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UPS names new Worldport manager

Posted by | Aug 14, 2007 | |

United Parcel Service Inc. has named a new district manager for its Louisville, Ky., air and freight operations.

Steve Mockus, who has served as manager of UPS’ flight operations since last year, will fill the post being left by Brendan Canavan.

Canavan has been named district manager of North Europe. He will relocate to Brussels, Belgium, to oversee UPS operations in 28 countries.

In his new position, Mockus will be responsible for the management of Louisville’s Worldport hub, which is Atlanta-based UPS’ largest package-handling facility. Mockus began his career with UPS in Philadelphia as a part-time package handler in 1976. After college, he became a package driver and was promoted into management in 1982.

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New logistics player in European pharma

Posted by | Aug 14, 2007 | |

A new European logistics services provider has emerged on the pharma scene after NYK Logistics in Belgium was granted a certification for this industry

The firm now has a good distribution practice (GDP) license for its Antwerp warehouse and is now able to offer contract logistics, storage and distribution, as well as secondary repackaging services for pharmaceuticals.

The company said it can serve both the domestic and the European pharma industry (including the UK), via cooperation with its affiliate NYK Logistics UK, which has also three GDP licensed facilities, and contracts with drug makers including AstraZeneca, and has an already-established pan-European pharma-specific distribution channel.

“We are able to offer customers a ‘one stop shop’ under the same name instead of them having to use different companies for their supply chain needs,” a spokesperson from the Development department at NYK Belgium, Katrien Poppe, said.

“NYK [Belgium] is one of the few ‘one-stop-shop’ providers that are also in a neutral position in the market, meaning we are not linked to one particular manufacturer and can offer our services across a number of different brands.”

The European contract logistics market is currently flourishing, and recent research from Analytiqa revealed that spending on outsourced logistics services in the European pharma industry is likely to exceed USD 2 billion (EUR 1.5 billion) in 2011 as more and more opportunities arise for 3PL providers.

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Osan implements new postal tracking

Posted by | Aug 14, 2007 | |

A new tracking system — the first at an Air Force base in the Pacific — is helping postal workers at Osan automate registered mail and package deliveries.

The system, called UPS Trackpad, is a United Parcel Service system that uses bar codes and computer scans to track certain mail inside the post office, said Senior Airman Bradley Williams, who implemented the system at Osan.

The Trackpad program replaces hand-written cards that once traced a package, registered or insured mail from delivery at the back of the post office to the customer, said Williams, 21, of Modesto, Calif.

The automated system adds an extra label to the package as it enters to the post office, Williams said. That label contains an identification code that matches information on the yellow card that customer’s find in their boxes to notify them that they have a piece of mail waiting.

Last Wednesday, the Osan post office got 75 pieces of mail. In post office lingo, a piece can mean an individual box or a bag full or letters and magazines. On a typical Monday, the post office gets about 350 pieces, Williams said.

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DPJ, People's New Party to submit bill to freeze postal privatization for 1 year

Posted by | Aug 13, 2007 | |

The opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), which became the largest bloc in the House of Councillors as a result of the July 29 election, is set to submit to the chamber a bill that would freeze postal privatization for one year.

The DPJ will co-sponsor the bill with another opposition party, People’s New Party, DPJ officials said.

Over the one-year period, the DPJ intends to work out bills to review the privatization of Japan Post scheduled for Oct. 1 this year.

A package of postal privatization bills were passed into law after the ruling Liberal Democratic Party won a landslide victory in the 2005 House of Representatives election.

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DHL boosts regional operations with appointment of senior marketing professionals

Posted by | Aug 11, 2007 | |

DHL Express Middle East today announced the appointment of two senior marketing professionals to further strengthen the company’s position as the region’s leading express and logistics provider.

Fiona Taag has been brought in to oversee the regional marketing strategies as Area Marketing Manager. Taag was previously the National Marketing Manager at DHL Express New Zealand, where she was involved in the DHL domestic joint venture with New Zealand Post, under the umbrella of Express Couriers Ltd. In addition, Taag was responsible for managing DHL’s title sponsorship of the DHL New Zealand Lions Series 2005 – a tour of New Zealand by the British & Irish Lions rugby team.

A New Zealand national also with British citizenship, Taag has a Master in International Marketing from the University of Waikato in New Zealand, and is based at DHL’s regional hub in Bahrain.

Elliot Santon has also joined DHL’s regional marketing team as UAE Marketing Manager.

Brought in from the UK, Santon has 10 years experience in UK-based advertising, branding and marketing agencies covering all disciplines of through-the-line communications. Having developed strategies for many well known global brands such as Vodafone, CocaCola and Tesco, including some UK high-street brands in the retail and leisure industries, Santon is well placed to handle UAE marketing requirements for the global express and logistics leader.

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