Tag: Worldwide

Russia Post System Should Remain State Owned

Posted by | Sep 3, 2002 | |

The Russia Journal has reported that “As matters stand now, the post should remain state-owned, the head of the Post Department of Russias Communications Ministry, Evgeny Birger, told the Nezavisimaya Gazeta newspaper. He disagrees with the position of the Communications Ministry. In its concept for the restructuring of Russias postal system, the Ministry pointed to the necessity of uniting all postal organizations into the Federal State Unitary Enterprise (FGUP), to be privatized in the future.”

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Delivering Overseas Mail

Posted by | Sep 2, 2002 | |

On Aug. 8 The Post reprinted on the Federal Page a five-week-old story from the International Herald Tribune [July 4] about the U.S. Postal Service agreement with Consignia for the delivery of Global Express Mail and Global Air Parcel Post in Europe began in January. The agreement provides for an integrated network for delivery. It also introduced tracking capabilities for Air Parcels and improved tracking and tracing for Global Express Mail.

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US Postal service partners with Barthco

Posted by | Sep 1, 2002 | |

The US Postal Service and Barthco International Inc. recently signed an agreement that makes Barthco the key logistics company responsible for distributing international small-package parcels to the US.

The new business cooperation, called the International Customized Mail Agreement (ICM), is part of a recent US Postal initiative to partner with prominent commercial businesses in the transportation of overseas goods.

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Jamaican Postal Corporation seeking to franchise service

Posted by | Aug 31, 2002 | |

THE Postal Corporation of Jamaica is examining the implementation of a franchise programme to increase efficiency and extend its customer reach within the next six months.
The idea is to get businesses in communities to offer postal services, including mailbox rentals, Internet kiosks, money transfer, fax and photocopying services.
“We are in the process of developing a franchise programme where a franchise (in a particular community) would be paid a flat sum and in return, would be responsible for the delivery of the mail and the provision of other services,” Dr Blossom O’Meally Nelson, postmaster-general and chief executive officer of the Postal Corporation told JIS News in a recent interview.
O’Meally Nelson explained that the proposed franchise programme, that has already been drafted, is a reactionary measure to the increased challenges being faced by the corporation, including mounting debt.

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UPS, FedEx in air war with DHL

Posted by | Aug 30, 2002 | |

The nation’s two largest package carriers are trying to keep the world’s largest package carrier out of the country.
United Parcel Service Inc. and FedEx Corp. filed separate petitions in August asking the U.S. Department of Transportation to review the ownership of DHL Airways. They suspect that DHL Airways Inc. is violating a federal law that restricts to 25 percent the foreign ownership of airlines operating within the United States.
The companies believe that DHL Airways is owned and controlled by Deutsche Post, the German postal monopoly that is 70 percent owned by the German government, but the ownership is disguised in a complex arrangement of subsidiaries.
“We are talking about the government of Germany competing against private individuals in the United States,” said Norman Black, a spokesman for UPS. “Nothing more. Nothing less.”

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