The European Commission said it has cleared aid from the Swedish government amounting to 44 mln eur per year to the postal operator Posten AB to cover the costs of its cash services.
Read MoreHow will the logistics market look in ten years? Schenker AG CEO Hâkan Larsson introduced some hypotheses at the Swedish “Logistik Transport” fair in Gothenburg in mid-May by looking back from the future. On the occasion of an opening seminar entitled “Looking back from the future — A ten-year retrospective”, he presented his view of developments in the first decade of the century, almost like looking into a rear-view mirror.
“Road-based transport steadily increased in the years up to 2012. It has been predominant for the past ten years, but it has become more expensive as a means of transportation,” said Hâkan Làrsson. “Politically motivated investments in railroad structure have been insufficient, the competitive edge of rail transport has not improved. A new rail structure is on its way, but European railroads are still not standardised. At the same time short-range sea feeder traffic has increased between Europe’s larger ports.”
tables showing market share, liberalisation thresholds, items delivered, price of letters, employees and post office networks.
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Maersk Logistics has been awarded the contract for the warehousing and distribution operations of Canon Consumer Imaging in the Nordic area.
Read MoreThe Swedish post office is to decide on 20 October whether to go ahead with construction of a new 20,000sq metre facility at Stockholm’s Arlanda airport.
The development would connect its domestic and international mail and parcels operations.
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