06-11-24

Air cargo volumes return to double-digit growth in October

Air cargo volumes continued to flourish in October, setting up the industry for a year of double-digit demand growth, new figures show. read more

Asian SMEs optimistic for peak season sales growth, FedEx survey finds

06-11-24

A new survey by FedEx has found that 70% of SMEs in the Asia Pacific region are expecting year-on-year sales growth this festive season, with nearly 80% forecasting this growth in sales from within Asia, especially from Southeast Asia. read more

CTT – Correios de Portugal achieves record Q3 for Express and Parcels

06-11-24

CTT – Correios de Portugal has reported a “record quarter” for its Express and Parcels business in Q3 2024, with volumes, revenues and margins hitting new highs and the operator now predicting a strong performance for the division during the busy peak season. read more

Royal Mail parcel, letter containers with Wiliot digital tags

Royal Mail rolls out innovative tracking tech to modernise network

06-11-24

Royal Mail has announced the roll out of thousands of new digital tags across its network, which will provide “unprecedented visibility” into the journey of parcels to improve reliability and help reduce carbon emissions by optimising vehicle use. read more

DHL downscales profit outlook on weak B2B, macro-economic trends

05-11-24

DHL Group is now expecting lower profits this year due to weak economic and B2B trends and despite continuing B2C e-commerce growth and generally solid Q3 results, driven by express, parcels, freight and logistics revenue growth. read more

An Austrian Post electric delivery van in Graz

Austrian Post reports strong quarterly revenue growth in all businesses

05-11-24

Austrian Post has recorded strong revenue growth across all its business units in the third quarter of the year, with rising parcel volumes in Austria as well as in Southeast and Eastern Europe driving growth despite tough economic headwinds. read more

Canada Post keeps delivering amid strike threat

Canada Post fights to avoid strike action as deadline passes

05-11-24

Canadian postal workers remain at work for now, despite a crucial deadline for strike action passing this weekend amid intensive talks between Canada Post and the country’s postal union. read more

Posten Bring package delivery in rural Norway

Posten Bring turns a profit despite weak growth in Nordic countries

05-11-24

Posten Bring said “a cautious increase” in parcel activity helped it post healthy Q3 results, although it warned against over-optimism in what it called “a demanding business market.” read more

Swiss Post is seeking more postal branch partners

Swiss Post to invest CHF 100 million in branch network modernisation

05-11-24

Swiss Post has announced plans to modernise its branch network with an investment of CHF 100 million and is on the search for new long-term partnerships for around 170 of its branches, as it tackles falling letter and in-payment volumes and fewer customers and works to ensure 2,000 staffed locations remain in Switzerland, without relying on taxpayers’ money. read more

Long-serving PostNL CEO to step down as strategic transformation continues

04-11-24

PostNL CEO Herna Verhagen will step down next April after 13 challenging years of transforming the Dutch postal operator into an e-commerce parcels-focused business, handing over the top job to the current CFO Pim Berendsen. read more

Upbeat Amazon greets peak after strong quarterly revenues and profits

04-11-24

Amazon is confidently predicting a strong peak final quarter of 2024 after speeding up deliveries and generating large double-digit increases in revenues and profits last quarter that exceeded analysts’ expectations. read more

DHL Express opens its new Gatwick service centre

DHL Express opens new sustainable service centre in Gatwick, UK

04-11-24

DHL Express has opened a new service centre in Gatwick in the UK, which is powered by 100% renewable energy and will get £37 million in a multi-year investment to meet the growing demand for express delivery services in the region. read more

Posti Group’s “operational excellence” offsets weak Q3 net sales

04-11-24

Finnish postal operator Posti Group has reported on a weak third financial quarter with net sales and adjusted earnings decreasing due to volume declines in its Fulfilment and Logistics Services and Postal Services businesses, but the firm noted that its operational efficiency is continuing to “develop positively.” read more

Canada Post workers on the brink of strike action

01-11-24

Postal workers in Canada could go on strike as early as this weekend if they fail to reach a deal with bosses, it has emerged, likely disrupting parcel deliveries to, from and within the country. read more

FedEx's new Memphis hub operations command center

FedEx opens massive new Memphis sorting facility

01-11-24

FedEx has cut the ribbon on the newest sorting facility at its Memphis hub, part of the company’s $1.5 billion Secondary 25 investment that will modernize hub operations. read more

Yodel will deliver InPost parcels to UK homes

Yodel teams up with InPost to scale out-of-home services in the UK

01-11-24

Independent parcel carrier Yodel has teamed up with European parcel delivery group InPost to provide final mile delivery services for “hundreds of thousands of parcels” through the InPost Locker-to-Door service. read more

KEBA presented the new Loxmate parcel locker at Parcel + Post-Expo

Interviews – KEBA, Fameccanica and GIRO share their latest innovations

01-11-24

At Parcel+Post Expo, held in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, last week, CEP-Research spoke exclusively to three leading suppliers in the delivery sector to find out what new products and solutions they are bringing to the market, with the firms showcasing everything from modular and secure lockers to flexible route optimisation tools, and AI-powered robotic parcel handling solutions. read more

Bloq.it and GLS managers celebrate their lockers deal

Bloq.it partners with GLS to power their smart locker networks across Europe

31-10-24

Bloq.it, a leading provider of smart locker technology, has sealed a strategic partnership with GLS to power their parcel locker networks across Europe, starting in Italy and Spain with the new NEXT autonomous Locker solution. read more

Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar bin Ibrahim loads a DHL package at the Kuala Lumpur gateway opening event

DHL opens new €60m Kuala Lumpur gateway

31-10-24

DHL Express has unveiled a new €60 million fully-automated sorting system for Kuala Lumpur airport, the company’s largest ever investment in Malaysia, and part of its strategy to bolster intra-Asia connectivity. read more

The Information Factory stand at Parcel+Post Expo

Interview – The Information Factory on the importance of end-to-end data

31-10-24

The flow of data through the end-to-end delivery chain is essential in today’s parcel and postal sector to reduce cost and improve efficiency, according to Gordon Steward, Marketing Director at the Information Factory – a business intelligence firm focused on the logistics and supply chain sectors. read more

US consumers prefer free shipping to fast delivery, FedEx finds

31-10-24

US consumers prioritize free shipping over fast delivery, according to a new report commissioned by FedEx. read more

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Escher technology powers Austrian Post branch network

Postal technology specialist Escher Group has signed a new deal with Austrian Post, which will see the company’s next-generation Omnichannel Retail Platform used to power the operator’s post office network. read more

Vanderlande buys Siemens Logistics’ airport business for €300 million

Vanderlande has signed an agreement to buy Siemens Logistics’ airport firm for €300 million – a deal which will bring together two rival businesses to create a new powerhouse in airport logistics automation. read more

Vanderlande secures DHL Group contract and triumphs at industry awards

Logistics automation firm Vanderlande has signed a new contract to install sorting technology at one of DHL Group’s “MechZB” last-mile depots at Regensburg in southern Germany, building on a long-standing programme which has seen Vanderlande already equip 74 of these depots across the country since 2014. read more

Descartes Systems Group acquires Sellercloud for US$110m

Canadian logistics software firm Descartes Systems Group has announced the acquisition of inventory and order management platform Sellercloud for US$110 million to meet customer demand for solutions that support the full lifecycle of domestic and cross-border e-commerce shipments. read more

parcelLab and Metapack partner for seamless retail deliveries

Technology-based companies parcelLab, a leading global retail, e-commerce, and post-purchase customer experience platform, and Metapack, a leader in e-commerce delivery technology, have announced a strategic partnership to deliver comprehensive end-to-end solutions for retailers worldwide. read more

Bloq.it software to power Locker Italia open parcel locker network

Portugal-based parcel locker technology newcomer Bloq.it has been chosen by Poste Italiane and DHL eCommerce to power their new joint venture, Locker Italia, using the Bloq.OS carrier agnostic software suite. read more

Quadient to roll out lockers at 50 railway stations across northern England

Global parcel locker firm Quadient has teamed up with British train operator Northern to roll out its Parcel Pending open network lockers at up to 50 railways stations across the North of England. read more

Planzer and LOXO roll out joint AV pilot project in Bern, Switzerland

Swiss logistics firm Planzer has teamed up with autonomous technology start-up LOXO to launch a “groundbreaking” new pilot project in Bern, which will see a self-driving vehicle transport parcels around the city for sustainable and efficient last mile deliveries. read more

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Fortna develops automated storage solution for Reuter in Germany

Vanderlande to supply automated fulfilment solution to Kappahl Group

Körber brings in Carrybots and wins Beiersdorf contract

Vanderlande delivers robot technology to DHL

ShipEngine launches ShipEngine for Platforms in the UK

Quadient expands UK parcel locker network to East of England Co-op stores

Körber extends software offering with MercuryGate acquisition

Blue Yonder speeds up with acquisitions and new contracts

Enilive biofuels will drive Poste Italiane fleet

Myflexbox installs 800th carrier-agnostic parcel locker

Vayu Robotics launches AI-driven robot vehicle for fast deliveries

ShipEngine uses what3words for more exact UK deliveries

KEBA rolls out parcel lockers across remote Faroe Islands

Zedify plans to triple in size this year thanks to £4m investment

Cartken raises $22.5m to develop autonomous delivery robots

NEWS IN BRIEF

Solar delivery vehicle start-up wins DHL award

GLS boosts Spain network with new Costa del Sol depot

Bring expands electric fleet in Sweden

DHL Express Japan provides free GHG data to customers

Panther Logistics rebrands to AIT Home Delivery

NZ Post drives fossil-free trucking

More FedEx hubs and ramps get CEIV Pharma certification

DHL Express accepts international parcels from Japanese post offices

DPD Estonia buys 25 more electric vans to go emission-free in 10 cities

Australia Post extends Microsoft agreement

BRT promotes Made In Italy products

Europa Road drives sustainability with DPD HVO linehaul services

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PEOPLE

Bianca Wong leads FedEx in Southeast Asia

Federal Express has appointed Bianca Wong as the new Regional Vice President for Southeast Asia, succeeding Audrey Cheong who assumed the role of Vice President for FedEx China in September 2024. read more

Walter Oblin takes over as new Director General of Austrian Post

Walter Oblin has taken up his new role as the General Director and Chairman of the management board of Austrian Post, following the retirement of long-serving Georg Pölzl who held the position since 2009. read more

DHL Express names Peter Bardens as new Asia Pacific operations head

Geopost appoints Loïc Bonhoure as new EVP of Finance and Acquisitions

DHL Supply Chain appoints Andries Retief as new CCO EMEA

Dennis Kollmann steps up to Hermes Germany CEO post

Barbara Potisk-Eibensteiner will be new Austrian Post CFO

Peter Ervasalo to head Posti in Sweden

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