DPD Germany is putting on weight with the launch of a new international palletised freight transport service in cooperation with Palletways, one of Europe's leading express networks for palletised freight.
The parcel carrier’s new ‘DPD MAX’ service will offer freight transportation within Germany and to 17 other European countries, including the UK, France, Spain, Italy and Poland. It is targeted at business customers who, in addition to their regular parcel volumes, also ship freight which is too heavy or bulky for parcel shipping.
In addition, Palletways customers will be able to have parcels delivered in Germany through the DPD network.
"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", said 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. Consignors with regular parcel volumes can not 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.
The new freight product is made possible by the partnership between DPD and Palletways, Europe's leading express network for palletised freight. The actual transport operations are implemented by the respective specialist service provider: Palletways in the case of freight transport, DPD for parcel shipping.
Thanks to the cooperation Palletways can 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 shopping and take advantage of favourable terms.
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 already provided domestic palletised freight shipping to customers in Poland and in the Baltic states.
Palletways was founded in the UK over 20 years ago and most recently registered an annual turnover of more than £200 million. Palletways has more than 400 depots throughout Europe and handles around 30,000 pallets a day. For the year 2015 Palletways expects a 50% growth in pan-European volumes.
DPD Germany, part of DPDgroup, the second-largest international parcel delivery network in Europe, delivers about 320 million parcels a year through a network of 76 depots and 6,000 DPD ParcelShops, and a workforce of 7,500 staff and 9,000 delivery drivers.
