Tag: UPS

Former DHL Airways owner refuses to testify in DOT probe

Posted by | Jul 17, 2003 | |

As expected, William A. Robinson, the former principal owner of DHL Airways, now Astar Air Cargo, failed to appear at a deposition hearing in Los Angeles Thursday in the federal probe into the ownership of DHL’s all-cargo airline. In a letter to attorneys for FedEx Corp. and United Parcel Service, whose complaint sparked the Department of Transportation probe, Robinson’s attorney, Philip Le B. Douglas, said the deposition will not go forward because Robinson believes his testimony is no longer relevant in light of the airline’s sale Monday to an investor group led by John Dasburg, its chairman and chief executive. Robinson had previously agreed to testify.

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Shanghai shapes up as logistics base of the future

Posted by | Jul 16, 2003 | |

Shanghai has seen an explosion of activity in the logistics market in the past 12 months as foreign companies have entered the market and domestic ones have increased their focus on the importance of logistics.

Companies such as UPS are moving their Greater China headquarters from Hong Kong to Shanghai to capitalise on the city’s many advantages, including its dynamic economic growth and strategic location.

Others such as ProLogis, the world’s largest provider of distribution facilities and services, are moving into the Chinese market for the first time, but concentrating on Shanghai first as a “dragonhead” through which they can expand into other Chinese markets.

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Judge rejects Deutsche Post counter-subpoenas

Posted by | Jul 16, 2003 | |

The Department of Transportation on Tuesday rejected the latest bid by Deutsche Post World Net and DHL International to force the chief executives of U.S. rivals FedEx Corp. and United Parcel Service to testify in the dispute over the ownership of DHL’s cargo airline. Deutsche Post and DHL had sought to subpoena Fred Smith, chairman and chief executive of FedEx, and Mike Eskew, chairman and chief executive of UPS, in response to the subpoenas of their chief executives issued by the administrative law judge in the case.

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Fedex probe of DHL takes another twist

Posted by | Jul 16, 2003 | |

The federal probe into Deutsche Post’s ownership of the former DHL Airways took another twist Wednesday.

William Robinson, who was majority owner of DHL until July 14, is refusing to be deposed by UPS and FedEx . The rival companies are asking Ronnie Yoder, a Department of Transportation Chief Administrative Law, to force Robinson to appear on Thursday as scheduled. If he still refuses to appear, UPS and FedEx are asking for sanctions, according to court papers filed with the DOT Wednesday.

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FedEx, UPS win Hong Kong air rights

Posted by | Jul 15, 2003 | |

FedEx Corp. and United Parcel Service were the big winners when the U.S. Department of Transportation tentatively awarded six airlines Monday the right to operate all-cargo services between Hong Kong and other cities outside the U.S. FedEx and UPS together received tentative rights to 25 of the 40 additional slots available to U.S. cargo carriers under a new bilateral agreement. The express carriers each won the right to six flights immediately to their Asia regional hubs in the Philippines. They have already been operating those flights under interim authority granted by DOT last November.

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