Tag: DPD

DPD expanding in Estonia

Posted by | Sep 9, 2008 | |

DPD is expanding capacity for its fast-growing business in the Baltic region with a new parcel sorting depot in Tartu, southern Estonia.

The new 1,500 sqm facility is four times bigger than the company’s previous depot and has increased its capacities to handle more than 3,000 parcels per hour. The new sorting terminal has 31 gates for couriers’ vehicles to handle loading and unloading of parcels.
According to DPD, the need for the new southern Estonian depot has come from the company’s fast growth. In the Baltic’s biggest and well-developed depot and delivery network DPD has more than 600 couriers and 30 depots. Investing in the expansion of parcel sorting depots supports the company’s strategy of aiming at the market leadership for next day deliveries and additional services in the Baltic region.

In 2007, DPD increased its import volume to the Baltic countries of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania by 40 pct to around ten million parcels. In domestic shipping within the Baltic states, the three country organisations DPD Eesti, DPD Latvija and DPD Lietuva have a market share of as much as 46 pct.

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Yurtiçi Kargo – GeoPost partnership becomes a regional force

Posted by | Aug 26, 2008 | |

Yurtiçi Kargo, through its partnership established in 2003 with GeoPost, Europe’s continues investments in Russia, CIS and Balkan countries.

The GeoPost – Yurtiçi Kargo partnership was established in 2003, and it enabled customers to send parcels to 230 destinations around the world. In the following year, the partnership has started organic growth across the neighboring region as it acquired companies in some countries, while establishing local partnerships through acquisition of major shares in others. The largest of the latter is Armadillo, a local and international parcel and logistics company in Russia. Further, GeoPost and Yurtiçi Kargo continued their growth within the CIS, starting with UVK the largest company in Ukraine. Meanwhile, in Kazakhstan, GeoPost and Yurtiçi Kargo have established a growing business without any local partner.

In March 2008, Yurtiçi Kargo and GeoPost have entered the Romanian market by acquiring the majority of shareholding of Pegasus, one of the most successful Courier and Express Parcel companies in this country through their partnership. Also, the partnership has started providing services in Bulgaria.

The GeoPost – Yurtiçi Kargo partnership has increased its incomes by 35 pct in the first half of 2008, as of end of June 2008; delivering around 25 000 parcels daily in Russia, Romania, Ukraine, Bulgaria and Kazakhstan.

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DPD expands network to Romania

Posted by | Aug 21, 2008 | |

DPD is further expanding its business in Eastern Europe: the Romanian courier and express parcel service company Pegasus is now part of the DPD network. At a press conference Arnold Schroven, CEO of DPD Dynamic Parcel Distribution GmbH & Co. KG and Pegasus CEO James Gray-Cheape announced details of the collaboration. Pegasus is one of the most successive Romanian CEP service providers.

GeoPost has been established for several years in the core European countries with its international brand DPD and is continuing to expand its network in the direction of Eastern Europe. Today DPD has the strongest road network throughout Europe. Arnold Schroven stresses, “Due to our clear growth strategy, more and more franchisees are deciding to operate under the DPD brand and benefit from our international size.”

Pegasus has 74 depots and a workforce of 200 in Romania. The company works together with around 250 service providers. Every day more than 6000 parcels are delivered throughout Romania. Pegasus was the first company to offer a door-to-door delivery service in Romanian towns and cities.

As a result of the introduction of the DPD standard, DPD CLASSIC services are also now available in Romania. These are a reliable and efficient solution for the simple dispatch of items within Europe. The services comprise defined delivery times, rapid transport handling and offer an excellent price-performance ratio.

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DPD opens three further depots in Russia

Posted by | Aug 18, 2008 | |

CEP service provider DPD has now expanded its network in Russia to thirty locations. The three recently opened depots in Novokuznetsk, Orenburg and Astrakhan enable DPD to serve all of Russia’s regions with a comprehensive service portfolio, ranging from DPD CLASSIC to Express shipping. As is the case in Germany, this means that in Russia, too, DPD remains true to its strategy of operating close to the customer on a regional basis.

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Isle of Man distribution firm to use innovative PODXchange system

Posted by | Aug 7, 2008 | |

An innovative system for tracking parcels and freight is being rolled out by distribution firm Manx Independent Carriers.

The company, which operates 120 vehicles from Skelmersdale and Douglas, is using a new international databank called PODXchange developed by technology company NetDespatch. Drivers are being equipped with special mobile devices incorporating barcode scanners and a touchsceen.

When deliveries are made and signed for, details of the shipment held in the barcode can be transmitted live to the web portal along with the captured electronic signature. The data as well as electronic signatures is then transformed into the appropriate carrier format and transmitted to Manx Independent Carriers’ customers including most major UK parcel carriers.

Manx Independent Carriers delivers on behalf of major parcel carriers including Fedex, UPS, DPD, Citylink, Parcelnet and Amtrak. Using one device, the firm can now provide a live signature proof of delivery (POD) to any of these companies.

First used in the Scottish Highlands for parcel deliveries handled by AJG, the system is being implemented by Manx Independent Carriers so that it can be used for all types of deliveries.

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