Infos Transport (Patrice Salini)

Communiqué de Deutsche Post World Net : "Expansion of activities in the UK mail market" ___________________________ "Deutsche Post Global Mail (UK) Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Deutsche Post World Net Group, is taking over the British postal operator Speedmail International. Based in London, Speedmail has been operating successfully for many years, both in the UK mail market and in moving international business mail to and from the UK. The acquisition is in line with the Deutsche Post World Net Group strategy for expansion into other world markets. In the business year 2002/2003, Speedmail International, which has some 110 staff, handled 12 million items, making it one of the few licence holders moving significant volume. The company has been operating under an interim postal licence that allowed it to deliver publication related mail items in 22 London postcodes and was granted a long term licence by Postcomm in January 2004 allowing, unlimited bulk m

Boost for Channel Tunnel rail freight UK rail freight operator EWS reported a 22% increase in tonnage through the Channel Tunnel last year. http://www.eyefortransport.com/index.asp?nli=freight&nld=&news=40248 __________________________

Communiqué de Kuehne & Nagel International AG ________________________________________ Kuehne & Nagel to acquire Overseas Logistics Division of the CAT Group - January 21, 2004 Schindellegi, January 21, 2004 – With effect from March 1, 2004, Kuehne & Nagel is taking over the Overseas Logistics Division of the CAT Group which has decided to focus on its core businesses automotive, vehicles and spare parts logistics. The acquisition facilitates Kuehne & Nagel’s expansion of its forwarding and project activities in France particularly, but also in Belgium and Mexico.   The CAT Group’s forwarding unit encompasses air- and seafreight, customs clearance and project business. Besides the Renault Group, suppliers to the automotive industry count among the customer base. The international project business mainly serves major French industrial customers and thus will enable Kuehne & Nagel France to strengthen its activities in this sector.   As part of the agre

D’après Transport Intelligence (January 19, 2004) : Hellmann and Stinnes forge intermodal cooperation _____________________ Hellmann Worldwide Logistics and Stinnes (a subsidiary of Deutsche Bahn and part of the same group as Schenker) have announced a mutually beneficial partnership which has allowed them to develop an intermodal solution for movement of parcels and groupage consignments throughoutGermany. Hellmann’s depot in Osnabrück, Bremen, Hannover and Hamburg will now be linked with the Frankfurt and Nuremberg locations for overnight delivery. The new collaboration has been enabled by developments in the combined transport system. Previously intermodal solutions have not been appropriate for parcels, groupage or part loads which have increasingly required speed, flexibility, reliability and tracking. In the past these attributes have been missing from road/rail systems and this has made such systems uncompetitive. The need to make rail a serious alternative to road

> France : Commmuniqué de l'AFTRI, OTRE, TLF et UNOSTRA. Création de l'UPR (Communiqué de presse du 14 janvier 2004) _______ Pour défendre et promouvoir leur secteur, l'AFTRI, OTRE, TLF et UNOSTRA ont décidé de créer une structure permanente de coordination : l'Union des Professionnels de la Route (UPR). Cette association sera présidée par Jean-Paul Grard, président de l'UNOSTRA. Face à la perte de compétitivité du pavillon routier français, les professionnels réunis au sein de l'AFTRI, OTRE, TLF et UNOSTRA qui représentent 80 % des entreprises du secteur, ont alerté le gouvernement en juin 2003. Ils avaient proposé un plan de sauvegarde en 16 points. Les réponses apportées quand il y en a eu, se sont limitées à des mesures techniques et parcellaires. Elles apparaissent bien insuffisantes face aux conditions actuelles de concurrence du marché européen. L'arrivée de dix nouveaux pays dans cet espace économique commun ne peut qu'amplifier cet

Rapport d'information - Assemblée Nationale Française - : > Rapport d'information de M. Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres sur la mondialisation, n°1279 http://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/12/rap-info/i1279.asp _____________________________________________

Modification de la réglementation US des heures de service des conducteurs routiers : > From the pages of Supply Chain Management Review _________________ Hours of Service—Problem or Opportunity? BERNARD J. LA LONDE -- 1/1/2004 On Jan. 4, 2004, a new set of hours-of-service (HOS) regulations took effect. While many carriers have taken note of this legislation, shipper reaction has been somewhat muted. For example, last November, one state motor carrier organization attempted to assemble a panel of two carriers and two shippers to discuss the transportation and customer-service implications of the new rules. They had no difficulty finding the two carrier members for the panel. But they could not find two shippers who were willing or able to discuss the new legislation. As a result, the session was cancelled. La suite est sur : http://www.manufacturing.net/scm/index.asp?layout=article&articleid=CA374527 ________________