Tag: Hermes Logistik

German parcels carrier Hermes Logistik Group has achieved record revenues and volumes in the year ending February 2006, and has increased its share of the German CEP market. The Hamburg-based firm, which has agreed a strategic alliance with TNT, is meanwhile pressing ahead with plans for a European B2C network.

Hermes Logistik, a subsidiary of the Otto group, one of Europe’s largest mail-order companies, said it transported 213 million parcels and generated revenues of €908 million (€782 million net revenues) in 2005/06. Hermes carried 192 million parcels and had turnover of €710 million in the year ending February 2005.

German parcel firm Hermes Logistik has launched a new B2C service targeted at small and medium-sized companies. The operator aims to generate up to four million additional parcels this year through the product. The new Profi Paket Service, launched at the start of February, is positioned for shippers with low or medium volumes, and filled a gap between products for large-scale shippers and private individuals, the Hamburg-based firm said. Customers can use a special Profi Paket Service web portal to place orders, track shipments or return unwanted items. “With our new service we are offering a service that is normally not available to shippers with 1,000 to 50,000 items a year,” said managing director Hanjo Schneider. Target groups include retailers and eBay ‘power sellers’.