Tag: Worldwide

Czech Republic : DHL opens new warehouse near Mladá Boleslav

Posted by | Jun 13, 2007 | |

DHL Exel Supply Chain has opened a new warehouse in Neprevázka in the industrial zone near Mladá Boleslav in the Czech Republic. The new cross-docking center will cater to the company’s Automotive sector with 13,000 m² of space and 130 newly created jobs.

This new site will service 500 suppliers and coordinate transport to Germany, Belgium, France, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia on a daily basis.

The warehouse includes all the latest technology to operate thirteen gates for unloading and three ramps for back unloading. 180 trucks will operate from this site every day and supply customers in a number of European countries while 50 of the vehicles will service the Czech Republic daily.

DHL Exel Supply Chain’s customers include some of the largest vehicle manufacturers and their suppliers such as VW, Škoda, Audi, SEAT, Renault, Dacia and Faurecia.

DHL Exel Supply Chain’s Automotive sector specializes in logistics services to the car industry. DHL’s extensive network includes a collecting service for the Czech Republic and Slovakia.

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Tesco appoints DHL Global Mail as preferred supplier for mail services

Posted by | Jun 12, 2007 | |

DHL Global Mail, Deutsche Post World Net’s one-stop shop for all mail services, has just been awarded a £12 million business contract as Tesco’s preferred downstream mail services supplier.
The contract will mean that around 75 million mail items for Tesco will be distributed through DHL’s Suresort sorted and unsorted services over the next year – representing a significant growth in DHL’s share of overall Tesco mail activity.

Tesco, which has over 1,500 stores and 250,000 employees in the UK, began working with DHL Global Mail in August 2005. Since then it has successfully managed the collection and distribution of a range of Tesco mailings including the large volume quarterly Tesco Clubcard mailing.

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Italian express company Bartolini launches Balkan service

Posted by | Jun 12, 2007 | |

Italian express company Bartolini has increased the number of countries it serves in Europe by launching a new service to the Balkans through European partner DPD.

Bartolini started shipping to Greece, Bulgaria and Romania last week, bringing the number of European countries it serves through DPD and the EuroExpress courier network to 25.

The company has also opened three new parcel sorting centres in Italy: a 5,000 sqm facility at L’Aquila, near Bazzano; a 1,100 m centre in Lucca; and a 1,000 sqm depot outside Forli.

These follow new centres in Vercelli and Savona at the start of the year. Bartolini now has 150 such facilities in Italy.
Bartolini provides the delivery of shipments and providing logistic support services for the handling and distribution of the goods.
Consolidated turnover: over 650 Million Euro

Employees: 9.200

Vehicles: over 5.500

Branches in Italy: 145

Branches in Europe: 1050

Total number of parcels transported in one year: more than 80 millions

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UPS and FedEx's modest quarterly earnings are offset by the growth of their international businesses

Posted by | Jun 12, 2007 | |

A slowing American economy, high fuel prices, too much capacity and slackening demand may collectively account for why UPS’s first quarter results and FedEx’s fiscal third-quarter earnings were relatively flat, particularly in the domestic business.

“The first quarter of 2007 has turned out to be a bust” for UPS and much of the air freight business, said Ned Laird, president of the Seattle-based Air Cargo Management Group. “There is no growth in the domestic market and virtually no growth in the to-and-from U.S. markets.”

But the reports also suggest UPS and FedEx are riding out what some believe are fundamental changes in their domestic businesses by spreading into other areas, including growing international air business, that is keeping them solidly profitable.

Atlanta-based UPS’ first quarter net profit dropped 13.5 percent to USD 843 million compared to USD 975 million the company earned in the first three months of 2006 and came on a 3.3 percent gain in revenue, to USD 11.9 billion.

FedEx revenue was up 7 percent to USD 8.6 billion for the quarter ended Feb. 28, but the USD 420 million net profit was down 2 percent from the year earlier period.

Overall domestic package volume dipped 1.6 percent. And International Priority volume dipped 1 percent.

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PRC Announces New Appointments Including First Inspector General

Posted by | Jun 12, 2007 | |

Dan G. Blair, chairman of the Postal Regulatory Commission, announced today the appointment of the Commission’s first inspector general, as required by the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act of 2006.

Jack Callender, minority counsel to Ranking Member Tom Davis (R-VA) on the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, has been selected as the first Inspector General of the Postal Regulatory Commission, effective June 25, 2007.

Callender has served on the Government Reform Committee since 1999, and assisted the Committee in the drafting and enactment of the Act. He advised Mr. Davis and other House Members on postal law and policy throughout his long tenure with the Committee. Callender received a law degree from the University of Florida where he graduated with honors in1996.

In addition to Callender’s appointment, Chairman Blair said that Nanci E. Langley, former deputy staff director to Senator Daniel K. Akaka (D-HI) on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Oversight of Government Management and Federal Workforce Subcommittee, has been selected as the Commission’s first director of public affairs and government relations. Langley assumed her post on April 2, 2007, after serving as Senator Akaka’s senior advisor on postal and civil service issues for 17 years and communications director for the late U.S. Senator Spark Matsunaga for eight years. She is a graduate of the University of Southern California.

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