Tag: Russia

EMS Russian Post offers new delivery speed for express services

Posted by | Aug 3, 2007 | |

Beginning of 1st of August 2007 «EMS Russian Post», affiliated branch of FSUE Russian Post improves speed of express mails delivered within the territory of the Russian Federation. It became possible due to optimizing routes network, launching additional transport routes and opening regional sorting centers of EMS Russian Post this year numbered 19 units.

Reduction of delivery terms of EMS items touches the main routes within Russia, i.e. from Moscow to the major part of regional centers of the Central Federal District (Bryansk, Vladimir, Voronezh, Tambov, Ivanovo and other ones), Privolzhskiy Federal District (Samara, Perm, Ufa), Siberian Federal District (Novosibirsk, Omsk) and other interregional delivery routes. Now minimal delivery term of express-mail sent to other cities within the territory of the Russian federation is one day only.

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UPU regional round table on the future World Postal Strategy

Posted by | Jul 19, 2007 | |

“This plan gives us hope for the future of the postal business as the postal service remains the most important means of communication for the majority of the population,” said Norman Munzhelele of the South African Ministry of Communication, at the close of the second UPU regional round table on the future World Postal Strategy, which took place on 18 and 19 July in Nairobi, Kenya, host city of the 2008 UPU Congress.

As was the case during the first round table held in St. Petersburg in June, the more than 30 African countries attending this UPU regional round table gave the green light to the proposed framework for the 2009–2012 World Postal Strategy.

The round table was organized in cooperation with the Pan African Postal Union (PAPU).

The future strategy, which will be presented for adoption at the 2008 Nairobi Congress, is built around three main objectives, including network interconnectivity, postal sector governance and economic and market development.

Countries underlined the importance of access to universal service for all, and the single postal territory. They expressed appreciation for the UPU’s Development Plan for Africa and other UPU development cooperation activities in the region, but stressed the importance of equal opportunities for all countries without any discrimination. These views were strongly supported by UPU Director General Edouard Dayan.

Five more similar round tables will be organized in various regions of the world from now to December. The next one will take place in Montevideo, Uruguay, on 3 September.

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DHL opens office in Novosibirsk – Russia

Posted by | Jul 17, 2007 | |

Further expansion of the Service Point network is part of DHL continued business development strategy in Russia. Late in 2006, the company announced its plans to open 21 additional offices in the country’ s biggest cities, investing over USD 15 million in the next 3 years.

In May, the carrier opened two new offices in Moscow and one in St. Petersburg and is expanded services at a fast rate.

The expansion is part of a USD 250 million investment in the country over the next 3-4 years, announced by parent company DPWN last June.

The investments are focused on infrastructure and facilities, further expansion of the product portfolio, introduction of the latest technologies and staff training.

DHL Russia is also expanding its domestic road network, which includes purpose-built new cross-docking terminals in key locations that will connect the key economic centres of the country.

All four DHL businesses in Russia, DHL Express, DHL Freight, DHL Global Forwarding and DHL Exel Supply Chain will benefit from the investment, the company said.

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Russian Post Opens Money Transfer Line to China

Posted by | Jul 13, 2007 | |

State-owned Russian Post said last Thursday it is launching a money transfer service to China in its first ever foreign venture. The Russian money transfer leader plans to sign next partnership deals with postal services in France, the United Arab Emirates and Turkey.

A money transfer deal with China Post was signed in mid-June, Russian Post told Kommersant. Russians and Chinese have been able to send money through the service since Monday.

China has become Russian Post’s first foreign partner in money transfers. The state-run postal service plans to reach similar agreements with their partners in France, the United Arab Emirates and Turkey.

USD 6 billion was sent from Russia in money transfers in 2006, according to the Central Bank. China is ranked 9th in the list of countries receiving the biggest amount of transfers from Russia.

Russian Post is the leader of the country’s leader money transfer with some 40 percent of the market.

Money transfer services largely rely on labour migrants’ remittances. 210,000 Chinese work in Russia making up the largest migrant labour group.

Experts note that Chinese are quite conservative and prefer services of big corporations, which increase Russian Post for success.

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Russian and Chinese Posts start exchanging e-postal orders

Posted by | Jul 10, 2007 | |

An agreement was signed between the Russia Post, the Federal Unitary Enterprise and the Chinese Post, the Chinese Corporation.

According to the agreement, e-postal orders in the RF are to be paid in rubles, while in China in the US dollars or in yuans. At the same time the highest order should not exceed USD 1.5. The number of e-orders accepted in Russia and addressed to one client is not limited.

At present the technical base in both countries is absolutely ready to start providing the service, corresponding to the technology developed by the Worldwide Postal Alliance, the international bureau. The parties are to arrange and carry out e-orders using the mentioned technology.

The orders could be carried out between the individuals, the individuals and entities, and vice versa. Thus the money transfer is to cover all the main market segments.

The tariff for the carried out services is to be equal to the already existing tariffs for the international transfer of money: from 2% to 5% depending on the sum. The average time of transfer is from 2 to 3 days.

The Russian Post is going to sign agreements on e-orders with a number of other non-CIS countries. According to Igor Syrtsov, Russian Post Director General such agreements are to be signed with France, Israel, Turkey, and the UAE. Igor Syrtsov noted the Russian Post had already switched to the e-postal orders. The Russian Post currently carries out e-postal orders with Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Byelorussia, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Kirgizia, Lithuania, Moldavia and Estonia.

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