Dutch global parcel delivery company TNT Express is looking at ‘all the options’ to replace Airborne as its ground delivery partner for great swathes of the US.
Airborne’s ground hub-to-door network now belongs to rival DHL, itself part of the Deutsche Post logistics and express parcel empire.
Read MoreChina has for the first time granted the rights for distributing publications to a private domestic company, providing a new channel for private capital to enter the hitherto state-controlled publications sector.
It identified the private firm as Guangzhou-based Wende Guangyun Media Distribution Group, with a registered capital of 50 mln yuan.
Read MoreInternational forwarder TNT Express has opened an express depot at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Banten, as part of its efforts to improve the speed and efficiency of its service.
“Since we first opened our doors for business in 1979 in Indonesia, TNT has demonstrated a strong commitment to our customers and to developing the air express delivery and logistics industry in the country,” TNT Indonesia’s Colin Moran said in a press release.
Read MoreShare of domestic U.S. overnight air express and ground parcel markets among top competitors in second quarter, 2003.
Read MoreTNT Express announced Thursday that it has combined its U.S. and Canadian operations. “This new organization capitalizes on our collective strength and expertise within Canada and the USA,” said Curtis Watson, president of TNT North America. Watson, a native of Canada who has run TNT’s U.S. operation since January 2001, said the merger will have no adverse impact on sales and operations in Canada. “This will be completely transparent to our customers,” he said. Customer service functions that had been handled in Canada will be transferred to Houston, where the express operator runs a customer service center 24 hours a day, seven days a week. TNT said it is hiring French-speaking representatives in Houston to handle inquiries from Canada.
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