Below is a quick overview of events around the world that may cause delays to the delivery of your international shipments.
VOLCANIC ASH UPDATE - 25 May 2011 10:15 AM CET
The Iceland volcano Grimsvötn is still erupting but to lower levels than during the weekend. As expected yesterday, the ash cloud impacted parts of Iceland, Scotland, Sweden, Latvia and northern Germany. Last night and this morning, TNT Express, like other airlines, could not operate flights to Edinburgh (Scotland), Stavanger (Norway) and Gothenburg (Sweden). The UK's Meteorological office has predicted that the volcanic ash will clear northern areas of the country by early today.
In coordination with its customers, TNT Express has rolled out contingency plans to re-route Edinburgh-bound flights to East-Midlands and Gothenburg-bound flights to Oslo. TNT Express completes the linehaul legs by road. Consignments from Gothenburg and Stavanger to the rest of Europe could suffer a delay of up to 24 hours. TNT’s flights to and from the US will also be delayed due to the closure of the Icelandic air space.
The actual impact of the eruption on TNT Express’ operations has been limited so far. The company’s air hub in Liege is fully operational. Although we do not expect any major disruption to our service during the next days, we are keeping a close eye on the situation together with the aviation authorities.
Screening & Embargo of shipments from Yemen - 31 October 2010
TNT has put an embargo on all shipments from Yemen, as requested by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), and fully cooperates with any required examination of shipments.
Shipments originating from Yemen in the same time frame are being quarantined in Dubai or Liege until cleared.
Shipments originating from Yemen that are handled by TNT are always passed through Dubai, where they are screened and x-rayed. TNT does not operate dedicated flights to/from Yemen.
As an international air carrier with inbound flights to the U.S., TNT Airways applies strict security measures in cooperation with transportation security officials.
Summary of recent developments as at 30 October 2010
Officials in the U.K and Dubai have intercepted two packages originating from Yemen, which were bound for Chicago, United States. Both packages contained explosives. One package, found at the UK's East Midlands Airport, contained a "manipulated" toner cartridge with wires and a circuit board on it, a law enforcement source said. A similar package set to be shipped on a cargo plane was discovered in Dubai, the law enforcement source and Dubai officials said.
The discovery triggered examinations of three cargo planes that landed in Philadelphia and in Newark, New Jersey. An airline passenger plane was escorted by fighter jets to New York because of concerns about a package from Yemen on board. Nothing suspicious was found on the planes, according to the FBI.
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