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TNT edges towards global 747 network

Posted by | Feb 25, 2002 | |

TNT Airways is expecting to launch its first scheduled longhaul freighter services next month – part of a plan to develop a global 11747 freighter net work.
The green light from the South African authorities will see a three or four-times weekly B747 flying between TNT’s Liege hub and Johannesburg.
“We think approval is imminent, and we maybe able to launch next month,” said MD Niky Terzakis.
TNT has been flying once or twice a week to Johannesburg on a charter basis, through Atlas Air, since October, but has applied for the aircraft to be registered in Belgium and has been training its own crew on B747s

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A secure agenda for parcels

Posted by | Feb 18, 2002 | |

Valuable items once tended to be carried in small numbers but through the advent of microtechnology. small, high value items are far more common. Mobile phones are a classic example and a lorry load presents a prized target for a heist. However, there would appear to be little reliable information worldwide concerning stolen cargo. The last worldwide survey conducted by the Fecher al Bureau of
Investigation in (FBI) and die National ( argo Security Council in I 99M estimated the value upwards of $50bn. However, as Ken Matthews, director of security at TNT express points out: “Both businesses arid express operato rs have recognised a signifi(alit increase since 1998 and between 1999 and 2000 recorded incidents in Europe rose to 55% .”

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Belgiums logistics sector still predicts modest growth

Posted by | Feb 11, 2002 | |

Logistics companies in Belgium are forecasting continued growth, despite flat conditions elsewhere in freight industry.
The biggest Belgian multinational logistics company, ABX Logistics, has recently won a contract with publishing organisation Boek.be which will involve distribution in Belgium. “We have won new international customers in the past year in areas such as healthcare, pharmaceuticals and textiles, which all have Belgian operations,” says a company spokesman. Another speciality is the tailor-made packages the company offers to the white and brown goods industries.

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TNT invests in new sorting centre

Posted by | Feb 1, 2002 | |

TNT Express, which claims to be Britain’s leading business to business express delivery company, yesterday announced that it had invested over pounds 4 million in a parcel and document sorting centre at Lount in Leicestershire. Situated on a 12.5 acre site near the M1 and the M42, the complex was previously occupied by parcel carrier Panic Link which went into receivership last June. TNT said its investment would create over 200 new jobs for people in the East Midlands over the next two years and further strengthen its nationwide next-day hub and spoke delivery network.

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