DHL breaks ground on “mega” parcel centre in Bochum

DHL Parcel held a groundbreaking ceremony today (21 August) for its new “mega” parcel centre in Bochum, in the Ruhr region. In a statement posted on its website today, Deutsche Post DHL said that, by the fall of 2019, the new facility will be able to process up to 50,000 shipments an hour, making the Bochum site “one of the largest and most efficient parcel centres in Europe”.

Jürgen Gerdes, Board Member for the Post – eCommerce – Parcel division at Deutsche Post DHL Group, commented: “Our network – with an average of 4.3m parcels per day – leads the way in Germany when it comes to capacity and quality.

“Now we are making our network even more efficient – and making the lives of our customers even easier as a result. Our Packstations, parcel boxes and other innovative delivery services also have a hand in this.”