Tag: Spain

Spanish express carrier MRW grows 12pct in 2007

Posted by | Feb 21, 2008 | |

MRW increased sales by 12pct last year and has now extended its franchise network to more than 800 outlets.

The privately-owned company said its revenues grew by 12pct to EUR 632 million in 2007. It does not release profit figures. Major investments last year included a new EUR 17 million logistics hub in Barcelona and three other logistics hubs.

Meanwhile, MRW topped the 800 mark for franchise outlets with the opening of a branch at La Carlota in the province of Cordoba last month. The company said it normally opens about 25 franchise outlets each year, but exceeded the average last year with 36 additional locations.

MRW, which specialises in same-day and next-day delivery of documents and small packages, said it expects to grow at about the same rates again in 2008.

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Spanish Correos sign agreement with Mailhouse and Zaybe

Posted by | Feb 8, 2008 | |

Correos signed an access deal with Mailhouse and Zaybe, giving them access to the public postal network for final deliveries. The agreement was signed by Jose Antonio Amelibia, Correos’s Commercial and Marketing Director, Antonio Ordonez Mallarino and Miguel Jesus Rodriguez from Mailhouse and Zaybe respectively.
The Spanish state postal group signed its first access deal with the private mail company Cartes Lleida last July and with Norecorreo in January 2008. The company said there are negotiations for similar contracts with other private postal operators.
The access deal signed with Mailhouse and Zaybe comprises different requirements that the private operators have to meet to be able to access the Correos network taking into account legal transparency and objectivity regulations and avoiding discrimination.
Access to the postal network is governed by a Spanish law passed in November 2006. According to this law, the companies with regulatory approval to provide postal services are legally entitled to access the public postal network managed by Correos.

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Azkar invested 10 million in a mixed platform on valladolid

Posted by | Feb 4, 2008 | |

Azkar has opened a new shared user site in Valladolid, in the Industrial Park El
Carrascal, next to the road to Segovia. This is the first mixed installation for logistics and
distribution of the company in Castilla y Leon. They have invested EUR 10 million in this site which is their third shared user facility in operation.

The warehouse measures 12,574 m2 and occupies a plot of 19,543 m2. The facility is split into two sections with the smaller section dedicated to transport and distribution.

The total storage capacity is 8,000 pallets and 52 loading docks provide operational flexibility. The facilities are equipped with tape grader mechanized, telescopic for unloading trucks and control of merchandise by radio frequency.

The new logistics platform provides excellent transport capability. A mixed fleet of 60
trucks will provide all movements from long distance work to local pick-up and delivery.

The on-site team consists of 70 staff; 20 in logistics and 50 in the warehouse. Azkar can now offer customers a choice of 85 facilities across Spain and Portugal. They offer 640,000 m2 of warehousing, 5,000 experienced staff and a fleet of over 2,200 vehicles. Import and Export management via Hong Kong and China further strengthens a powerful and experienced network. This new facility enhances Azkar capability to provide ‘end to end’ logistics solutions from anywhere in the world.

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ProLogis signs new leases with DHL in Europe

Posted by | Feb 4, 2008 | |

ProLogis announced today that it has signed new lease agreements for more than 858,000 square feet (79,700 square meters) of distribution space in Europe with DHL Exel Supply Chain, a leading global provider of third-party logistics services and subsidiary of the Deutsche Post World Net group.

“DHL is ProLogis’ largest global customer, and we are pleased to be further expanding our relationship with the company in Europe,” said Gary E. Anderson, president for ProLogis in Europe. “At the end of 2007, ProLogis had agreements in place for more than 7.8 million square feet (725,000 square meters) of space with DHL in 10 European countries. We believe today’s announcement is a strong indication of the depth of our customer relationships and unmatched ability to serve their unique supply chain requirements.”

Among the new transactions include:

— 420,000 square feet (39,000 square meters) leased in a facility under
construction at ProLogis Park Tarancon near Madrid, Spain.

— 247,500 square feet (23,000 square meters) leased in a new,
915,000-square-foot (85,000-square-meter) industrial park ProLogis is
developing near the city of Jonkoping, a major distribution hub in
Sweden.

— 190,500 square feet (17,700 square meters) leased at ProLogis Park
Venlo III, a new 484,000-square-foot (45,000-square-meter) industrial
park located in the city of Venlo, less than five kilometers from the
German border.

ProLogis is currently one of the largest providers of distribution space in Europe with more than 101 million square feet owned, managed or under development, as of September 30, 2007.

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Latest ‘Future of Mail’ paper: “Mail Trends Update” by Fouad Nader (Adrenale Corp.) and Michael Lintell (Pitney Bowes)

Posted by | Feb 1, 2008 | |

In recent years there has been an increase in the number of press articles and statements from posts predicting that mail volumes would decline. New technologies and process innovations have been introduced, preoccupying researchers and managers in the postal and mailing industries with the impact of accelerating electronic substitution and changing customer behaviors. What are the actual trends that emerge from examining in detail the best information available from key countries? What historical perspectives, trends and emerging patterns may be useful in understanding how mail volumes may evolve in the future? The purpose of this paper is to provide further insight into the key trends identified and discussed in the previous Mail Trends Analyses by comprehensively examining the evolution of mail and analyzing postal volumes along key variables that influence mail demand. This paper builds on the considerable research that followed the original mail trends analysis and was documented in the Background Papers published at www.postinsight.pb.com for the project: “Electronic Substitution for Mail: Models and Results, Myth and Reality.” The paper also takes advantage of recent work in the study of the “Future of Mail”, also on postinsight.pb.com.

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