Tag: Norway

Europe’s post faces law of the jungle

Posted by | Oct 2, 2007 | |

UNI-Europa Post & Logistics has condemned the decision by the Council of European Union Ministers meeting in Luxembourg to go ahead with total de-regulation in the postal sector by 2011/13.

Without clear provisions to fund the universal postal service and without secure provisions in the new directive to protect wage dumping, UNI-Europa Post & Logistics warns that post faces the law of the jungle.

Ministers agreed to full market opening of postal services by 31 December 2010 and for 11 member states by 31 December 2012. The 11 exceptions are Cyprus, Czech Republic, Greece, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Poland, Romania and Slovakia.
This is in line with the decision taken by the European Parliament in Strasbourg on 11 July.

The Council’s common position is due to be finally adopted at a forthcoming meeting after the second reading of the directive in the European Parliament.

Protection for some mail services, which have allowed traditional operators to cross-subsidise services to rural, mountain and island communities will disappear.

The question of financing the universal postal service obligation will be up to individual member states with the risk of adding extra burdens on taxpayers.

Individual governments and regulators will now be the focus of union pressure to ensure funding for a universal postal service and to strengthen directive provisions to prevent unfair competition.

Unions want common employment and social standards build into regulations and operating licenses to stop wage dumping and head off the replacement of decent jobs by precarious work.

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Express Europe adds Nordic partners

Posted by | Oct 1, 2007 | |

Net Express Europe (NEE), an alliance of independent parcel carriers, has added new partners to cover the Nordic region.

Nordic Express, based in Malmö, has been appointed the organisation’s agent for Sweden, Norway and Finland. NEE described the company as one of Sweden’s fastest-growing transport companies.

Denmark is now covered by 1Step, a Copenhagen-based parcels carrier with operating centres across the country.

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Norway Post is planning to launch new brands in 2008-2009

Posted by | Sep 30, 2007 | |

Norway Post’s goal is to establish leading Nordic positions in the postal and logistics sectors. In order to achieve this goal, Norway Post has acquired a number of companies in and outside Norway over the past few years, and an increasing share of the Group’s income comes from operations outside Norway. The new brand strategy is intended to support this goal and make things easier for customers.

– “We’ve acquired many companies and want to make the full range of our Nordic postal and logistics services visible through a new brand strategy. Our intention has always been to achieve synergies from our acquisitions. This will become more apparent through more uniform branding,” says Dag Mejdell, Norway Post’s CEO.

Following the acquisitions made during the past few years, the Norway Post Group currently has a portfolio of more than 10 brands.

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Itella and Alma Media partner up in eCommerce

Posted by | Sep 12, 2007 | |

Itella and Alma Media have concluded a co-operation agreement pertaining to Alma Media’s new Mikko.fi eCommerce concept. Itella will offer mailing and transport services to Alma Media’s web service customers as of 15 September, and Mikko.fi will also serve as a marketing channel for Itella’s services.

At the Mikko.fi portal, owned and maintained by Alma Media, service users can sell, buy, rent or auction goods and services over the Internet. Both consumers and corporations can act as sellers.

The web service places Itella’s parcel services comprehensively at the sellers’ disposal, including parcel address label printing, pricing and transport services. As a seller places a product for sale with the service, (s)he can select the required delivery method for it, price the item and print an address label using a personal computer. Simultaneously, the information is transferred into Itella’s transport system.

The identifier on the address label allows both the recipient and the seller of the parcel to track its route on the Internet, and advance notification of the arriving parcel will be sent as a text message or eLetter. The parcel will be delivered either directly to the recipient’s home address or the nearest post office. Later, the aim is to link further Itella services to the Mikko.fi service, in support of buying and selling on the Internet. Itella Group uses the name Posti on the Mikko.fi portal, providing consumer services under that name.

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Posten Logistik acquires logistics company in Finland

Posted by | Sep 4, 2007 | |

The newly-acquired Finnish logistics company works in third-party logistics, and its customers deal in fast-moving consumer goods and spare parts. The new acquisition will make Posten Logistik one of the leading players within transport services and warehousing in Finland.

“Through the acquisition of Suomen Logistiikkatalo, we can offer a powerful alternative within third-party logistics and warehousing in the Finnish market,” says Henrik Höjsgaard, CEO of Posten Logistik. “It also means that we will strengthen our Nordic presence even further.”

More and more parcels and pallets are being sent internationally, and more and more companies require flexible, cross-border, cost-effective turnkey solutions. Through a strong presence in Finland, Posten Logistik is able to offer an expanded service and provide Nordic businesses with an excellent alternative in the Finnish market.

The acquisition of Suomen Logistiikkatalo in Finland strengthens Posten Logistik’s position within the Nordic region, and creates new opportunities for flows between the Nordic and Baltic regions and Russia. Posten’s Finnish operations are currently run through the subsidiaries DPD, HIT Finland and Sal-Trans.

Through its subsidiaries and the franchise network DPD, Posten Logistik already offers parcel, pallet and express services throughout the Nordic region. In 2007, Sweden’s Posten also set up a delivery network in Norway under the MyPack brand. The new delivery network gives Posten Logistik a new, powerful way of delivering parcels to Norwegian consumers.

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