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China's draft postal law angers private firms

Posted by | Oct 6, 2006 | |

Local and foreign express delivery companies have denounced the latest draft of China’s Postal Law, saying it would create unfair competition, violate trade agreements and destroy non-state businesses employing hundreds of thousands of people.

A meeting last week between industry representatives and officials from China’s State Council, or cabinet, and other departments failed to ease fears over the likely impact of the long-delayed law, express delivery company executives said.

They say one clause of the draft would give a unit of state-owned China Post a total monopoly over deliveries of parcels weighing less than 150g, which account for more than 90 per cent of the intra-city business of private delivery companies. The monopoly on small package deliveries would not have any immediate direct affect on international companies, but they would be hit by other provisions favouring China Post, tightening licensing controls and compulsory payments to subsidise universal postal services.

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UPS's Circle of Honor Expands. 117,000 Years of Accident-Free Driving.

Posted by | Oct 3, 2006 | |

UPS today announced the induction of 784 elite drivers into its “Circle of Honor,” pushing to 4,202 the total of active drivers who have steered clear of accidents for 25 years or more.

Of the 4,202, 107 of those men and women have gone 35 years or more without an accident, and six have gone 40 years or more. Collectively, UPS’s active Circle of Honor drivers have compiled nearly 117,000 years of accident-free driving.

“UPS is committed to the safety of all our drivers as well as those with whom we share the roads,” said Kevin Strahan, UPS’s corporate health and safety manager. “The men and women who have achieved membership in the Circle of Honor are the best of the best. They’ve consistently demonstrated that commitment by going at least a quarter century without an avoidable accident.”

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UPS targets China

Posted by | Oct 2, 2006 | |

China has to be a great opportunity for UPS, which now controls all its own operations in China, in what has become a major growth engine.
Today, UPS is expanding its number of flights to China, building more infrastructure and creating a stronger brand presence, calling itself a “technology company with trucks.” Now, its business in Asia and China is leaping ahead.
Part of that China presence is because of the expansion of air services. UPS has, or is adding, new flights connecting Shanghai and the U.S. and is increasing its weekly flights to 18. It plans to establish an air hub in Shanghai in 2007. UPS serves the 23 largest Chinese markets, which account for 80% of China’s global trade.
UPS now has 33 large, wholly owned branch offices that serve more than 200 cities in China. The offices are staffed by UPS’s own employees, such as service providers and salespeople, and use the company’s own technology. In China, the company has 500 salespeople–whereas in the U.S., it has several thousand.
UPS also plans to expand its service to an additional 100 cities in China. To remain a top-tier logistics player in China, it will continue opening new branches, as well as 22 more offices to serve the new expansion cities. It is also building further connections between the ground and the air.

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UPS says it is working toward a postal reform compromise

Posted by | Oct 2, 2006 | |

A UPS spokesman said Friday that UPS and the U.S. Postal Service had reached a compromise on the single-piece parcel post issue that is holding up passage of postal reform legislation, but claimed that the office of the key senator who is a champion of the cause rejected it.

And late Friday, the spokesman said that UPS would not oppose the postal reform bill as it stood.

The news comes after an 11th hour announcement from the Direct Marketing Association that asked members to write to the Atlanta-based company to persuade them to stop blocking passage of the bill.

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