ParcelLock system formally unveiled

DPD, GLS and Hermes have formally launched their new joint venture ParcelLock, a “vendor neutral package box system. As previously reported by Post&Parcel, the three companies issued a teaser release about the ParcelLock project on 1 September. Yesterday (6 October), they issued a follow-up statement and also populated the ParcelLock website.

According to yesterday’s statement, the ParcelLock package box network will be open to all parcel delivery services, not just DPD, GLS and Hermes. This could include other couriers, and also deliveries from – for example – supermarkets, pharmacies and local stores.

Castle Keeper will be manufacturing the first boxes, but “other manufacturers will follow”. Castle Keeper’s first box will be available from summer 2016.