City Link and Net Express Europe partnership expands its European presence
City Link has begun an awareness programme to increase its European reach.
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City Link and Net Express Europe partnership expands its European presence
In a bid to further expand its presence in Europe; leading express parcels delivery carrier City Link has begun an awareness programme to increase its European reach.
Net Express Europe (NEE) which City Link is a founding member, is entering a new era with service performance unrivalled and daily record volumes since inception nearly 10 years ago, the formation of 6-leading delivery partners enjoying levels of growth which are surpassing expectations.
City Link has announced it will be increasing the awareness of the network, by investing in the NEE brand to a number of trunk and C&D vehicles in its distinctive new livery.
Collectively, the NEE partners offer City Link customers an impressive range of services and destinations to 22 other European countries to create a dominant force in the European delivery marketplace.
France, for instance, is served by Geodis with 204 depots spanning the country, operating out of the main hub in Gennevilliers (near Paris) and two regional hubs in Montpellier and Lille, operating a fleet of over 4,500 vehicles.
Germany is served by GEL Express Logistik with a hub in Werl and 100 depots, whilst the Netherlands and Belgium are serviced by Schiphol Express, which is based in Amsterdam.
Ontime Logistics is the partner in Austria and Hungary, whilst Seur Internacional based in Barcelona serves Spain & Portugal. All of the other countries are serviced by the 16 specialist agents who work in partnership with the Net Express partners.
La Poste acquires Portuguese Baam
La Poste announced the acquisition of the Portuguese direct mail advertising company Baam for an undisclosed sum as part of its international expansion plans.
The takeover of Baam was carried out through La Poste’s postal services subsidiary Mediapost and shows the company’s ambitions to further expanding abroad and helping its customers in their development in Europe through its international activities. Following the takeover, Baam will operate under the brand Mediapost.
La Poste commented that it planned to expand its European mail operations in three areas: upstream mail operations, international mail consulting, and unaddressed advertising mail. It was already present with subsidiaries in Britain and the USA.
Read MoreCountry sheet: Portugal – Main Developments in the Postal Sector (2006-2008)
Country sheet: Portugal – Main Developments in the Postal Sector (2006-2008)
Read MoreCTT increases financial results and improves the quality of service
CTT Correios de Portugal announced a growth of 14,9 pct , an amount of 31,6 million euro of net profit, in the first half of 2008 compared to the same period of last year.
The consolidated operating revenue of the group in 2007 rose by 4.1 pct reaching 427.1 million euro. All business areas contributed to this positive variation, standing out the CEP segment by means of the ctt expresso and tourline express, which had a variation of 9.6 pct. The evolution of the company mother was also positive (+3 pct).
The global quality indicator reached at the end of the semester a performance of 188,2 compared to 138,8 at the same period in 2007. The increase of this indicator shows the commitment of the workers and the effort of the organization in improving operational procedures.
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