TNT expands to Germany and builds new depot in the Netherlands
TNT has announced plans to develop its European network with the construction of a new international depot in Eindhoven (Netherlands) primarily serving customers in the healthcare and high-tech industries, in addition to launching air services to Hanover (Germany). TNT has broken ground on its new 6,350 square meter depot in Eindhoven to replace the existing, rented facility in the same town, which has become too small. Completion is expected in June 2015. The facility will feature state-of-the-art sorting and loading equipment, and 99 loading docks for vans and trucks. The new depot will increase productivity, throughput as well as working conditions for the 250 staff at the site. It will enhance TNT’s capability to handle increased volumes of parcels and freight across north-western Europe, with direct deliveries to customers and daily road line-hauls to Liege, Arnhem, Northampton, Paris and Zurich.
TNT is also expanding service to Germany, Europe’s largest express delivery market. TNT now offers five weekly flights connecting Hanover to the company’s main international air hub in Liege (Belgium), Hanover to Billund (Denmark) and Oslo (Norway) to Hanover. All the flights are operated with a Boeing 737-400 freighter.
Hanover is a convenient gateway to northern Germany, including the towns of Hamburg, Bremen and Magdeburg. The daily overnight flight from Liege to Hanover Langenhagen Airport enables delivery of urgent shipments to the region before 9:00 a.m. After reloading, the flight continues to Denmark. The flight from Hanover to Liege, which originates from Oslo, departs Hanover every night, allowing for late collections in northern Germany and next-day delivery all over Europe. These services will particularly benefit automotive and industrial companies that rely on time-critical exports and imports.
TNT has been active in Hanover for many years. In 2012, the company moved its local offices and road transit hub to a large building on the airport grounds to ensure smoother connections between air and road operations. By operating its own flights to Hanover Langenhagen Airport, Lower Saxony’s largest airport, TNT now gives customers even more control over their shipments.
