Tag: TNT

Australia's Toll Holding CEO wants slice of China's logistics market

Posted by | Jul 14, 2006 | |

As Toll Holdings Ltd moves to bed down its 6 bln aud-plus acquisition of stevedoring company Patrick Corp Ltd and the 1.1 bln aud acquisition of Singapore-based logistics group, Sembcorp Logistics (SembLog), Australia’s largest transport logistics group is starting to focus on China.

The group is planning to capture a big slice of the logistics business as the flow of manufactured goods from China to Australia and other parts of the Asia-Pacific region continues to grow at an unabated pace.

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Scotland set for privatised post trial

Posted by | Jul 6, 2006 | |

Britain’s first fully privatised door-to-door post service to rival the Royal Mail is to be trialled in Scotland.

Glasgow and Edinburgh have been chosen, along with Manchester, for an experiment which will give customers the choice of having collection, sorting and delivery carried out entirely in private hands.

The trial, to be conducted later this year by Royal Mail’s biggest rival, TNT, will see thousands of households visited by two postal workers and could pave the way for greater competition throughout the rest of Britain.

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Big Four Turn Cautious on China's Domestic Delivery Market

Posted by | Jul 6, 2006 | |

DHL, FedEx, UPS, and TNT have slowed down their expansion in the Chinese domestic delivery market these days due to high costs.

FedEx, the world’s largest express delivery company, is reported to only operate international express delivery business in China for the moment.

US-based FedEx has become the main sponsor of Chinese Badminton Team from 2006 to 2008, when members of the team would wear sports clothes with words “FedEx” when participating in international games.

A principal at the market division of FedEx’s Asia-Pacific region explained that this move was aimed to further enhance its brand recognition among Chinese small and medium customers.

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TNT plans B2C services in European markets

Posted by | Jul 3, 2006 | |

TNT plans to launch parcel services for consumers in several European markets later this year, according to a report in German newspaper Die Welt. “We will announce our strategy for parcel services in the third quarter,” the newspaper quoted TNT CEO Peter Bakker as saying. The aim was to benefit from growing home delivery parcel volumes generated by e-commerce sales, and to use available capacity in its express and postal networks. “We can imagine a launch in France, Great Britain and the Benelux states,” TNT board member Harry Koorstra said. But instead of offering a next-day delivery service, TNT might opt for a slower delivery, he said. Koorstra declined to say whether TNT might also enter the German B2C parcels market.

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TNT 'will not give up' on Japanese talks

Posted by | Jun 30, 2006 | |

TNT, the Dutch post group, has insisted talks to forge a joint venture with Japan Post are very much alive, in spite of the Japanese saying they have abandoned the plan.

Rebutting media reports that talks had broken down, Peter Bakker, TNT chief executive, said: “I want to emphasise we are still in discussions with Japan Post. We are confident we are making progress (so) we are not going to give up.”

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