P&O Nedlloyd forms logistics unit
&O Nedlloyd has formed a new division, P&O Nedlloyd Logistics, to offer services ranging “from simple customs clearance to complex supply chain solutions including warehousing and distribution.”
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Postal Service Lost $281M in Quarter
Declines in the amount of mail being sent continue to plague the post office, which lost $281 million in the last three months. That, however, was a smaller loss than had been expected, the agency said, largely due to cost cutting.
Read MoreVietnam's Postal Sector to Open to Competition
All economic sectors will have access to telecom services when a new post and telecommunications ordinance takes effect in early October of this year. The ordinance stipulates that the state establish its own enterprise called ‘Vietnam Post’ to supply public postal services or mainly exercise its public duty. Meanwhile, businesses of other economic sectors are entitled to take part in postal services as postal service and mail delivery agents.
Read MoreThe task of logistics providers in 2012
How will the logistics market look in ten years? Schenker AG CEO Hâkan Larsson introduced some hypotheses at the Swedish “Logistik Transport” fair in Gothenburg in mid-May by looking back from the future. On the occasion of an opening seminar entitled “Looking back from the future — A ten-year retrospective”, he presented his view of developments in the first decade of the century, almost like looking into a rear-view mirror.
“Road-based transport steadily increased in the years up to 2012. It has been predominant for the past ten years, but it has become more expensive as a means of transportation,” said Hâkan Làrsson. “Politically motivated investments in railroad structure have been insufficient, the competitive edge of rail transport has not improved. A new rail structure is on its way, but European railroads are still not standardised. At the same time short-range sea feeder traffic has increased between Europe’s larger ports.”
Koizumi vows not to revise postal bills despite LDP calls
Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi said Thursday in Canada a set of bills on deregulation of state-run postal services now before the Diet will not be revised despite some calls from his ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP).
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