Tag: Taiwan

Taiwan Post may regain old name

Posted by | Mar 29, 2008 | |

Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) president-elect Ma Ying-jeou assumes office in May, company sources said yesterday.

The KMT never agreed to the company’s name change, which it viewed as part of a campaign by the outgoing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) administration.

Responding to a KMT legislator’s question at the Legislative Yuan yesterday, Premier Chang Chun-hsiung said the issue would be handled using the “legal procedures” by which the company’s name was changed.

On Feb. 12 last year, Chunghwa Post Co was formally renamed Taiwan Post, after the board of the company approved the move and the Executive Yuan exercised an administrative order to implement the change.

At that time, the DPP administration conducted a series of name changes to state-owned enterprises that carried the words “China” or “Chinese” in a bid to underscore that Taiwan’s distinct national identity was separate from China.

The name change was opposed by the company’s workers’ union, as well as pan-blue legislators who accused the Executive Yuan of infringing on legislative approval.

So far, the KMT-controlled Legislative Yuan has not passed the bill that would legalize the name change.

The Chunghwa Postal Workers’ Union is expected to put forward a proposal to revert to the firm’s previous name at a company board meeting that is scheduled for June.

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FedEx expands Taiwan service with FTZ facility

Posted by | Jan 29, 2008 | |

Rising customer demand in Taiwan has seen FedEx Express has opened a multi-function facility in the Taoyuan Free Trade Zone to cope with rising customer demand in the fast growing island state.

The facility covers 306.4 square metres and complements the nearby FedEx Taiwan Transshipment Center located in the Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport near Taipei.

Michael Chu, managing director of FedEx Taiwan, said the facility allowed FedEx “to better respond to the enormous potential of the Taoyuan FTZ”.

FedEx continues to expand its presence in Taiwan, aiming to provide more reliable and efficient service to its customers. FedEx has 18 regional distribution centres in major cities across Asia Pacific, which specialise in express cross-docking operations, critical inventory logistics and customised logistics operations.

With the advantages of the integration of an air cargo park within Taoyuan FTZ, as well as the proximity to the Taipei airport, FedEx’s new investment aims to create a competitive edge for customers in Taiwan as they increase their presence in the global market.

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FedEx expands portfolio of services with launch of FedEx International Economy in Asia Pacific

Posted by | Jan 10, 2008 | |

FedEx Express today announced the expansion of its customer portfolio of services with the launch of FedEx International Economy service in ten Asia Pacific markets.

FedEx International Economy is an economical, day-definite, customs-cleared, door-to-door service that features a transit time typically one to two days longer than premium FedEx International Priority service, which is designed for more time-sensitive shipments. The new service effectively addresses the needs of customers in Asia shipping intra-Asia and to the U.S. and Europe, who look for reliability and cost efficiency as a top priority in shipping.

FedEx International Economy is specially designed for customers with less urgent shipments of individual packages under 68kg, but who require the reliability they have come to expect with FedEx. No weight restrictions apply for multi-piece shipments. Offered on competitive list rates and backed by a money-back guarantee, FedEx International Economy typically delivers intra-Asia packages in two business days, and shipments to the U.S. and major markets in Europe typically in three to four business days. As with the FedEx International Priority service, customers can use www.fedex.com for online tracking with proactive e-mail notification in 16 languages.

FedEx International Economy service is now available in 10 APAC markets: Australia, mainland China, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, Taiwan and Thailand. It will be available in March in Indonesia, the Philippines and Vietnam.

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Taiwan Post Deploys Nortel Metro Ethernet Solution

Posted by | Nov 12, 2007 | |

Taiwan Post, a postal, banking and insurance services provider in Taiwan has deployed a Nortel Metro Ethernet solution to ensure business continuity.

Nortel’s Metro Ethernet technology enables real-time information backup, access and recovery. Taiwan Post is also enhancing the effectiveness of its operations by converging multiple existing networks onto a simple, scalable and secure metro infrastructure. Based on Nortel’s Optical Metro 5200 DWDM multiservice platform, the new network will enable an efficient and effective information management process ensuring the security of Taiwan Post’s valuable information assets.

Hauman Technologies, Nortel’s Taiwan channel partner will deploy the newly converged network, which links Taiwan Post’s headquarters with an off-site facility in another part of Taiwan.

Y.K. Tsai, regional leader, Taiwan, Nortel explained that as Taiwan Post’s business operations grow, a key priority for Nortel is to provide them with a network that is simple, dependable and scalable. Nortel is delivering a secure and reliable optical networking solution that will enable them to transparently back up business-critical data from any application over a single converged network. This will help ensure that Taiwan Post’s data is protected.

Tsai said in a statement that Nortel was picked for this project because of their market position in optical networking and because they understand their business continuity needs for the present and into the future.

Nortel explains that the use of industry-standard Ethernet technology, even over long distances, ensures seamless interoperability between remote sites.
Thanks to Nortel Metro Ethernet Networking solutions portfolio, companies can consolidate layers of networking functionality, and simplify any-to-any connectivity. The solution also supports a rich set of business connectivity services.

Customers are thus able to reap the benefits of Hyperconnectivity, a new era of networking in which everything that can be connected to the network, is connected.

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ABX adds flights in Asian market

Posted by | Aug 14, 2007 | |

ABX Air Inc. and cargo delivery competitors including FedEx Corp. and DHL are hustling to expand their services in fast-growing Pacific and Asian markets.

The companies are buying aircraft, or even competitors that already operate in Asia, to serve lucrative U.S.-Asia or intra-Asian routes. The focus is on freight hauled in containers aboard cargo aircraft, either with international or intra-continent range.

Wilmington-based ABX Air has begun a two-year agreement to support Asian cargo operations of All Nippon Airways Co. (ANA) of Japan. ABX has deployed two Boeing 767 freighters, and recently flew its first cargo flight for ANA from Osaka, Japan, to Dalian, China. ABX expects annual revenue of USD 22 million from its agreement to support All Nippon Airways.

ABX also said last week that it will spend USD 23 million to buy a Boeing 767-200 long-range aircraft from Air China Ltd. for international cargo service.

FedEx, the company that pioneered overnight delivery of small packages in the United States, has begun next-business-day delivery service available to customers throughout China. FedEx also spent USD 400 million to buy the DTW Group’s domestic express network in China and DTW’s 50 percent share of an express delivery joint venture with FedEx.

U.S. delivery companies also are competing for business in Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Singapore and Malaysia.

In June, DHL said it bought a 49 percent interest in ASTAR Air Cargo, a Florida-based airline that operates out of DHL’s Wilmington hub and serves customers in the United States, Europe and the Middle East. DHL also invested in Polar Air Cargo Inc. of Purchase, N.Y., to improve express delivery service from the United States to Asia.

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