TNT launches road express between Argentina and Brazil
TNT has launched an international road express service between Argentina and Brazil under its plans to create a cross-border road network in South America.
The new service will be provided by TNT Mercurio Argentina, a new unit of the Brazilian road express operator acquired in early 2007, and will be initially offered in the northern province of Cordoba, TNT Express Argentina said in an online newsletter.
The road transport company will operate out of the TNT Cordoba office, targeting customers with exports and imports to/from Brazil who use full-load or consolidated freight services. TNT Mercúrio Argentina will also link TNT’s existing offices in Mar del Plata, Rosario, Mendoza, Córdoba, Salta and Buenos Aires to create a domestic road transport network offering door-to-door deliveries.
Julio Cesar Sardi, director of TNT Mercúrio Argentina, said customers in Argentina would benefit from the new service which would reinforce TNT’s position as a local market leader for exports and imports. “In addition, we have a very ambitious project to expand services from Argentina to the Mercosur region,” he said.
The province of Córdoba lies north-west of Buenos Aires and on the main transportation routes between southern Brazil and Chile. The city of Córdoba, the second-largest city in Argentina, is a major industrial centre, including automotive and hi-tech manufacturing.
TNT Express Argentina already offers international time-definite air express services and domestic transportation of documents and parcels. In Brazil, TNT Mercurio employs 7,000 staff, has a fleet of 2,631 vehicles and has a network of 110 depots.
