DPD has continued expansion of its Russian network with the opening of a new depot in Pyatigorsk,one of the country’s leading spa cities and in the Caucasus region.
The 400 sqm depot, which went into operation in June, is located near to one of the mainhighways of the Stavropol Territory and has capacity to handle more than 23,000 parcels a day,which is approximately 450,000 tonnes.
Pyatigorsk, with a population of more than half a million, is the largest retail centre ofthe Stavropol Territory, in which more than a quarter of the whole trading volume of the territoryis concentrated. A number of light industry and engineering enterprises are concentrated in thecity and the surrounding area.
Demand for professional transport and logistics solutions has significantly increased in theregion and therefore the opening of the depot was an important event for companies based in thecity, DPD said. There has been an increase in customer demand for high quality delivery of parcelsand freight in this segment.
The new depot offers customer service and receipt of shipments for delivery to 4000 towns andcities in Russia and provides the company’s most popular services: DPD 18:00, DPD CLASSIC and DPDECONOMY. Parcels from Moscow are delivered within two days.
Alexei Kovalchuk, Southern Region Director of DPD in Russia, said: “Pyatigorsk became thecapital of the North Caucasian Federal District relatively recently, which has led to the formationof a number of state and commercial structures needing effective logistics solutions. The greatnumber of service companies targeted at servicing the needs of holidaymakers in Pyatigorsk, therelative proximity to Sochi, the capital of the Winter Olympic Games and the bordering republics ofthe North Caucasus are all factors that have influenced the decision to open an official DPDrepresentative office in Pyatigorsk. We intend to continue active development in the territory andplan to occupy 30 per cent of the market within a year.”
DPD is in the midst of expanding its regional network in Russia. The parcels operatorrecently also opened branches in Cherepovetz, north-western Russia, the northern port city ofMurmansk, Cheboksary, a port city and the capital of the Chuvash Republic in Russia, and in Kurganin the Urals.
