Sture Wallander had recently done some research on volumes of mail to Sweden and had found that the top 10 countries (At the top Finland, UK, Germany & Norway) send more mail to Sweden in a week than all the others put together do in a year. I.e. more than 98% of Swedens inbound mail comes from the top 10 countries.
Read MoreVia its subsidiary Hultberg Inrikes Transporter (HIT), Posten has purchased the Dutch carriers Starintex Road Cargo and Gendringen Expedite. The companies operate within forwarding and in-night transportation in the Netherland, Belgium and Germany.
Read MoreStory Filed: Thursday, October 25, 2001 6:59 AM EST
Oct 25, 2001 (NORDIC BUSINESS REPORT via COMTEX) — Sweden will not increase the postage fees at the start of next year.
Posten AB, the Swedish postal service, had reportedly requested that the rules for the postage be changed to better reflect current costs. If this had been approved, the cost of sending a so-called A-letter, which can weigh up to 20 grammes and is to be delivered the following day, would have been increased by SEK0.5, reported TT, a Swedish news agency.
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Read MoreJacob Buksti, the Danish minister of transport, is responsible for the collapse of the merger plans of Post Danmark, the Danish post office, according to Lennart Grabe, the managing director of Posten AB, the Swedish post office. De Sammensluttede Vognmand (DSV), the Danish transport group, sold its parcel division to Posten yesterday and Post Danmark is now at risk of falling behind in Europe. Post Danmark had the opportunity to enter a new alliance with Posten, La Poste of France and DSV but the Danish government prevented this, according to Mr Grabe.
Read MorePosten (the Swedish Post Office) will sell its girobank to Nordbanken AB for approx. USD400m. This will give it a cash pile to invest elsewhere (it says it will be used to strengthen its finances).
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