TNT today unveiled its new TNT China University. TNT’s partnership with the prestigious Shanghai Jiaotong University’s Antai School of Management marks the kickoff of an alliance aimed at utilizing each institution’s advantages for the purpose of training local talent in China’s fast-developing industries of logistics, express, and mail service.
Read MoreLatest Customs’ statistics show that Shanghai has become an air express (AXPS) hub in China, and even in Asia and the Pacific region. Multinational express companies are one after another increasing their investment and shifting their regional business focus to Shanghai.
Shanghai is an aviation hub port and a leading city in the development of the Yangtze River Delta area. Since this year, the amount of both inbound and outbound express delivery handled by Shanghai Port has grown over 50 percent over the same period of 2003, and the port even ranked first in China in terms of amount of air express handled, which had reached 8 million pieces by the end of September this year.
The world’s largest express operator, UPS of the United States, after shifting its Grand-China-Area headquarter from Hong Kong to Shanghai, plans to construct an Asia-Pacific area transshipment center in Shanghai, and then centering on Shanghai, to develop international through express business in Qingdao, Guangzhou and Xiamen. Several other international express giants, including DHL and TNT, are also planning such operation system in China.
Read MoreIn Russia DHL has been working since 1984. Now it has 100 its own and agent offices in the territory of the country. Turnover of the company in Russia is not disclosed. According to the Russian division of DHL, in 2004 it will transport 3.2 million cargoes including 60% inside of the country. According to Post of Russia, the market of Russian express delivery market is estimated at $200-250 million (some market players estimate it at $500 million), $150 million of this sum being international delivery more than 70% of which is controlled by the “big four”: DHL -45% (DHL estimates its share at 57%), UPS and TNT- 15% each and FedEx – about 4%. In domestic delivery market significant market shares belong to Pony Express and SPSR Express.
Read MoreFrench market share:
TNT is the third largest operator in France’s international express market, just below Chronopost’s 18.5%. DHL is the clear market leader, with 36% of the market.
The world’s major express and logistics companies remain confident about the long-term prospects of the Indonesian courier market despite uncertainties in the country’s foreign trade.
Big players such as DHL, Fedex, TNT and RPX believe the long-term prospects for the Indonesian courier market remain bright, although many problems still hamper Indonesia’s international trade.
“There have definitely been improvements in the business, especially in the area of heavyweight shipments,” Edi Parayitno, the communications and e-commerce manager of DHL Express in Indonesia. Edi said that DHL Express, which operates through its Indonesian partner, PT Birotika Semesta, had recently launched an air service between Jakarta and Singapore in response to the high volume of inbound and outbound shipments
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