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DHL to provide German deliveries on final Sunday before Christmas
DHL has once again added an extra day’s delivery services to its schedule in Germany, to cope with the Christmas boom in parcel shipments. The company confirmed yesterday that it will be operating on...
View ArticleUSPS to simplify pricing policy that offers 7,600 domestic options
The US Postal Service is set to simplify its pricing system from January, after the Inspector General found that it has more than 7,600 different prices for its domestic products alone. Along with...
View ArticleBidding opens for 818 post office franchises in Brazil
Brazil’s Post and Telegraph Company (ECT) has launched an auction of 818 potential franchises to operate post offices throughout Brazil. From today, those interested in running a franchise have 45 days...
View ArticleDHL's Blue Dart launches "carbon neutral" shipping in India
DHL and its Indian express courier subsidiary Blue Dart Express have launched the country’s first end-to-end “carbon neutral” service for international and domestic shipments. The service is an...
View ArticlePortuguese government approves postal liberalisation law
Portugal’s government has approved a draft law that will open the country’s postal market up to competition from the private sector. The move brings the Portuguese market in line with European Union...
View ArticleIndian government to restrict India Post's letter monopoly
The Indian government is working towards phasing in competition within the country’s letter mail market, under a draft Post Office Bill currently under consideration. Ministers confirmed last week that...
View ArticleUSPS ranked top postal service in world's 20 biggest economies
The US Postal Service has been named as the best postal service within the world’s top 20 largest economies for access to services, resource efficiency and public trust. Analysis from UK consultancy...
View ArticleFedEx revises air fleet upgrade plan, signs deal for 27 767s
FedEx has signed a deal with Boeing to purchase 27 new 767-300F aircraft, to replace its medium widebody MD10 cargo aircraft, some of which are now 40 years old. As it released its latest financial...
View ArticleSwiss Post Solutions expands in Asia with Singapore office
Swiss Post Solutions, the business services division of the Swiss postal service, has expanded its presence in the Asian market by opening a new office in Singapore. The company said clients...
View ArticleItaly's antitrust authority fines Poste Italiane €40m
Poste Italiane has been fined EUR 39.4m by national competition authorities for abusing its dominant position in the Italian postal market. The Antitrust Authority said yesterday that the state-owned...
View ArticleLa Poste teams with utility to develop vehicle charging networks
France’s La Poste has formed a partnership with the power transmission division of the second largest French utility company, EDF, to develop recharging networks for electric delivery vehicles. The...
View ArticleCorreos orders EUR 41m cloud-based IT system
Spain’s national postal service Correos has ordered a cloud-based IT system from T-Systems, a subsidiary of German telecommunications company Deutsche Telecom. The four-year project, worth EUR 41m,...
View ArticleSwiss Post to keep basic postal rates stable in 2012
Swiss Post has said prices for its basic letters and domestic parcels will remain unchanged in 2012, but will be making rate changes for some of its other mail services. Switzerland’s postal service...
View ArticleRemoving mail price controls "could drive UK firms away", warns DMA
Businesses could be driven away from using the mail in the UK if regulators remove price controls from Royal Mail’s commercial bulk mail services. That was the warning this week from the Direct...
View ArticleUSPS union negotiations extended into January
Negotiations between the US Postal Service and two major unions will extend into the New Year, with the organisations agreeing to put back their deadline once again, this time to January 20. The...
View ArticlePostNL seeks pension reform to counter €500m deficit
PostNL said today it must find a way to cut its pension contributions, with turbulence in the financial markets opening up a EUR 500m black hole in its pension fund. The Dutch postal service is opening...
View ArticleEscher wins retail technology deal with Armenia's Haypost
US retail and communications software firm Escher Group has won a contract to provide postal counter automation technology for the Armenian postal service, Haypost. The company said today its...
View ArticlePostal workers strike in Kenya over delay to pay talks
Thousands of postal workers went on strike in Kenya on Friday, seeking a 30% pay rise and improved benefits from Kenya Post. The strike followed a meeting between the Communications Workers Union...
View ArticleDPD Germany planning €90m investment in network next year
Parcel and express delivery company DPD Germany is planning to invest EUR 90m in expanding its network next year, after a record 2011. The company, part of La Poste’s GeoPost Group, said interim...
View ArticleRural Scots find delivery difficult shopping online, says survey
Consumers in rural and remote areas of Scotland are finding it difficult to shop online because of delivery problems, according to consumer groups. A survey of 900 people carried out by Citizens Advice...
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