Tag: UAE

Federal utility bill payment can now be done at most UAE post offices

Posted by | Aug 19, 2008 | |

Dubai Consumers of Federal Electricity and Water Authority (FEWA) can now pay bills and fines at post offices.

The new service was officially launched at the Deira Main Post Office recently.

An agreement was signed in July, 2008, between FEWA and Emirates Post, putting in place a system that allows payment of FEWA bills at any of the 95-plus post offices across the UAE.

“This is just the start of a wide-ranging cooperation agreement between FEWA and Emirates Post. In the next phase, the agreement will expand to other areas of cooperation,” said Faisal Al Nuaimi, acting Assistant CEO, Development and Marketing Affairs, Emirates Post. “This is part of our efforts to offer a wide range of public services through the postal network, in association with different government departments.”

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Aramex Introduces Biodegradable Packages

Posted by | Aug 8, 2008 | |

Aramex has successfully introduced eco-friendly courier bags across its global network.

The major initiative, which began at the start of the year, involved phasing out all plastic bags for its express courier dispatches, replacing them with new eco-friendly, bio-degradable pouches.

Supporting the use of alternative resources, the switch demonstrates Aramex’s commitment to reduce the use of plastic in its operations as part of a wider pledge towards environmentally sustainable business practices.

It is estimated that polythene, the most common type of plastic, takes more than 100 years to break down, until which time it persists in landfill sites and pollutes the environmental landscape.

Made from recycled polythene, the new pouches include a special additive in the material which reduces the molecular weight of the polythene, accelerating the disintegration process without affecting the packages’ durability.

Encouraging recycling of all forms, Aramex also introduced an internal paper recycling project and recently launched a newspaper recycling project through Ruwwad, the company’s sustainable community development initiative.

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Arab countries agree to start money transfer exchanges

Posted by | Aug 5, 2008 | |

In Geneva to attend the 24th Universal Postal Congress, the postal leaders of Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Qatar, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates and Yemen signed an agreement that will see them start exchanging money transfers electronically.
As with other regional projects, the money transfer service relies on the UPU’s IFS application and international financial network.

Launched by the Arab League and implemented by a regional steering committee chaired by Emirates Post, the project, also supported by the French Post, will allow the postal operators involved to exchange money orders on a multilateral basis from now on.

The new service furthers the UPU’s efforts to improve access to secure and reliable money transfer services through formal channels for rural populations, and especially for migrant workers.

Explains Emirate Post’s Nasser Fathi Sadiq Qaddoumi, Chairman of the steering committee: The multilateral agreement is giving the Arab region – with some countries in Asia and others in Africa – a push to provide better services to migrant workers. For example, more than 80 pct of the United Arab Emirates population of 5.8 million people consists of foreigners, and the situation in other Gulf countries is not much different, says Qaddoumi.

Other Arab countries said they would join the regional network by the end of this year.

A similar regional project is expected to start next week with countries from North Eastern Africa.

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Global monitoring system gets the green light

Posted by | Aug 5, 2008 | |

The UPU will focus its efforts on finalising a new global monitoring system for the quality of service, which is expected to become operational in 2010.
Member countries unanimously adopted a proposal to develop and implement a global monitoring system to evaluate the quality of service for incoming priority letter-post items and the quality of service link to terminal dues (what countries pay each other for processing each other’s incoming international mail). The system will also be used to evaluate how successful postal operators are in improving their quality of service through projects financed by the UPU’s Quality of Service Fund.

Independent external auditors will measure the quality of service by sending priority letter-post test items through the network of participating postal operators. Using RFID technology, the system will measure the time an operator takes to deliver test items from the time these items are handed over. The system will then compare the results with the designated UPU body’s delivery standards for incoming international letter post, which will be compatible with each designated postal operator’s published domestic delivery standards.

A pilot project to evaluate possible RFID technical solutions was conducted with three Gulf-region countries, namely Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia, from March to June this year. The UPU has now launched a call for tender to identify the solution that will be used for the global monitoring system.

“The UPU has made great efforts over the years to improve the quality of service, but we must improve across the board,” said Carlos da Silva from Portugal, which fully supported the proposal. “The system will imply a great deal of investment but it is worth it, and I believe everyone should do their bit.”

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Aramex Delivers Strong Results for First Half of 2008

Posted by | Aug 3, 2008 | |

Aramex announced that for the second quarter ending June 30, 2008, revenues rose from AED 437.5 million to AED 539.3 million, resulting in double-digit growth of 23pct over the same period in 2007. Second quarter net profits climbed 15pct to AED 38.4 million, compared to AED 33.5 million for the same period in 2007.

Overall, net profits for the first half of 2008 climbed by 18pct to AED 74.6 million from AED 63.4 million for the first half of 2007. Revenues for the first six months of 2008 also registered 23pct growth, climbing to AED 1033.7 million, from AED 837.0 million for the same period in 2007.

Driven by increases in fuel prices, in addition to escalating operating and overhead costs, Aramex’s total overhead as a percentage of revenues increased to 41pct in the second quarter 2008 compared to 39pct for the same quarter of 2007.

So far, the global logistics provider has been able to achieve its positive results without comprising its strong commitment to environmentally, socially, and economically sustainable business activities.

During the first half of 2008, Aramex was involved in a number of landmark sustainability-related projects, including the introduction of hybrid cars into its ground fleet, and the adoption of eco-friendly packages across all operations.

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