Bulgaria and Romania – DPD Masterlink opened new road connections from Poland
In order to satisfy new market demands, DPD Masterlink opened daily road connections to Bulgaria and Romania. DPD Masterlinks customers as well as clients of partner subsidiaries belonging to the GeoPost Group, show great interest in sending parcels to these countries. The free circulation of goods within the European Union has resulted in the creation of a new international road transportation market for parcel delivery.
This market did not exist before, because of the prohibitive costs of customs clearance. The cost was the same for a single parcel and a whole grouping of parcels. Import and export volumes will fully benefit from the disappearance of customs barriers. It is predicted, similarly to when Poland joined the European Union, that volumes from Bulgaria and Romania will rise to 4 times the amount within the very first year of EU membership.
The new transport network set up by DPD gives our clients additional proof of our commitment to following them in emerging markets but also towards destinations beyond the European Community area, farther afield towards Central and Eastern Europe. We are once again showing our willingness to increase our quality of service to these countries by our capacity for adapting our organisation, explains Paul-Marie Chavanne, CEO of GeoPost.
Already this year, as another step in the re-branding process, the Polish DPD depot will officially start to operate. Thanks to this change Masterlink will be able to build a new international image, as well as compete more effectively on the market and increase its share in the international parcels segment.
About GeoPost
GeoPost, which groups together the Express subsidiaries of the Groupe La Poste, is a parcel specialist and a major player on the express market. Active in all Europe, it caters for more than 230 territories on behalf of over 300,000 clients throughout the world. Today, the GeoPost group boasts 1st rank positioning in France and 3rd rank in Europe with an annual turnover estimated around 3 billion Euros in 2006.
