首页
登录
职称英语
While some international couriers are showing signs of exhaustion, EMS (Expr
While some international couriers are showing signs of exhaustion, EMS (Expr
游客
2023-12-27
62
管理
问题
While some international couriers are showing signs of exhaustion, EMS (Express Mail Service), the generic name for the courier services of post offices, seems to be finding its stride. Known as Datapost in Britain, as Chronopost in France, and as A1-Barid al-Mumtaz in Saudi Arabia, EMS is now second in the international courier business (jointly with TNT Skypack). Last year it delivered 5.6 million items, weighing less than 20 kilograms each, across borders. That and its annual growth rate of around 5 percent have worried DHL, the market leader, enough for it to counter-attack in the Courts.
On October 26, a Dutch judge ruled against DHL on all three counts filed against the Dutch post office: that the three-initial name was too close to DHL’s; that the orange lines in the EMS logo were too similar to DHL’s dark red ones; and that the claim to the widest route system in the world was unfounded. DHL has threatened the Swiss post office with similar action, but it may reconsider after the Dutch ruling.
EMS has some advantages over the private couriers. One is a dense ready-made network of offices, especially in Europe, the avowed target area of the private couriers. Another advantage is a long tradition of working with customs authorities. In a business where minutes count, it pays to have good friends at customs. That advantage particularly irritates the private couriers because there is no legal way to combat such unquantifiable coziness.
The private courier services are also annoyed because in countries like Switzerland and Italy, where the post office is officially a monopoly, they pay it a fee. In Switzerland DHL says it pays more than SFr lm ($ 708,000) "to the competition" each year. In France the couriers have won a battle for exoneration.
Although governments are under little pressure to keep prices artificially low, EMS is often cheaper than the private couriers, but not always. A recent test in Britain (on a domestic route) showed Datapost about halfway between the least and the most expensive, but gave it full marks for speed and service.
Each national EMS is free to set its rates and follow its own rules on things like bulk discounts. The Universal Postal Union, based in Berne, determines how costs and revenues are split between sending and receiving countries, and standardizes procedures. More than 100 postal administrations have linked into the system—and more are coming, including Russia’s. That makes the feisty EMS particularly happy since its rivals have not been allowed to serve anywhere in Russia. [br] The recent test in Britain shows that ______.
选项
A、EMS provides better services than the private couriers
B、the private couriers are as cheap as EMS
C、the private couriers are faster than EMS
D、EMS is always cheaper than the private couriers
答案
A
解析
细节题型见第五段最后一句:近期在英国(国内路线)上作了一个测试,发现英国的EMS的价格介于其他courier类似业务的中间,但快递的速度和服务是最好的。因此A为答案。
转载请注明原文地址:https://tihaiku.com/zcyy/3310515.html
相关试题推荐
Whiletheworldisagogoverinternationaltransmissionoftheswineflu,letme
______camethatJapaninsistsonwithdrawingfromtheInternationalWhalingComm
Sincetheestablishmentwehaveaccumulatedabundantdomesticandinternational
Gregorwasagiftedviolinistwhowasdiligentaboutpracticing,showingadedic
Theinternationalconferencewasattendedbymany_________scientistsfromdevelo
WewillshowhowtheInternationalOlympicshavecommercializedinternationally,
AdelegationofAmericanofficialsappearedbeforeaninternationallegalpa
AdelegationofAmericanofficialsappearedbeforeaninternationallegalpa
AdelegationofAmericanofficialsappearedbeforeaninternationallegalpa
AdelegationofAmericanofficialsappearedbeforeaninternationallegalpa
随机试题
OnThursday,thePhiladelphiaSchoolReformCommissionwillbevotingonthe
Oceanographyhasbeendefinedas"Theapplicationofallsciencestothestu
A.斜弯曲与轴向压缩的组合 B.平面弯曲与轴向压缩的组合 C.斜弯曲 D.
若事件A、B互不相容,且P(A)=p,P(B)=q,则等于:A.1-p B.
下列各项中,属于企业价值评估范畴的有( )。A.因公司价值变化而引起的法律诉讼
便秘的病理关键是A:肠胃积热,肠道津枯 B:大肠传导功能失常 C:气机阻滞,
中药处方的后记不包括A.医师签章 B.开具日期 C.药品金额 D.
端子箱每个接线端子不得超过两根接线,不同截面芯线不得接在()接线端子上(A)两根
在财政政策时滞中,财政部门在制定采取何种政策之前对经济问题调查研究所耗费的时间称
哪项为医师在执业活动中应履行的义务() A.获得与相关的医疗设备基本条件 B
最新回复
(
0
)