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Brussels clears FedEx-TNT deal

FedEx and TNT Express confirmed on 20 October that they have been told by the European Commission that there will be no objection to their planned merger, ahead of the expiry of a deadline on 23 October. The two companies expect that FedEx's offer for TNT will close in the first half of 2016. [+]

TNT launches Georgia road route

TNT has launched a scheduled road connection from Europe to Georgia. A new line haul will connect Georgia’s capital Tbilisi with TNT’s European Road Network (ERN) via Istanbul, to over 40 European countries. TNT says it will offer competitive prices and transit times for parcels and palletised freight as well ... [+]

TNT offers swifter service to Scandinavia

TNT is strengthening its express services to the Nordic region with improved air connections to Sweden and Finland and additional last-mile delivery capacity in large business centres. It can now serve 15% more post codes and 34% more businesses in Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland by noon the next ... [+]

FedEx makes TNT offer

FedEx has made an offer for takeover target TNT Express of €8.00 per ordinary share, which the latter’s board has recommended to shareholders. The two companies add that positive advice and opinion has been obtained from TNT’s Central Works Council and the European Works Council. PostNL, which currently holds 14.7% ... [+]

Brussels to review FedEx-TNT merger

The European Commission said on 31 July that it had started a Phase II review of FedEx's intended public offer to buy TNT Express. It says that this is the next step in its analysis before coming to a decision. The transaction is also being reviewed by other antitrust agencies, ... [+]

TNT goes to Tunis

TNT has launched a 737-400 freighter flight between its main European air hub in Liege and Tunis. It operates five times weekly via Marseilles, with flights arriving in Tunis every weekday before start of business and leaving the city in the evening, giving later pick up and earlier collection times ... [+]

Shippers welcome express merger

The European Shippers’ Council has come out in favour of the merger between TNT and FedEx, despite opposing UPS's mooted takeover of TNT a few years ago. It says that while its members omplained about the possibility of losing one of the three European express carriers and resultant lack of ... [+]

FedEx files TNT takeover

FedEx said on 26 June that it had filed its acquisition of TNT Express with the European Commission. The US company expects to submit a request for review and approval of its Offer Document with the Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets before 30 June , and the offer is expecting ... [+]

Ten thousand kilometres for a CT scan

TNT has transported a Tyrannosaurus rex skull from the Black Hills Institute of Geological Research in South Dakota, US to the Fraunhofer EZRT research institute in Fuerth, Germany for a high-resolution CT scan. The well-preserved skull, property of the Naturalis Biodiversity Centre (Netherlands) belongs to a 66 million-year-old female T. rex ... [+]

TNT launches Malta route

TNT has launched a new air route between its main European air hub in Liege and Malta. It will operate five times a week on a Boeing 737-400 aircraft, with a stopover in Marseilles outbound and inbound. The flight arrives at Malta International Airport in the morning and departs in ... [+]

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