Tag: USA

USPS may require Parcel Select clients to use e-voucher system

Posted by | Nov 8, 2005 | |

The US Postal Service is weighing whether to require all customers of its Parcel Select program to use an electronic system that the agency hopes will help ease payment and verification for mail acceptance. In a proposed rule, the Postal Service also said its Electronic Verification System (e-VS) may be expanded for all users if it demonstrates cost savings and efficiencies during its initial rollout. E-VS is an electronic manifest program for tracking payments and verifying all Parcel Select mailings, and it is expected to replace an inefficient and complex paper filing database. Parcel Select is a ground delivery program for medium-to-large customers.

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Deutsche Bahn to buy BAX Global

Posted by | Nov 7, 2005 | |

Deutsche Bahn, the German state-owned railway company, is preparing to acquire BAX Global, the U.S. freight forwarder, in a bid to catch up with the consolidation sweeping the global logistics industry. Europe’s biggest railway operator is likely to pay between $960 million and $1.2 billion for Irvine, Calif.-based BAX, a unit of the Brink’s Co., a security and logistics company. Deutsche Bahn will decide whether to proceed with the acquisition at an extraordinary meeting of its supervisory board on Saturday, according to German press reports. Deutsche Bahn is expected to fold BAX into Schenker, its freight forwarding unit that has been under pressure to match recent takeovers by rivals, most recently Deutsche Post’s $6.7 billion acquisition of Exel, the UK’s largest ocean and air freight forwarder and contract logistics company, and Swiss-based Kuehne & Nagel’s $588 million acquisition of Paris-based ACR Logistics from Platinum Equity Group, a private U.S. investors group.

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APX Logistics US appoints new Director of Postal Affairs

Posted by | Nov 3, 2005 | |

APX Logistics, a leading provider of business-to-consumer shipping solutions, is pleased to announce the appointment of Chester A. “Chet” King as Director of Postal Affairs.

“Chet’s past experience with the United States Postal Service has prepared him to take on this new and critical role as Director of Postal Affairs for APX Logistics. As a core member of the initial team that organized the Expedited/Package Service Business Unit in 1997, he truly understands the tremendous opportunities that exist in the package delivery market,” said Brad Garberich, CEO of APX Logistics.

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Postal Rate Commission OKs, sends 5.4% rate hike to US Postal Service Board

Posted by | Nov 2, 2005 | |

The Postal Rate Commission approved a 5.4 percent across-the-board postage rate increase with some exceptions. The matter now goes to the U.S. Postal Service Board of Governors, which said it would vote on final approval Monday. If approved, the rates likely would take effect Jan. 16, though some in the industry have asked for a delay so mailing software can be updated. Meanwhile, postal watchers hope reform legislation is passed that would make the increase unnecessary. PRC chairman George Omas said the 5.4 percent increase is well below the rate of inflation for the past 3 1/2 years, which is the last time rates rose.

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US Postal Service does it again in overnight First-Class mail delivery

Posted by | Nov 1, 2005 | |

The US Postal Service’s high level of service performance remains constant through another measurement period. Its on-time overnight delivery of First-Class Mail earned a 95 percent performance score as measured independently by IBM Consulting Services and announced today during the agency’s Board of Governors meeting in Washington, D.C. This accomplishment marks the 11th consecutive measurement period in which the organization has scored 95 percent or better for on-time overnight delivery of First-Class Mail.

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