Giraud acquires Spanish haulier
29 April 2002 Giraud has acquired Caballol a Spanish Haulier. Caballol has a turnover of €4.5m and the acquisition will complement Girauds existing operations in Spain
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Spanish post office registered ten-fold increase in 2001 net operating profit
Correos y Telegrafos, the Spanish post office, registered a ten-fold increase in its net operating profit in 2001, to 25.9m euros, despite the slowdown in the growth of postal activity. This was announced yesterday by Alberto Nunez-Feijoo, chairman.
Read MoreEuropa on song with Benelux expansion
Europa Worldwide Services has opened a £1.7m (€2.8m) hub in Brussels, enabling it to guarantee exporters to Belgium and the Netherlands next-day delivery.
A 7,000-pallet transit warehouse will be used principally by exporters and importers trading consumer goods in the Benelux countries, Italy, Spain and the UK.
Spanish post office awards contract to Solystic
Solystic, a subsidiary of Northrop Grumman, has been awarded by the Spanish post office operator, Correos y Telegrafos, a contract to supply, install and maintain equipment for the second phase of its plan to automate its postal services.
Read MoreIPC UNEX Results 2001 – Europe’s letter mail maintains a high-quality delivery
International Post Corporation (IPC) members maintained their high-quality delivery performance for international letters last year, despite disruptions to air transport and security alerts following the events of September 11.
During 2001, an average of 92 per cent of European air mail letters reached their final destination within three days of posting. According to quality of service monitoring results just released by IPC’s UNEX system, more Postal operators are now meeting EU targets on mail streams where few, or no direct transport links are available. During 2001, over three-quarters of the 306 country-to-country streams monitored by UNEX were achieving at least 85 per cent
of deliveries within three days, compared with just one-third in 1994 when monitoring began, and one half in 1997.
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