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TNT Express is an international courier delivery services company with headquarters in Hoofddorp, Netherlands.

TNT dates back to 1946 when Ken Thomas started his own transport business in Australia with one truck. In the 1950s Thomas Nationwide Transport developed overnight services before international expansion led to it becoming Dutch-owned in 1996.

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TNT Express is an international courier delivery services company with headquarters in Hoofddorp, Netherlands.

TNT dates back to 1946 when Ken Thomas started his own transport business in Australia with one truck. In the 1950s Thomas Nationwide Transport developed overnight services before international expansion led to it becoming Dutch-owned in 1996.

TNT Express was created in 2011 following its separation from TNT Post. The business now operates 26,000 road vehicles and 47 aircraft.

TNT offers road and air delivery services in Europe, the region of the Asia Pacific, the Americas, the Middle East, and Africa. The firm has fully owned operations in 60 countries and delivers documents, parcels and pieces of freight to over 200 countries. Its major competitors include United Parcel Service (UPS) and DHL. TNT's competitor FedEx reached an agreement to buy the company in April 2015, which was completed on 25 May 2016.

In the US it runs six brands in overlapping sections:

  • Bestway covers the Southwest from California to Texas;
  • Dugan serves the central United States, from the Dakotas to Texas and the Gulf states and stretching into Georgia, Florida, and the Carolinas;
  • Holland services the Southeast to the Great Lakes;
  • Reddaway covers the entire West Coast with Alaska and Canada;
  • Red Star services the East Coast, Quebec, and Ontario and is venturing into the Carolinas and Georgia;
  • and United handles the Pacific Northwest and Rocky Mountain states.

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