DPD has continued to expand in Russia with service improvements, network expansion andenvironmental activities.
The company has further reduced its delivery times to two business days from Novosibirsk andYekaterinburg to several major Russian cities and opened a new branch in Nakhodka, Russian FarEast, while making its operating processes more environmentally-friendly.
Deliveries from Novosibirsk, the largest city in Siberia, and Jekaterinburg, located in the UralFederal District, to major Russian cities take now only two days which corresponds to internationalstandards for express shipments. With the reduced delivery times, the company has further improvedits delivery quality.
The improvement in delivery times has been made possible through the transformation of thecompany’s operating platform. Transit air cargo arriving from regions to the airports of Moscow isnow being handled directly at the airports of arrival without being transferred to the CentralTerminal in Moscow, as it has been the case before.
Meanwhile, the company upgraded its DPD Express service in April this year enabling customers tosend and receive their parcels and cargo more quickly between 5,000 destinations across thecountry. The service is very popular showing strong parcel volume growth of 21% on average permonth.
Alongside the service upgrades, DPD Russia has expanded its geographical coverage with theopening of a new branch in Nakhodka, Primorsky Krai. Nakhodka is the southernmost city in the eastof Russia, and is known as Russia’s ‘gateway to the Pacific’. As the third largest city inPrimorsky region, it is the largest port-hub of the Far East. This is why Nakhodka is a promisingregion for transport and logistics operators, DPD explained.
As part of its environmental commitment, DPD Russia has started using more ecologicaldispensable materials in its production processes instead of stretch film and wooden pallets. Thecompany has switched to special reusable metal cages (pallet packing) used for transporting parcelsof different sizes. The tests conducted have shown the effectiveness of using such recycledpackaging, and the project is currently being implemented.
This move is part of the company’s regular initiatives aimed at preserving the environment. In2010, DPD Russia introduced low-noise and low-power sorting equipment at its central terminal atMitino, near Moscow. In 2012, it stopped using alkaline batteries for loading equipment at thecentral terminal and Moscow service centers in favour of safe, helium batteries.
