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UPS Romanian arm eyes 20per cent rise in H2 turnover

Posted by | Oct 17, 2006 | |

Trans Courier Service (TCS), the Romanian agent of U.S. delivery company United Parcel Service (UPS), said on Tuesday it expects its turnover to rise by 20 per cent in the second half of the year, compared to the first six months, because of higher number of orders in November and December.
“This rise is based on the bigger volume of orders that we expect in the second half, having in mind that November and December are peak months in UPS operations,” UPS country manager for Romania, Vasile Cretu, said in a statement.
The authorised UPS service contractor for Romania, Trans Courier Service (TCS) did not provide turnover figures.
TCS reported a 30 per cent year-on-year rise in its first-half net profit. Its turnover rose by 25 per cent on the year in the first half, the company said.

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Postal Service adding branches in stores

Posted by | Oct 15, 2006 | |

In today’s shipping business, it’s easy to get your package to Singapore overnight if you’re willing to pay for it.
So being accessible to busy customers is the way to stand out.
FedEx partnered with Kinko’s to get into 24-hour stores. UPS teamed up with Mail Boxes Etc. and operates more than 5,600 locations worldwide.
Now, it’s the U.S. post office’s turn. The government isn’t planning to go 24/7, but it is trying to be more convenient. First it opened automated postal centers in some post office lobbies, and now it has licensed postal outlets inside retail stores.

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UPS pushes envelope on downtown service

Posted by | Oct 12, 2006 | |

Starting late last month, UPS began cutting nearly one hour off its morning delivery time for overnight mail guaranteed to arrive in downtown Cleveland by 10:30 a.m.

So instead of an average arrival time of 9:45 a.m., packages delivered by UPS are being signed for, on average, at 8:50 a.m., said Tom Nolte, director of sales for the Northern Ohio district of UPS.

The expedited delivery targets three downtown ZIP codes and comes with no additional guarantee, but with no additional cost either. It’s the first such initiative throughout the UPS system, Nolte said, and it’s designed to capture more office business from places like banks, law firms and insurance companies that rely heavily on overnight correspondence.

If it works in Cleveland, it could be rolled out in other cities. UPS has added 13 part-time delivery personnel and redeployed six of its signature brown trucks to allow for earlier deliveries. But the process really begins at company hubs in Louisville, Ky., and Rockford, Ill., where packages destined for downtown Cleveland are sorted and packed inside igloo-shaped containers that conform to the insides of UPS cargo planes.

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Interview – Aramex aims to be world's number 5 express operator

Posted by | Oct 9, 2006 | |

Aramex, the Middle East-based independent express company, aims to grow into the world’s fifth-largest express operator through selective acquisitions and by expanding its partner network, a senior executive told CEP-Research.

Although the “Big Four” – DHL, FedEx, UPS and TNT – were clearly “in the premier league”, Aramex wanted to head the “second division” of regional players, Adrian Horsley, Vice-President Express Services, said on the sidelines of last week’s Asia Pacific Mail & Express 2006 conference in Singapore.

The Jordan-based and Dubai-listed company expects its 2006 revenues to grow to US$330 million from USD232 million in 2005, largely due to acquisitions of smaller freight companies in the Middle East and Europe over the last year, Horsley said. In 2005, it generated about 55% of revenues from international and domestic express transport, and about 33% from freight forwarding. The company, whose key markets are the Middle East and India, has some 260 offices in 45 countries in total.

“Our mission is to be recognized as the fifth-largest global distribution player by 2008. With the Global Distribution Alliance, Aramex has a true global international express distribution system that is 95% managed and controlled by us,” Horsley declared.

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