DPD in Germany now does pallets: palletised freight added to international product portfolio
•New product DPD MAX offers customers a valuable supplement to B2B and B2C parcel shipping
•Freight shipments to 17 European countries and within Germany
•Partnership with Palletways, Europe's leading express network for palletised freight.
Aschaffenburg, 10June2015 – International parcel and express service provider DPD is now offering business customers a service for shipping palletised freight. The new product, entitled DPD MAX, is aimed above all at customers who, in addition to their regular parcel volumes, also ship freight which is too heavy or bulky for parcel shipping. Shipping with DPD MAX is available to 17 European countries and within Germany. The new product is made possible by DPD's partnership with Palletways, Europe's leading express network for palletised freight.
"This new freight product rounds off the practical and useful services with which we supplement our parcel shipping.DPD now provides one-stop shopping for everything – from standard letters to freight which can weigh tonnes", states Ralf Bürk, Director Products & Services International at DPD Germany. "In addition, the crossborder structure of DPD MAX makes the service even more attractive, for international consignors in particular."
The service offers shipping for all types of palletised freight up to a weight of 1.2 t per pallet, and is available to both B2B and B2C consignors. The destination countries include the UK, France, Spain, Italy and Poland. Consignors with regular parcel volumes cannot only ship freight reliably and fast with DPD MAX, they can also significantly simplify their shipping processes. Thanks to the one-stop shopping provided by DPD they can save on the resources required for service provider management.
In addition to pallet shipping, further examples of supplementary transport services provided by DPD are the distribution of business post, catalogue shipping and same-day delivery within 90 minutes. And whatever the transport service, with DPD customers always have access to uniform processes and regular contact persons, for example when it comes to scheduling, invoicing and customer service.
Partnership with Palletways express network
The new freight product is made possible by the partnership between DPD and Palletways, Europe's leading express network for palletised freight. Thanks to the cooperation Palletwayscan now - in addition to the transport of palletised freight - provide its customers with access to DPD's parcel shipping services. As a result Palletways customers, too,can benefit from one-stop shoppingand take advantage of favourable terms. The actual transport operations are implemented by the respective specialist service provider: Palletwaysin the case of freight transport, DPD for parcel shipping.
To coincide with the start of its cooperation with DPD Palletways will be extending its Europe-wide network to Poland and the Baltic states. In these countries DPD will, in addition to parcel shipping, also be implementing the transport and delivery of palletised freight. In the past DPD in Poland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania already provided domestic palletised freight shipping to customers in Poland and in the Baltic states.
Palletwayswas founded in the UK over 20 years ago and most recently registered an annual turnover of more than £200 million. Palletwayshas more than 400 depots throughout Europe and handles around 30,000 pallets a day. For the year 2015 Palletwaysexpects a 50% growth in pan-European volumes.
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About DPD
DPD Germany is part of DPDgroup, the second-largest international parcel delivery network in Europe. Throughout Germany DPD has 76 depots and 6,000 DPD ParcelShops. A workforce of 7,500 and 9,000 delivery drivers are in daily operation on behalf of the company’s customers. Every year the No. 2 on the German parcels market ships around 320 million parcels – providing carbon-neutral transport operations at no additional cost to the customer.
Through innovative technology, local knowledge and dedicated customer care, DPD provides the best possible experience for both shippers and shoppers. DPD’s industry-leading Predict service is setting a new standard for keeping customers closely in touch with their delivery, with real time tracking of their delivery, a one-hour delivery window and a range of options for redirecting parcels.
As part of DPDgroup, DPD in Germany has access to over 16,000 local Pickup points across Europe, and delivers to 230 countries worldwide. DPDgroup’s 24,000 people work together to deliver over 3 million parcels each day. DPDgroup is the parcel delivery network of GeoPost, a holding company owned by Le Groupe La Poste, which posted sales of €4.9 billion in the year 2014.
Press contact
DPD Dynamic Parcel Distribution GmbH & Co. KG
Peter Rey
PR Officer
Wailandtstraße 1
63741 Aschaffenburg
Phone +49(0)6021 492-7066