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TNT Says Fuel, U.S. Economy Haven't Hurt Express Unit

Posted by | Jun 19, 2008 | |

TNT said rising fuel prices and the slowing U.S. economy aren’t hurting its express-delivery division. ‘TNT is coping well with the uncertainty in the economy,’ Marie-Christine Lombard, head of the Hoofddorp, Netherlands-based company’s TNT Express unit, said today at a press briefing in Liege, Belgium. There is ‘so far no impact.’

Jet fuel prices in northwest Europe have risen 42 percent this year, Bloomberg data show. TNT’s Memphis, Tennessee-based competitor FedEx Corp., the second-largest U.S. package-shipping company, posted its first quarterly loss in 11 years yesterday and projected earnings that fall short of analysts’ estimates as fuel costs rise and the country’s slowing economy curbs demand.

TNT is transporting as much as possible by road rather than air, helping to hold back costs as prices for diesel fuel rise more slowly than for jet kerosene. The company’s U.S. business makes up only 2 percent to 3 percent of total express-delivery volumes. TNT isn’t planning to expand its operations within the world’s largest economy, Lombard said today. ‘We’re not a big player intra-U.S.A. and we don’t plan to be one,’ she said.

TNT, which operates a fleet of aircraft for its express-delivery network, is considering forming a partnership with cargo airlines to use their freight space on some routes, Lombard said. Such an alliance would probably be a ‘commercial’ agreement and not involve a capital investment, she added.

Bonn-based competitor Deutsche Post AG’s DHL express-delivery unit and Deutsche Lufthansa AG, Europe’s second-biggest airline, set up the AeroLogic cargo joint venture this year. The business will fly freight and express mail from Germany to Asia and the U.S. starting in 2009, stepping up competition with TNT as well as U.S. rivals United Parcel Service Inc. and FedEx.

TNT will invest in new aircraft in the event that there is sufficient shipment volume that requires additional capacity, according to Lombard.

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Parcelnet acquires TNT post’s courier business (UK)

Posted by | Jun 19, 2008 | |

Parcelnet has acquired the courier business of TNT Post. Under the agreement, Parcelnet has integrated TNT Post’s nationwide courier operation and the home delivery contract for catalogue and online retailer JD Williams into its existing UK business, enhancing the company’s network in terms of size and throughput.

Volumes totalling more than 12.5 million parcels per year have been smoothly and seamlessly transferred to Parcelnet – including the long-term contract with JD Williams – with minimal service disruption to customers. Parcelnet has also become TNT Post’s preferred home delivery partner as part of the deal. The extended network size – increasing to 7,000 lifestyle couriers – makes courier rounds even more local and has strengthened
Parcelnet’s presence in London and the south east of England, enabling the company to introduce enhanced service offers in the future. In addition, Parcelnet has taken on 100 full-time employees that previously held field, support and management roles within TNT Post, allowing the company to make best use of expertise and best practise.

Commenting on the acquisition, Carole Woodhead, Managing Director at Parcelnet, said: ”This latest development builds on the acquisition of the Redcats courier business last year, further strengthening our network, enabling service enhancements and providing continued growth of our client base.”

Last year, Parcelnet acquired the UK courier network of catalogue group Redcats. Under the terms of the deal, Parcelnet was appointed to handle the home delivery service for Redcats’ UK brands – notably La Redoute, Empire Stores, Vertbaudet and Daxon.

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TNT Post to help business mailers get greener

Posted by | Jun 18, 2008 | |

TNT Post is launching a service for its business customers to help them measure and reduce the carbon impact of their mailing activity.
TNT Post customers will be able to access a web-based carbon calculator, to measure the carbon impact of all contributing mail fulfilment elements used to produce and deliver their mailings.
The calculator was developed by The CarbonNeutral Company and Edinburgh Centre for Carbon Management.
The service comes in response to the government’s target of reducing carbon emissions by 20% by 2020 and the Direct Marketing Association’s 2003 agreement with the government, which commits the direct marketing industry to reduce its environmental impact over the next 10 years.
The aim is to reduce landfill, to benefit the environment, while also leading to more effectively targeted direct marketing.
The calculator takes into account the entire mailing chain, from the type of paper, ink and packaging used, to the fulfilment, data cleansing, undeliverables capturing, transportation and delivery of each mail item.
The result is a calculation of mailing emissions, broken down into carbon contributing factors.
Once identified, TNT Post recommends how these individual carbon levels can be reduced by, for example, highlighting the importance of using recycled materials for mailings and recommending suppliers who can print on sustainable and recycled materials including Forest Stewardship Council sourced paper for existing mail packs.

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Deutsche Post and Selekt Mail file complaint against extension of mail monopoly in the Netherlands

Posted by | Jun 11, 2008 | |

Deutsche Post World Net and Deutsche Post Selekt Mail Nederland C.V. filed a joint complaint with the European Commission today to protest the renewed delay of the opening of the mail market in the Netherlands. Basis for the complaint is the Dutch government’s decision not to end the mail monopoly as planned on July 1, 2008, but to extend it indefinitely, thereby creating a competitive advantage for Post TNT of the Netherlands.

Through their decision, the Netherlands join the group of opponents against a liberalization who refuse the uniform opening of postal markets in Europe and continue to count on market foreclosure instead of competition.

Under the European law, a member state may reserve the national postal market exclusively for one provider only if this approach plays an essential role in financing the universal service. However, the statements of the Dutch government clearly show that the renewed delay only serves the interests of TNT. The Dutch government’s activities are, therefore, a clear violation of European legislation.

The allegation of an insufficient competition in the neighbor countries, especially in Germany, is just an excuse. The German postal market has been completely open since January 1, 2008. An indefinite delay protects the home market of the Dutch TNT that has been acting in Germany for years and that has unlimited business opportunities since the fall of the mail monopoly there.

In anticipation of liberalization, DP Selekt Mail, like other TNT competitors, has already made extensive investments. For this reason, Deutsche Post and DP Selekt Mail are calling on the Commission to act promptly and to eliminate the unacceptable distortion of competition contrary to European law in the Dutch postal market as soon as possible.

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Dutch government to liberalise postal market from Jan 1, 2009

Posted by | Jun 11, 2008 | |

Dutch Economic Affairs State Secretary Frank Heemskerk promised the Dutch coalition government parties on Tuesday that he will work towards liberalising the Dutch postal market from January 1, 2009, Dutch media reported.

In May, the Dutch government decided against opening up the postal market to competition on July 1, 2008, stressing there are too many uncertainties to allow for full liberalisation.

But Heemskerk was confronted with a parliamentary motion backed by the coalition parties Christian Democrat CDA, Labour PvdA and the Christian Union on Tuesday in which January 1, 2009, was suggested as a new targeted date for liberalisation, Dutch media reported.

Heemskerk said he will maximise efforts to meet the targeted date, but added that liberalisation will still be subject to two conditions, namely a level playing field in Europe and good workplace conditions for postal deliverers, the reports added.

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