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DHL solves transpacific lift problems with Polar Air

Posted by | Nov 3, 2006 | |

In a deal bound to increase competition for the high-value trade moving by air between the United States and China, DHL last month signed a letter of intent to pay USD150 million for a 49 per cent stake in pure freight operator Polar Air Cargo.

The deal, which will give DHL 25 per cent voting rights in the company owned by New York-listed Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, also includes a 20-year agreement expected to reserve for the giant German shipper up to 50 per cent of Polar’s capacity across the Pacific. It is expected to be finalised within three months.

Although loath to publicly say so, DHL has been struggling lately to find enough scheduled transpacific lift at the right times from Asia to the US. With freight shipping demand in the region growing, the shortage looks set to grow more acute.

At present, most of the operator’s transpacific business is carried in the belly of passenger flights by long-time partner Northwest Airlines under a commercial agreement set to expire mid-2008. The US carrier has been a reliable supplier for DHL over the years but with exports from China booming, Asia’s biggest express operator needs an alternative.

With the Polar buy, DHL will solve its space shortage.

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USPS encourages mailers to use electronic documentation

Posted by | Nov 2, 2006 | |

The U.S. Postal Service is making every effort to help its 2.5 million business mail customers switch from hardcopy postage statements to a seamless, electronic acceptance method designed to improve efficiency and maximize ease.

According to an announcement made at the quarterly Mailers Technical Advisory Committee meeting at postal headquarters, all business customers–small, medium and large–can now submit postage statements electronically and gain online access to postal accounts in PostalOne, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

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U.S. Postal Service awards Siemens major contract

Posted by | Nov 2, 2006 | |

Siemens announced that it has been awarded a USD109.4 million contract modification from the United States Postal Service (USPS) for additional mail sorting equipment. The scope of the award encompasses an additional 211 Delivery Bar Code Sorter (DBCS 6) machines to expand USPS’ existing fleet of letter sorting equipment. The company will provide installation and associated integrated logistics support services for the new machines in addition to carts used to transport trays of sorted mail. Production and installation of the DBCS 6 order is expected to be completed by Dec.1, 2007. The DBCS is the most widely deployed mail processing platform for letters within the Postal Service with more than 2000 machines operating nationwide. Almost every letter will pass through these machines several times as it makes its way through the postal network. Need for the additional equipment is driven by the 2 million delivery points, comprising U.S. households and businesses, which the Postal Service will be adding to its service over the next year.

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Delivering needed cash; UPS, FedEx and DHL ship packages all over the world.

Posted by | Nov 1, 2006 | |

As logistics giants FedEx, UPS and DHL battle for small business clients, they are rolling out services that have little to do with hauling packages from Point A to Point Z.

FedEx, for instance, has quietly become the nation’s second-largest producer of signs and banners, and it’s about to unveil a service aimed at helping entrepreneurs get into the direct-mail marketing industry. DHL has launched a small-business magazine and is funding micro-enterprise efforts such as Mays’. And UPS has become one of the top providers of Small Business Administration-backed loans in the country.

There’s no secret why the trio, which built their reputations in corporate mailrooms, are increasingly wooing mom-and-pop shops. Of the 23 million businesses in the country, 98 percent are small enterprises, according to the SBA. And 97 percent of all exporters are small ventures.

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