TNT Express has laid the foundation stone for a new logistics centre at Rostock airport in northernGermany, investing €3.7 million in the new depot. In addition, the company opened two new branches
in Italy this month.In spring 2009, the current depot in Güstrow, which is 17 km away from Rostock, will be movedto the new site, which lies on a 12,000 sqm plot of land. Some 40 employees will work at the newfacility.
Its operational core is a 1,100 sqm sorting centre which is nearly the double size of theprevious one. State-of-the-art sorting equipment will shorten transit times of customer shipmentseven further. The office area with about 920 sqm is also considerably larger compared to the 200sqm in the current depot.
“With the new building, TNT Express is giving a clear signal to strengthen the region,”explained Thomas Kraus, head of TNT Express Germany. “The region along with TNT Express will profitfrom the growing shipment volumes in the Baltic Sea area.”
Separately, TNT Express Italy has opened two new branches. The new depot at Verona, northernItaly, where about 200 staff are employed, is located in an industrial area close to the nearbymotorway and benefits from the latest security facilities. The site is used for local distributionduring the day and as a sorting hub for nationwide shipments during the night. TNT also opened anew branch at the coastal port of La Spezia following an investment of some €400,000.
