TRUCKING INDUSTRY * WORLDWIDE

* The Netherlands  - TNT Express chief vows to fix problems in Brazil

Amsterdam,Holland -Reuters, by Greg Roumeliotis -May 3, 2011:  --  A senior executive of TNT, the Dutch mail and express firm which is set to split into two listed units soon, said on Tuesday she should have tackled problems in Brazil earlier and promised to fix them...  Brazil has become the bane of TNT Express, wiping out a 4 percent growth in first-quarter underlying income in Europe, Middle East and Africa and sending overall underlying operating income down 31 percent to 49 million euros...  TNT bought Brazilian firm Expresso Mercurio in 2007 and its delivery partner Expresso Aracatuba in 2009 and has struggled with integrating the businesses since. It booked a first-quarter non-cash impairment on Brazil of 120 million euros...  TNT has a 20 percent share of Brazil's 1.8 billion euros express market...  Marie-Christine Lombard, Chief Executive of TNT Express said: "Express offered a unique play for investors in the pure express sector". With TNT's shares at its lowest levels for close to two years, decade-old speculation about interest in Express by rivals UPS and FedEx has intensified... (Image from group.tnt: Customer portal image)

TRUCKING INDUSTRY * Europe / Holland - TNT sells part of its post activities

The Halle,The Netherlands -Truck Europe (Belgium), by Michel Buckinx -13 Jan 2011: -- TNT has announced that it is now going to concentrate its European ‘post’ activities on addressed post in countries in which it has a strong presence. TNT holds strong market positioning in Germany, the UK and Italy. In the other countries, the emphasis will be on partnerships or sale. Within this context, TNT says it has reached agreements to sell its ‘post’ activities in Belgium (Belgique Diffusion) and its ‘non-addressed post’ activities in Italy to its management and NPM Capital NV, a private investment company in the Benelux...

TRUCKING INDUSTRY NEWS * Europe - 5 new DAF CF for Euro Traffic

Heppignies,Fleurus,Belgium -Truck and Business, by Michael Buck -21 Jan 2011: -- Euro Trafic de Heppignies euro, which has experienced strong growth over recent years, has acquired five new DAF CF75 250 hp...   Value for money and quality of service were the two basic requirements in relation to vehicles...   The new DAF CF75 is equipped with a fridge FRIGOBLOCK group. They are mobilized to serve Deli XL, which is located a stone's throw from the implementation of Euro Traffic Thuin. Possible interventions are provided by Universal Trucks Hainaut...