TNT Express was an international

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delivery services company with its headquarters in

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. It was acquired by

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History

The namesake

Thomas Nationwide Transport Thomas Nationwide Transport (TNT) and later as TNT Limited was an Australian logistics and transport company. Founded in 1946, it was taken over by KPN in 1996 and in 1998 became part of the TNT Post Group. History TNT was founded by Ken Th ...

grandfather company was originally started in 1946 with a single truck in

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. On 26 May 2011, TNT Express separated from its parent company, TNT NV, being listed on the

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. TNT NV subsequently renamed itself

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. In March 2012, UPS announced its intention to acquire TNT Express for . However, the deal fell through in January 2013, after it was announced that UPS had failed to obtain permission from the

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, and as such, had been blocked on competition grounds. TNT-0403 BD57HHW

In April 2015,

announced its agreed intention to buy TNT Express for , as it looked to expand its operations in Europe. The European Commission launched an investigation into the planned acquisition and on 8 January 2016, approved the deal. The transaction was completed on 25 May 2016. In June 2017, TNT Express was badly affected by the NotPetya cyber attack, partly because some operations and communication systems were based in Ukraine, where the cyber attack originated. TNT had to operate using manual processes for months creating very large backlogs. Some records were entirely lost.

Operations

TNT offered road and air delivery services in Europe, the Asia Pacific region, the Americas, the Middle East, and Africa. In June 2014, TNT conducted a rail freight trial assessing improving support to businesses in the United Kingdom, and cutting carbon emissions.

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