TNT Express, the world’s leading B2B express delivery company, will launch its new trucking service from Bahrain to Jordan next week.
The twice-weekly Muharraq-Amman route is part of the company’s plan to double its Middle East Road Network (MERN) revenues within the next three years. The company recently launched the region’s first ‘Day Definite’ trucking service to Egypt from the UAE.
“Our economy express freight service has grown by over 40% across the region and the expansion of MERN is a critical factor in facilitating and sustaining this increase,” said Mark Pell, TNT’s Managing Director, Gulf.
“The Levant region is an important market for TNT’s road network and we will be further expanding this service in the first quarter of next year to include Lebanon and Syria.“
The new road express route is the only door-to-door ‘Day Definite’ service from all GCC countries to and from Jordan. TNT will use its state-of-the-art bonded trailers for deliveries to Amman, which has full track and trace technology, customs clearance, GPS tracking and cost effective prices on heavy weight consignments.
“While air freight provides a two day service, its expensive compared to our economy express road product, which is almost half the price, with a transit time of an additional two days,” explained Pell.
The service to Amman will run every Thursday and Saturday. TNT’s other MERN destinations include UAE, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Iran.
TNT provides businesses and consumers worldwide with an extensive range of services for their mail and express delivery needs. Headquartered in the Netherlands, TNT offers efficient network infrastructures in Europe and Asia and is expanding operations worldwide to maximize its network performance. TNT serves more than 200 countries and employs over 128,000 people. In the first half of 2006, TNT reported ˆ 5.3 billion in revenues and ˆ 671 million EBIT from continuing operations. TNT N.V. is publicly listed on the stock exchanges of Amsterdam and New York. TNT recognizes its social responsibility, and has formed partnerships with the United Nations World Food Programme and the United Nations Environmental Programme to fight hunger and pollution in the world. More information about TNT can be found on its website http://group.tnt.com
