TNT announced today it will set up eight new international express branches in China’s ‘economichotspots’ this year to strengthen its presence in the country’s fast-growing express market.
The expansion will bring the total number of TNT International Express branches in China to34. In addition, TNT, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Tiandi-Hoau, also operates China’slargest private domestic road network, which consists of 1,250 depots.
TNT said that the eight new branches, most of which will be located in the Pearl River Deltaarea and the Yangtze River Delta area – China’s key manufacturing and export hubs, will not onlyenable it to better capture the business opportunities in China’s fastest-growing economic regionsbut will also bring the company closer to its customers, especially those in the high-techindustries.
The TNT International Express branches at Dongguan and Zhongshan will begin their operationsin the end of September 2008. This follows the opening of two earlier branches in Foshan, whichopened on 1 August 2008 and in Shunde, which started operations on 1 September 2008. In addition,another four TNT International Express branches will be set up in Nanning, Wenzhou, Kunshan andShanghai Pudong by the end of the year.
“This expansion builds on TNT China’s focused approach on customers and our current successin the China market,” said Michael Drake, Managing Director, TNT Greater China. “The set up of theeight new branches is in line with our long term ambitions in this market and those in the southregion will further support the expansion of the TNT Asia Road Network into and out of China. Wewill continue to leverage on our strong European position to expand our international expressmarket share and to strengthen our leadership position in the Sino-Europe international expresssector.”
As the leading provider of international express services between China and Europe, TNT iscontinuously developing its network and expanding its international express services in China so asto tap on the growing bilateral trade volume between the European Union and China. With a dedicatedTNT Boeing 747-400ERF aircraft that flies four times a week between Shanghai and TNT’s super-hub inEurope, TNT links its extensive network in China to its market leading European network in theshortest possible time.
The establishment of the new TNT International Express branches in the Pearl River Deltaregion and Nanning will also strengthen TNT’s reliable, cost effective, and secure scheduled roadtransportation solutions, via the Asia Road Network, between China and the rest of Southeast Asia.
