Mobile TeleSystems OJSC (MTS), the largest mobile phone operator in Russia and the CIS, has selected Kuehne + Nagel as their main supplier for airfreight import and export as well as road transport services.
Following a thorough tender process involving several major freight forwarders,
Kuehne + Nagel was chosen as the main supplier of international
air transportation and forwarding services by MTS. Under the agreement,
Kuehne + Nagel's services include airfreight import activities from approximately 40 origins in countries such as Canada, Mexico, Germany, the
Netherlands, Hungary and the CIS to Moscow. Kuehne + Nagel will also
manage the delivery by trucks (of 82 cubic meters) from foreign countries
including CIS to Moscow.
The strength of the MTS brand was recognized internationally in 2008,
when it became the first and only Russian company to enter "BRANDZ™
Top 100 Most Powerful Brands", a ranking published by the Financial
Times and Millward Brown, a leading global market research and consulting
firm. MTS is one of the two official distributors of Blackberry as well
as a big importer of telecommunications equipment.
"One of the reasons why MTS has chosen our integrated transport and
logistics solutions is because we meet their high needs for security and
reliability," said Perry Neumann, Managing Director of Kuehne + Nagel
Russia. „In the CIS region, the high-tech industry is one our strategic
focus segments and the MTS project fully complies with this approach.
Kuehne + Nagel is strategically expanding its logistics activities and
manpower in the CIS and, through its well-organized global network
and employees with industry-specific expertise, both companies will
strengthen their position in the region."