The National Health Service has renewed links with TNT Express and signed a new three-year contract with the carrier.
The National Health Service Purchasing and Supply Authority originally chose TNT Express to deliver vital medical equipment and other essential items to hundreds of UK hospitals in 1999. The new contract, which is for an undisclosed amount, includes the option of extending the arrangement by a further two years.
Read MoreMail, express and logistics company TPG N.V., through its subsidiary TPG Post B.V. has acquired a 60% majority share in Prime Vision B.V. from TNO Beheer B.V. Prime Vision is a globally operating company based in Delft, the Netherlands, which specialises in the development, production, marketing and sales of pattern and character recognition products.
TPG Post uses pattern recognition software and technical applications in its letter processing operations, and in particular during sorting. Further development of pattern and character recognition software and technology is important to TPG Post for further improvements of the efficiency of the sorting process.
Read MoreFederal Express has said it has set up a branch in Xiamen with its long-term China partner DTW Co Ltd.
‘I am very glad to see that the joint venture between FedEx Express and DTW steps onto a new stage and looking forward to the tremendous business growth of our Xiamen branch,’ Eddy Chan, Vice President of FedEx’s China Division said in a statement.
FedEx formed its first venture with DTW in Beijing in 1999 and has expanded rapidly in the country.
Read MoreUnited Parcel Service and FedEx Corp. urged the U.S. Department of Transportation to overrule a recommendation by its own administrative law judge that Astar Air Cargo be allowed to operate as a U.S.-licensed airline. The two big express carriers contended that Astar is controlled by DHL International and its corporate parent, Deutsche Post World Net, and does not meet requirements that domestic airlines by majority-owned by U.S. citizens. It’s unlikely, however, that DOT will overrule Kolko’s recommendation. The department had ruled on previous occasions that DHL Airways complied with U.S. citizenship requirements. It only complied with the demand by FedEx and UPS for an open hearing after legislation passed last spring mandated the appointment of an administrative law judge to investigate DHL Airways’ ownership.
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