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Canada's mail carriers to use own cars?

Posted by | Nov 7, 2006 | |

Canada Post has sent a letter to the union representing its employees suggesting mail carriers be given the choice of using their personal vehicles on their routes to deliver mail, Radio-Canada reported Monday.

Use of personal vehicles already goes on but that flies in the face of the mail carriers’ current contract, which forbids them from transporting mail sacks to local grey pickup boxes or carrying mail in their cars.

Canada Post wants the mail carriers to be able to transport the mail in their vehicles, saying it would better enable them to compete with courier companies such as FedEx Corp. and United Parcel Service Inc. and boost productivity.

However, the union fears that 1,000 jobs could be lost if the current system of having mail trucks transport the mail is curtailed.

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Pakistan Post being modernised

Posted by | Nov 7, 2006 | |

Pakistan Post has prepared a comprehensive plan to transform this national institution on modern and professional lines, said Chairman Pakistan Postal Services Management Board Arshad Khan.

While addressing the operational staff, he further said that this plan envision Pakistan Post as customer-friendly, efficient, modern and yet as a self-sustainable organisation and 24 goals and targets have been set to achieve above stated key objectives.

While touching some of key elements of new vision plan including human resource development, technology upgradation and process reengineering, he said that improvement in quality of service and credibility has been given highest priority.

He also said that plan encompasses incentive based policies to benefit staff and motivate them to discharge their duties in efficient manner.

He asked the staff to change market dynamics and emphasised them for service-oriented and customer-friendly culture in order to remain competitive in rapidly changing market situation.

He also briefed about departmental courier service and collection of utility bills from doorsteps of the public through postman staff.

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DHL Express (India) to expand capacity by 50% in 2 years

Posted by | Nov 7, 2006 | |

The Ministry of communications’ proposal to bring down FDI in courier services to 49% from 100% does not seem to be having much impact on foreign companies in the sector. DHL Express, the leading courier and logistics company in India, plans to expand its capacity by more than 50% in the next 2-3 years.
In the last 3-4 years, the company has invested around USD 250 million in India. Craig Grossgart, country manager, DHL Express India, told ET, “We don’t think there’s much need to panic. The proposal has been discussed in various quarters and we are confident that the interest of the industry will be taken care of. As of now, we are all set to go ahead with our expansion plans.”
In the next 3 months, the company is looking at adding a fresh 19 outlets to its existing retail network of 55 outlets, spread in 12 cities. The new outlets will be set up in Delhi, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Pune, Ahmedabad and Kolkata.

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FedEx drops Airbus order and goes with Boeing

Posted by | Nov 7, 2006 | |

FedEx Express, which is based in Memphis, Tenn., canceled its order for 10 Airbus A380 superjumbo jets and went with 15 Boeing 777 long-range aircraft.

The FedEx Corp. Tuesday said in a statement that “significant delays” in the A380 deliveries prompted the shift to the U.S. aeronautics giant.

Besides ordering 15 airborne freighters, each of which carries a list price of around USD236 million, FedEx also obtained an option for another 15 Boeing 777 aircraft.

“The availability and delivery timing of this aircraft, coupled with its attractive payload range and economics, make this choice the best decision for FedEx, its customers, shareowners and employees,” said FedEx Chief Executive Frederick Smith.

FedEx Express continues to be Airbus’ largest wide-body airplane customer and will add new and used Airbus wide-body aircraft to its fleet. Six new A300-600 aircraft are scheduled to join the FedEx fleet in 2007.

The 777 is the world’s largest twin-engine cargo aircraft with a range of more than 6,100 nautical miles and a revenue payload capacity of 171,000 pounds. FedEx expects to take delivery of four of the 777 aircraft in calendar year 2009, eight in 2010 and the remaining three in 2011.

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UPS prepared for surge in holiday package shipping

Posted by | Nov 6, 2006 | |

UPS’s long-standing role as Santa’s busiest helper will continue this holiday season with projected package volume swelling from roughly 15 million packages a day to more than 21 million on the busiest day.

On UPS’s Peak Day, which will occur this year on Wednesday, Dec. 20, UPS will deliver 240 packages every second through its worldwide ground and air network. Just two days later on Dec. 22, UPS will handle its largest volume of air shipments for the year by delivering roughly 5.6 million packages. That amounts to more than double the normal average for air volume.This year, UPS and various retail analysts are predicting strong growth in the online shopping world along with solid gains in the brick-and-mortar arena. UPS enters the holiday peak – defined as the period between Thanksgiving and Christmas – as the primary shipper for 21 of the top 25 e-retailers as ranked by Internet Retailer Magazine.

In the process of delivering all those holiday packages, UPS will apply its tracking technology to make it easy for customers to monitor the movement of their gifts. UPS expects more than 130 million online tracking requests during Peak Week and the daily total could exceed 25 million on Peak Day.

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