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Read MoreThe Government has given Correos the permission to abandon deliveries to homes that are more than 250 metres from a main road
The Spanish post office, Correos, is to stop home deliveries in isolated areas. In a little publicised move, a decree from the Ministry for Development now allows Correos to cancel the delivery of letters and packages to homes where there is a low density of housing or to isolated homes.
Under the new regulations Correos will no longer be obliged to deliver to houses that are more than 250 metres from a main road.
The rural areas of Galicia are expected to be those most affected by the move. According to the 2001 census, some 445,000 people in the region could thus lose their postal delivery service. Correos suggests that in such areas the home owners collect their post from a community letter box which Correos will locate at a place decided in agreement with the local town hall and neighbourhood associations.
Postal union CIG is not happy. They say that in Galicia alone it means that 400 of the 1,200 postmen and women in the region are likely to lose their jobs, while the company insists that no jobs are to be cut.
Read MoreAzkar has opened a new shared user site in Cadiz, more specifically in Puerto de Santa
María, to 10 km from Jerez, and 20 Cadiz capital and San Fernando, as well as 100 km
from Seville by the AP-4 and 12 km from the airport of Jerez de la Frontera. This is the first joint facility for logistics and distribution company opens in Andalusia. They have invested EUR 2.8 million in this site which is their third shared user facility in operation.
The warehouse measures 10.000 m2 and occupies a plot of 5,435 m2. The facility is split
into two sections with the smaller section dedicated to transport and distribution. Parcels
can be automatically read from a conveyor belt and scanning system and the WMS offers
a full range of classification types for the storage of pallets.
The new logistics platform provides excellent transport capability. A mixed fleet of 22
trucks will provide all movements from long distance work to local pick-up and delivery.
The on-site team consists of 41 staff; in logistics and in the warehouse.
The new facility has, with berthing piers 36, 14 and route for heavy vehicles and 22 units
for sharing package, featuring a total fleet of 21 vehicles for distribution and logistics.
The ship is equipped with automatic classifier parcel of 2 inputs and 3 outputs with reading system to three sides.
Read MoreCorreos signed an access deal with Norcorreo S.L,. giving the latter access to the public postal network for final deliveries.
The Spanish state postal group signed its first access deal with the private mail company Cartes Lleida last July. The company said there are negotiations for similar contracts with other private postal operators.
The access deal signed with Norcorreo S.L. comprises different requirements that the private operator has 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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