual sales of more than SEK 100 million (USD 15.56 million) and strengthen Jetpak’s position as the industry leader in door-to-door services by road and air.
Read MoreEU lawmakers approve full mail competition from 2011
A committee of European Union lawmakers on last Tuesday 18th December approved EU plans to open the bloc’s 88 billion euro (USD130 billion) postal markets to full competition, setting the stage for final approval next month.
The European Parliament’s transport committee voted 37 to 2, with six abstentions, in favour of market liberalisation.
EU member states have approved the proposal and it will be debated before the full parliament on Jan. 30, with a vote set for Jan. 31. If it passes unchanged, as expected, the directive will become law.
The market for letters weighing up to 50 grams is currently shielded from competition. Mail above that weight is fully liberalised. The new measure would liberalise all mail delivery.
The new directive takes effect in 13 countries in 2011. The 12 new member states, along with Luxembourg and Greece, have until 2013.
During the hearing on Tuesday, the communist-led GUE/NGL bloc and Green Party members had sought to adopt amendments, including scrapping the measure. They were outvoted on 35 amendments and withdrew another 37.
The measure has sparked protests by postal workers in many EU nations, especially France, who fear job losses.
Post Office Networks Abroad
This information was collected as part of the background for Postcomm’s work on the future role of the UK’s network of Post Office branches. It provides a brief overview of the common issues faced by post office networks abroad and how governments and postal operators have tackled them.
Covers: Austria / Australia / Belgium / Canada / Denmark / Finland / France / Germany / Republic of Ireland / Italy / Japan / Netherlands / Norway / New Zealand / Portugal / Spain / Sweden / Switzerland / UK / USA
P:LibraryPostalPostComm Formal DocumentsPost Office networks abroad Dec03.pdf
The pilot trial of the new aCon – PostSelv postal self-service machines at Norway Post
The pilot trial of the new aCon – PostSelv postal self-service machines at Norway Post
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