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Tuesday November 13, 2018
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Amazon Air grows to 40 freighters and eyes more as US network expands

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos unveils <p>the 40th 'Prime Air' plane

Amazon Air has taken delivery of its 40th plane and could be looking for more as the e-commerce giant expands its US logistics network with a new sorting centre at Wilmington Air Park, in Ohio.  read more

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Bpost gets back to work

Bpost management and unions close to deal to end labour dispute

13-11-18

Management and staff unions at bpost are close to reaching a deal to end a labour dispute which has disrupted the distribution of mail and parcels at the Belgian postal utility over the past week.  read more

Purolator Mobile Quick Stop truck in Montreal

Purolator gets mobile for Canadian city centre deliveries

13-11-18

Canadian express parcels operator Purolator yesterday launched mobile delivery points in four of the country’s biggest cities as the nationwide postal strike drags on into a fourth week.  read more

DHL Express opens new Sofia facility

DHL Express Bulgaria opens new logistics center in Sofia

13-11-18

DHL Express is expanding in South-East Europe with a new facility at Sofia Airport to increase its capacity in Bulgaria as volumes grow.  read more

Finns want fast and free deliveries, Posti study finds

13-11-18

Finnish consumers overwhelmingly want fast and free deliveries from online retailers, according to a new study from postal group Posti.  read more

Global monitoring with Resilience360

Deutsche Post DHL gets $21m venture capital to expand supply chain risk solution Resilience360

12-11-18

US venture capital group Columbia Capital is investing $21 million to fund the expansion of DHL’s supply chain risk management solution Resilience360.  read more

Alibaba CEO Daniel Zhang presents <p>this year's record sales figure

Alibaba and JD.com sell 1.4 billion items as 11.11 Singles Day sales set new records

12-11-18

Chinese and international consumers splashed out US$54 billion to snap up more than 1.4 billion items during this year’s record-breaking 11.11 / Singles Day shopping festival, with more international orders than ever before, according to figures from e-commerce giants Alibaba and JD.com.  read more

UPS Freight gets trucking again

UPS avoids freight unit strike

12-11-18

UPS will get its US freight trucking operations back on the road today after workers approved a new pay deal and thus averted a possible national strike.  read more

Jetpak buys Belgian air express firm Right Away

12-11-18

Nordic express courier group Jetpak has continued its European expansion with the acquisition of Belgian air express company Right Away.  read more

Carl Sturgeon (left), President UPS West Europe, <p>with Karl Haberkorn, country manager UPS Italy

UPS expands in Italy with new Tuscany centre

12-11-18

UPS has started construction work on a new package centre in Prato, near Florence, to expand its Italy network as volumes grow at double-digit rates.  read more

CUPW members on strike

Strikes hit deliveries in North America and Europe

09-11-18

Postal and parcel deliveries in Canada and Belgium were again hit by strike action today, while UPS Freight could be impacted by industrial action from Monday in separate disputes ahead of the peak season.  read more

IPC CEO Holger Winklbauer

Posts reduce CO2 emissions further in 2017, IPC reports

09-11-18

The 20 leading postal operators in the IPC Environmental Measurement and Monitoring System (EMMS) further reduced their overall CO2 emissions last year, according to the latest IPC sustainability report unveiled today.  read more

DHL Parcel opens first depot in Switzerland

09-11-18

DHL Parcel yesterday opened its first depot in Switzerland two months after entering the domestic market to compete with Swiss Post and other parcel carriers.  read more

UPS Asia chief Ross McCullough (left) <p>with Harld Peters, head of UPS China

UPS boosts China air and rail capacity

09-11-18

UPS has increased intercontinental air and rail capacity to and from China as part of various service enhancements in the last few months.  read more

CTT adds e-commerce partners and supports innovative start-ups

09-11-18

Portuguese postal group CTT Correios de Portugal is boosting its e-commerce activities with more partners and an ‘11.11’ promotion campaign with AliExpress, as well as supporting innovative start-ups to continue its parcels growth.  read more

DPD Germany expects 15% more parcels <p>during the 2018 peak season

DPD and GLS plan peak season surcharges and 2019 price increases in Germany

08-11-18

Both DPD and GLS will introduce peak season surcharges for B2C deliveries in Germany this year and are planning to increase prices for business customers in January to compensate for rising operational costs.  read more

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