TNT Express Worldwide plans to launch a new direct, next-day delivery service between Penang and Singapore on the Asia Road Network in the next few months. Asia Road Network is TNT’s door-to-door delivery service, which uses an integrated road network linking Kuala Lumpur to Singapore and Bangkok and more recently, Vietnam. The new service is expected to offer customers up to 40 percent cost-savings compared to air freight and a 30 percent reduction in transit time compared to the … [Read more...] about TNT plans Penang-Singapore service

Australian air Express (AaE), the joint venture between Qantas and Australia Post, has announced an agreement with Queenslandbased MacAir Airlines, which will see AaE further expand its express air freight services in regional and far north Queensland. The deal gives AaE exclusive access to cargo space on MacAir passenger fl ights from Townsville to Mt Isa, as well as other MacAir routes connecting major hubs in north Queensland including Townsville, Cairns, Mt Isa, Cloncurry, Burketown and … [Read more...] about AaE expands freight service

With an investment of more than 7 million euros over the next four years, TNT has announced another fi rst in Asia with the launch of its domestic express services and solutions in Vietnam in response to increasing demand from customers in the region. Part of the investment will go towards additional vehicles and new staff. The company will also open fi ve more branches in Bac Ninh, Vinh Phuc, Vinh, An Giang and Ca Mau province to support the service, which will increase the total number of … [Read more...] about TNT launches domestic expressin Vietnam

UPS has announced the launch of UPS Express Critical, which it describes as "a service that meshes all of UPS' same-day and urgent capabilities into a single suite, allowing customers to more effectively manage package and heavy freight shipmentstogether." "For the fi rst time in the industry, customers have a single point of contact regardless of whether they're shipping a small package or a 1,000 pound machine part - air or ground, domestic or international. Customers now … [Read more...] about UPS launches “Express Critical”