TNT's Asia Road Network Expands Into China

Shanghai Dec 19, 2007; TNT announced the expansion of its Asia Road Network into China, thus becoming the first integrator in Asia to operate an integrated road network linking over 120 cities in Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indochina and China across 4,000 kilometres.

The road network, which connects Singapore to Nanning, the capital city of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, and Guangzhou, the capital of the Guangdong Province, will become fully operational early 2008 after completion of the last trials.

The Asia Road Network connects to TNT's international express network in China. Introduced at the end of 2005, TNT's Asia Road Network connects Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and China through the north-eastern border of Vietnam and boasts 24x7 real-time Global Positioning Satellite (GPS) tracking of TNT's container trucks.

According to TNT, the road service is two to three times faster than sea freight and offers customers, significant savings of up to 30 per cent compared to air freight.