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FedEx announces increase in daily capacity between Vietnam and global markets

Posted by | Sep 24, 2008 | |

FedEx Express announced it had launched a new Airbus A310 flight service to Vietnam to meet the country’s increasing demand for reliable time-definite express services. The new service increases FedEx capacity into and out of the country fivefold, to more than 30,000kg a day.

As a result of the new service, customers also enjoy an improvement in transit times into and out of the capital, Hanoi. Customer cut-off and transit times out of Ho Chi Minh City are unchanged.

Since FedEx first established operations in Vietnam in 1994, the company has worked to support the country’s efforts to become a key export market.

The upgraded Vietnam service also strengthens FedEx AsiaOne Network, which connects 19 key Asia cities with more than 400 intra-Asia flights each week. The network is interconnected with FedEx global network – covering North and South America, the Middle East, Africa and Europe.

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Postal Union hopes to use new delivery project early next year

Posted by | Sep 24, 2008 | |

Q-Post chairman al-Ali with UPU and other delegates at the meeting of the interim working group in Doha yesterday

Members of the quality steering committee of the Universal Postal Union (UPU) expressed confidence that the radio frequency identification project (RFID), aimed at improving the quality of postal delivery, would be successfully implemented in several countries across the world, most probably by early next year.

Experts, associating with the UPU’s initiative, are currently in Doha as part of the global monitoring system’s (GMS) interim working group’s third meeting in the city. The meeting will conclude tomorrow.

As part of the project, meetings are scheduled to be held also in Washington, Rio De Janerio, Lisbon, Botswana, Helsinki, and Japan. Some of the meetings have already been completed.

He said the core group had come out with some effective solutions which he said could be beneficial to all UPU members, in particular those in the developing world.
Jan Sertons (TNT, The Netherlands), Kai Perasalo (Itella, Finland), Antonio Caeiro, (UPU, Portugal) and Sakae Kamibayashi (Japan Post Service) are among the experts attending the meeting.

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Trans-o-flex opens sorting centre in Austria

Posted by | Sep 24, 2008 | |

trans-o-flex announced the opening of its fourth sorting centre in Austria to broaden its network for temperature-controlled distribution services.

The new sorting centre near Graz is being operated by Scherübl, a subsidiary of the trans-o-flex unit ThermoMed, and is its fourth depot in Austria, thus completing its national distribution network.

Scherübl, which specialises in transporting temperature-controlled shipments for the pharmaceutical and health industries, can now offer next-day delivery across Austria. The connection with the network of ThermoMed enables it to provide temperature-controlled transports to and from Germany.

The building was constructed within 14 weeks and is located in Karlsdorf (Styria), Austria, near Graz airport, where Scherübl can share the outside truck waiting area with a neighbouring postal centre. It lies conveniently at the motorway junction of A2 and A9.

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DHL: business slowing in China

Posted by | Sep 24, 2008 | |

The rate of growth in DHL China has decreased by 15 pct the first seven months of the current year. The average growth rate a year earlier was 20 pct. “The company achieved an annual growth rate of 20-23 pct in the past five years,” reported Dan McHugh, DHL’s Managing Director for the Asia-Pacific region, in an article published in the Chinese periodical “Logistics Week.” The decline is said to be due to weakening demand in Europe and the USA for exports from China.

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US Mail volume down 9 Billion

Posted by | Sep 24, 2008 | |

The U.S. Postal Service will ask for a 23 percent increase in its federal appropriation in the next fiscal year as it copes with a dramatic decline in mail shipping this year.

The USPS says mail volume will be down some 9 billion pieces in the current fiscal year from last year, partly because of the downturn in the American economy.

The USPS says it is cutting costs by reducing work hours for its employees because it must “take steps now to shore up its business.”
But the Postal Service says it will also need sharply more funding from the federal government to keep its operations on track. The Postal Board of Governors approved on Wednesday (24th September) a USD 144.6 billion appropriation request for the 2010 fiscal year, up from USD 117.7 million the USPS requested for the 2009 fiscal year.

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Co-op reveals strong food sales results

Posted by | Sep 24, 2008 | |

The Co-operative Group (Co-op) has posted record results for the first half of the year, including a 43.5 pct rise in sales to GBP 2.4bn at its grocery business.

It said that like-for-like first half sales jumped by 5 pct, as the market overall saw sales rise by 4.6 pct. Trading profit at its food arm jumped 67.7 pct.

Such success occurred, the Co-op said, thanks to the expansion of its range and improvements to existing outlets.

Chief executive at the retailer Peter Marks remarked that this has been an “exciting” time and the food side of the business is “rejuvenated”.

And he said the company’s position as a community retailer can be consolidated following the agreement to purchase Somerfield.

But Marks added that the remainder of the year is likely to be very competitive as the credit crunch – along with inflation pressures – continue to make the market tough.

Total profit at the Co-op, including its pharmacies, funeral service and travel section, stood at GBP 197.6m (before payments to members).

Various moves have been made by the organisation in recent times, such as the introduction of a Yorkshire range, the creation of mini-banks in stores and a sustainable fish sourcing policy.

