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Dutch TNT and UK Royal Mail in race for ABX Belgium Distribution

Posted by | Nov 20, 2006 | |

Dutch mail and express deliveries group TNT NV and UK rival Royal Mail are the two remaining bidders for ABX Belgium Distribution, Belgian De Tijd newspaper said on November 18, 2006.

The owner, Belgian railways SNCB/NMBS, aims to complete the deal within three weeks.

The EU competition authorities obliged NMBS to sell the unit by the end of 2006.

ABX Belgium Distribution is a market leader in the domestic parcel deliveries market. The unit has an annual revenue of 90 mln euro (USD 115.5 mln) and a 700-strong workforce. Furthermore, 650 trucks of third parties are running for the company.

ABX Belgium Distribution was earlier part of ABX Logistics Worldwide SA/NV (ABX), which was sold by NMBS to UK private equity firm 3i Group Plc and the management in August 2006. The deal included air cargo, sea cargo, customs, logistics and international transport activities of ABX Belgium.

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TNT strengthens foothold in RI's express delivery market

Posted by | Nov 20, 2006 | |

Urip Hudiono, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta

TNT is one of the world’s largest express delivery and logistics services, competing against DHL, UPS and Federal Express.

Established in Australia, the now Netherlands-based company has been operating in Indonesia since 1979. It has been expanding its network in Indonesia since last year and provides special delivery services for its customers. The Jakarta Post spoke to TNT country general manager Peter Langley.

Question: What is Indonesia’s express delivery and logistics services market like?”

Answer: We’re in markets all around the world, some of the markets are growing, and some of the other markets are growing even much more.

And we look at places like China, Vietnam and Indonesia. They’re places we need to be, because we know those markets are growing very quickly, for import, export and domestically.

We want to be here, and we want to grow our infrastructure. Indonesia is a very important platform as part of our the global network.

Indonesia also has a very big market for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). I come from 10 years in the express delivery business in Australia, and the SME business is very big there, and I come here, and it’s even bigger.

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Partnership delivers a winning performance

Posted by | Nov 17, 2006 | |

One of the UK’s mailroom experts has won a customer service award in partnership with insurance giant Royal & SunAlliance.

TNT Managed Services – a division of Britain’s leading business-to-business express delivery operators, TNT – collected top honours in the Customer Service category at the coveted British Institute of Facilities Management (BIFM) Awards held at the Grosvenor House Hotel in Park Lane, London.

Since 2004, TNT has been responsible for the management of all 16 Royal & Sun Alliance’s mailroom locations in the UK, as well providing an inter-branch mail distribution service covering 21 sites.

First-class standards in performance provided by TNT exceeded agreed performance indicator levels, prompting Royal & SunAlliance Facilities Management Service Manager Stuart Boardman to comment: “TNT have not only set a benchmark for the implementation and delivery of outsourced services, they also set a very high standard within our supply chain solutions.”

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TNT picks Four to handle battle against Royal Mail

Posted by | Nov 17, 2006 | |

TNT Post has briefed Four Communications to manage its corporate reputation as the delivery firm seeks to grab market share from Royal Mail.

The UK arm of the Netherlands-based company was launched two years ago after Royal Mail’s 350-year monopoly ended. Letter-delivery was opened up to full competition this year.

Four’s hire spells the end of a two-year relationship with Financial Dynamics.

Account manager Lucy Bennett said the agency would promote TNT Post’s services to the business sector via national, regional and specialist titles.

The Four team, headed by CEO Nan Williams, reports to TNT Post CEO Nick Wells, although its day-to-day contact is head of marcoms Simon Dolph.

TNT Post has won ‘downstream access’ contracts with Barclays, LloydsTSB, BSkyB and Telewest – it collects and sorts all mail from the companies before final delivery by Royal Mail. The firm is currently working to cut Royal Mail out of the loop altogether.

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TNT and the State of the Netherlands have reached agreement on the transfer of the Special Share

Posted by | Nov 16, 2006 | |

TNT and the State of the Netherlands have reached agreement on the transfer of the Special Share following the ruling by the European Court of Justice on 28 September 2006 that the Special Share contradicts EU law.

The State will transfer the Special Share to TNT for free and both parties have agreed to terminate the special control rights and the other arrangements that are related to the States shareholding in TNT. On its next Annual General Meeting of Shareholders TNT will propose to cancel the Special Share and have its articles of association changed accordingly. Until such date TNT has agreed to neither exercise the rights attached to the Special Share nor sell the Special Share.

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