DHL expands its Packstations network in Germany
DHL has installed 500 additional Packstations in Germany expanding its network to 2,000 automated parcel drop-off and collection points for private customers to ensure nationwide coverage while reducing C02 emissions through consolidated pick-up.
DHL has installed 500 additional Packstations in Germany expanding its network to 2,000 automated parcel drop-off and collection points for private customers to ensure nationwide coverage while reducing C02 emissions through consolidated pick-up.
The Packstations are placed in more than 1,000 cities and communities in Germany for customers to pick up and ship their parcels round the clock seven days a week. The company plans to install 500 more Packstations by the end of 2009 enabling about 90% of all German citizens to reach one of the automated parcel drop-off and collection points within 10 minutes.
DHL said more than one million customers had registered for the Packstations service last year. Another 100,000 customers have registered since then, confirming the rising demand for convenient and time-independent solutions to ship and collect parcels.
A study named “Transport effects of Packstations expansion in Germany”, which was conducted by the consulting company KE-Consult, found that the deployment of Packstations reduces additional delivery routes and thereby also the CO2 emissions of the delivery vehicles. This year, about 280,000 of unnecessary delivery kilometres could be saved through more Packstations. Moreover, customers won’t need to cover additional distances any longer to pick up their parcels as many Packstations are located on a planned route, for example, on the way to work. Until 2016, about 1,900 tonnes of CO2 are expected to be saved through the use of Packstations, the company added.
