Amazon responds to reports on delivery plans for Germany
Amazon has briefed Post&Parcel regarding the media reports that it is building up its own delivery infrastructure in Germany. As Post&Parcel reported earlier today (7 January), articles published in the German press have quoted Amazon manager Bernd Schwenger as saying that the company is looking to set up distribution centres close to a number of big German cities in order to reduced its dependency on its distribution partners.
The press coverage has also focused on the role of Amazon’s facility in Olching as the starting point for this move.
Post&Parcel asked the Amazon.de press office to comment on the reports and has just received the following reply: “While it is true that we do have a delivery station operation since October 2015, it is important to point out that there a[re] no Amazon trucks or drivers.
“For the Olching site, we are working with 6 local or regional delivery service partners: Interkep, Liefery, Rico Logistics, Systemlogistik, Krae Transport und AZ Logistik.
“Unlike the Amazon fulfillment centers, the delivery station[s] are not used as warehouses. Olching receives parcels from the European network of 29 fulfillment centers. The parcels are sorted and delivered to the customer by the DSPs.
“One thing that is specific to Olching is one of the DSP is already using 4 e-delivery vans. Amazon has built the charging infrastructure on the site.
“As to future plans: we don’t comment on those. Also, we cannot comment on the assessment of external experts.”
