TNT Express will launch cargo service between Moscow and Europe
TNT Express announced the launch of five days a week to and from Moscow and its European air hub in Liege air cargo services between. This new route using the cargo capacity of 16 tons of B737-300 cargo plane to ensure and speed up those to and from Russia’s high time for time-sensitive delivery of goods. These goods, including auto parts, medical supplies and biological samples, such as plasma and human organizations.
Launched from Russia’s air cargo services will significantly enhance the TNT delivery services for the medical industry. DSM Group, according to market research shows that in 2009 the value of the Russian pharmaceutical market soared by 18% to 17 billion U.S. dollars in 2010 is expected to continue to maintain 11% growth rate. As the huge population base, the Government plans to implement health insurance and drug consumption growth, Russia is increasingly becoming coveted by the big pharmaceutical companies market. Temperature sensitive biological samples has become a TNT delivery of Russian exports of major components of the business.
TNT, global director of life sciences business Mikemule (Mirko Mueller), said: “TNT is the increasing number of clinical samples shipped out of Russia. To use our own cargo plane to simplify and ensure that these high-time-delivery of goods. It allows us to control one hundred percent from origin to destination of cold chain. ”
In recent years, TNT major expansion of its Russian domestic and international freight services, including clinical trials, the market for special services. The special services include the establishment of the Moscow Centre for Clinical Trials Coordination Desk, Temperature Control parts for get to send private goods and efficient customs clearance services. March 2010, TNT launched in Western Europe and road freight services between Yekaterinburg, which is the largest city in the Urals Federal District, located 1,667 km east of Moscow Office, has 130 million inhabitants. TNT’s European road network also connects to Moscow, St. Petersburg and Nizhny Novgorod. TNT has 800 employees in Russia, and established 13 outlets and 35 business offices.