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U.S. Postal Service freezes hiring & promotions

Posted by | Sep 24, 2008 | |

The U.S. Postal Service has indefinitely frozen all hiring, promotions and other personnel changes in its latest response to a worsening financial position.

“A freeze on all organizational structure changes is effective immediately,” USPS Chief Human Resources Officer Anthony Vegliante wrote in a memorandum to agency officials. “The freeze includes position upgrades, additions to complement, position neutral exchanges, and requests for new positions.”

A postal service spokesman confirmed the memo amounts to a hiring freeze.

In an unusual meeting Monday, Postmaster General John Potter briefed the leaders of large postal unions and managers’ associations on the freeze, people familiar with the meeting said.
Postal officials are expected to brief the Postal Board of Governors on Wednesday.

The postal service has said it may lose USD 2 billion this year, but some analysts guess the final figure will be higher, citing new figures that show a USD 960 million loss in August.

The organization is likely to seek a significant postal rate increase next year, two industry observers said.

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DHL wins Scottish and Southern Energy contract (UK)

Posted by | Sep 23, 2008 | |

DHL Exel Supply Chain’s has won a three-year contract with Scottish and Southern Energy to manage domestic waste metal recycling. The logistics service provider will collect disused boilers, radiators and pipe work from homes in Scotland, before transporting waste items onto recycling centres.

Scottish and Southern Energy provides heating and plumbing services to thousands of homes and the contract ensures that all of that waste is responsibly recycled. As part of the recycling process, engineers will sort the metal into categories at the point of collection, meaning material is only handled once, which helps to reduce costs. Additionally, DHL Exel Supply Chain is using it’s and trace system to maximise fleet efficiencies and ensure that back-hauling is used wherever possible during the collection of waste.

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DHL Ukraine opens cargo terminal in Kiev

Posted by | Sep 23, 2008 | |

DHL Ukraine has opened a cargo terminal for exported and imported goods in Kiev mainly due to the increasing demand for transport services on the Ukrainian market, the Ukrainian News Agency reported.

The EUR 12 million terminal complex consists of a customs warehouse, a cargo handling zone, DHL Ukraine’s main office, and the Kiev Regional Customs department for administering courier services, DHL Ukraine managing director Boris Khruslov said at a press conference.

The terminal has a total area of over 8,000 sqm, including 5,000 sqm operating space with a sorting capacity of about 320,000 tons per month. Moreover, it has enough equipment to process air containers.

In addition, DHL has re-equipped its facilities in Odessa and Donetsk and intends to do the same in Kharkov and Dnepropetrovsk.

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DPD Switzerland to invest in new eco-depot

Posted by | Sep 23, 2008 | |

DPD Switzerland has announced the building of a new ecological depot in Buchs, in the canton of Zurich, which will go into operation on 1 October 2009.

The new logistics centre will be constructed based on a coherent ecological concept on a 20,000-sqm land to be sold by the community of Buchs for an amount of EUR 5.2 million.

The new centre will be constructed with low land consumption, thanks to the u-form of the building, and based on a completely sustainable energy supply through heat recovery from ground water and about 1,000-sqm of solar cells producing 125,000 kWH of energy yearly.

DPD will lease the new building including a total of 28 unloading bays, 99 loading bays and an office building with the option to be extended at a later point of time. The company says that the new depot will generate a total of 220 jobs.

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India Post gets new logo

Posted by | Sep 23, 2008 | |

India Post launched a new logo that will now be seen across all post offices and postal services of the country.

The changed corporate logo for the Department of Posts was launched by Union Minister of Communications and IT, A Raja.

Raja announced that India Post will very soon acquire a number of aircrafts to carry letters, parcels and logistic consignments for making overnight delivery in major towns of the country.

He also announced a host of new customer services to be launched by India Post very soon. These will include express parcel post retail service, gift parcel post service, logistics post air service, sale of gold coins through retail post, express money order service, speed post call centres and a range of new international services.

These new age post offices are meant to serve as a window to the world for the common man, “Aam Aadmi”, by focusing on their needs. By the end of the current year, 500 such post offices will get operational in the country. Strict adherence to the timelines is part of the strategy.

These post offices are being given a thorough make over both in terms of “physical look and feel” and upgrading service delivery through IT -enabled procedures.

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French postal workers protest privatization move

Posted by | Sep 23, 2008 | |

Tens of thousands of French postal workers went on strike on Tuesday (23rd September) in protest at plans to open the country’s mail network to private investment, post office operator La Poste said.

Postal unions say allowing private capital in would be the first step toward privatization, and a sell-out of a public institution most French are happy to see run by the state.

But its leadership says it needs 3 billion euros (USD 4.40 billion) to get into shape for competition when the sector opens fully in 2011 in accordance with European Union rules.

Any move towards privatization would require the postal service to become a public limited company instead of a branch of the civil service.

La Poste said in a statement that some 25 percent of employees were taking part in the one-day protest at around 0900 GMT. The operator employs around 300,000 in total.

The government has yet to voice an official position on the investment plan sought by the group’s management, but President Nicolas Sarkozy has called for a commission to discuss the matter for two months from October.

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