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Read MoreTNT 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.
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.
Read MoreDHL expands product portfolio in Latin America
DHL introduced the largest two new time-definite express products in 12 countries across Latin America: DHL Express 10:30 a.m. for deliveries to the United States and DHL Express 12:00 p.m. for delivery services within Latin America.
The new morning express delivery services respond to customers’ time-sensitive needs, empowering them with the choice as to when and at what time they want their urgent materials delivered.
These new offerings are now available for customers and businesses sending shipments to major business centers within Latin America and to the U.S. from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela.
Both products will serve the steady growth of exports from South and Central America which increased by 5 percent in 2007 while the region’s real merchandise imports increased by 20 pct, more than three times the global average in 2007, according to data from the World Trade Organization.
The service guarantees door-to-door, next day or second day delivery of documents and parcels. Additional service features for these services include the latest possible collection times-a clear competitive differentiator-proactive delivery notification by email, delivery guarantee, dedicated operations procedures for priority handling.
Read MoreDHL inaugurates the industry's largest Hub in Central America
DHL inaugurated the largest Hub in Central America. With this new center, DHL has increased its capacity to sort up to 5,000 packages per hour, representing a 250pct jump from its previous shipping handling capacity.
Strategically located at Tocumen International Airport in Panama, a country that connects the main poles in the Latin America, the new DHL hub boasts the infrastructure and capacity needed to efficiently respond to the accelerated rise in international trade, particularly between the United States and Central America, which stems from the recent free trade agreements.
The USD 4.5 million hub was designed to optimize space allowing for greater operational and storage areas which results in increased shipment capacity and improvements in aircraft departure time by 10pct . The new 83,000 square-foot center- three times larger than the previous facility- considers various innovations and technology systems including a cold room for storing packages that require temperature control, material handling system and a re-packaging area.
In Mexico, the expansion of DHL Mexico City’s main hub resulted in increasing the company’s operating capacity by 20pct. The expansion is part of a five-year investment plan of over USD 112 million.
In Brazil, DHL opened recently four points-of-sales centers in the country’s major cities strategically located in high-traffic areas that facilitate access to small- and medium-size companies.
In Jamaica, a new Gateway was built and recently inaugurated to speed customs clearance.
In Argentina, the company invested USD 1 M to open a customer service center with state-of-the art technology which doubled the capacity.
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