Tag: TNT

German forwarders form mail network to take on Deutsche Post

Posted by | Aug 22, 2006 | |

Five German freight forwarding and logistics groups have linked up to form a private mail carrier “ Xanto” to compete with Deutsche Post. The companies are all ex-founder members of parcel carriers DPD and German Parcel (now GLS).

The founders of “Xanto – the LetNet System” are Diehl Spedition, M&M Militzer & Münch, Honold Logistik Gruppe, G.L. Kayser and Cretschmar Cargo along with the management consultant Christian Holland-Moritz who will also act as managing director. Xanto will function as a cooperation network in which up to 100 local and regional mail carriers work together to provide a nationwide coverage while retaining their identity and independent status.

“Xanto is a network which has been created by logistics service companies that are used to cooperating and which will operate independently of publishing houses and large corporations,” declared Holland-Moritz. “With the end of the letter monopoly at the start of 2008, as a private competitor we will be able to offer a nationwide mail delivery service that will lie below the price level of Deutsche Post.”

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EMS quickens deliveries to regain share

Posted by | Aug 16, 2006 | |

Express Mail Service (EMS), operated by state-owned China Courier Service Corp., has sped up its deliveries in a bid to regain its decreasing market share.

Now it takes just more than ten hours to deliver an express mail from Shanghai to Beijing, about two hours shorter than before. Moreover, EMS deliverers are dressed in orange, a change from the former green, and equipped with data collection machines, which provide timely information about the delivery process.

With millions of Chinese yuan put into upgrading facilities, adjusting networks and improving systems, EMS has accelerated both inside and outside the country.

It is the biggest move for EMS since it started twenty-six years ago. It has finally got moving when the Chinese express market is crowded with more and more privately owned express companies and global logistics titans.

EMS’ acceleration is mainly depending on upgrading equipment and optimizing operation, an upgrading model focusing on technologies.

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TNT wins Ikea catalogue distribution contract

Posted by | Aug 15, 2006 | |

TNT Post has won the GBP 2m-plus contract to distribute Ikea’s catalogues to UK households over the next year and will, for the first time, be the sole distributor.

TNT, which has worked with the furniture retailer since 1992, has always shared contracts with other distributors; it worked with a company called Deya in the last contract. It has been awarded sole supplier status following a lengthy tender process earlier this year.

The new edition of the catalogue is to go out to 13.3m households in the next month through TNT’s Solus doordrop service.

The service uses TNT’s Team Network, a national field force of 8,000 distributors, directed by more than 150 full-time area managers.

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TNT to invest USD 1 million in Saudi Arabia

Posted by | Aug 13, 2006 | |

The company has recently opened nine additional depots, which also serve as walk in centres, in Jeddah, Riyadh, Dhahran, Madinah, Tabuk, Khamis Mushayt, Jubail, Yanbu and Buraidah. A further 22 are planned in other major cities across the country within the next 18 months.

‘Our ambition is to expand TNT’s nationwide coverage, offer an integrated product range and, by providing extra support and facilities to our customers and become the third largest domestic express player by 2015,’ said Taha Al-Harazy, Country General Manager, TNT/SAB Express.

‘We will expand in a phased manner, which would enable us to cater to the needs of medium and large scale customers demanding end-to-end logistics solutions. The aim is to make TNT more accessible within the Kingdom and our recent ISO9001 and ISO14001 certifications are official recognitions that we are doing this with the highest quality possible.’

‘Saudi Arabia is strategically located and bordered by eight countries, serving as a gateway to the Middle East. Therefore it is vital for a company wanting to develop its regional business to have a strong presence in the Kingdom,’ added Al-Harazy.

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TNT, DHL in Top 50 of Netherlands Favourite Employers 2006

Posted by | Aug 9, 2006 | |

Dutch mail and express deliveries group TNT NV and competitor DHL are among the top 50 of the Netherlands’ most favourite employers for 2006, according to a research of local consultancy firm De Intelligence Group released on August 4, 2006.

TNT (www.tnt.com) now ranks 14th, up a notch from the previous year.

DHL (www.dhl.com) trails far behind TNT with the 45th place in the 2006 ranking against 136th in 2005.

The rank list is topped by the police, followed by last year’s winner, Royal Philips Electronics NV.

De Intelligence Group conducted the survey among more than 8,000 people over the last half year.

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