Market volume: €157.2 billion1)
and specialties transport.
Sources: MRSC freight reports 2006 and 2007, Eurostat 2006,
annual reports, press releases, company websites, estimates
Number two in European freight business
DHL Freight operated as an independent business unit in the LOGISTICS Division for the first full year in 2007. We run a comprehensive less-than-truckload network covering Europe, Russia and traffic into the Middle East with 160 terminals. Our strong full-truckload business is complemented by a fast growing intermodal service. Additionally we offer a comprehensive range of customs services. In the year 2007 the European road transport market grew at around 3.5% with the international market growing faster (4.5%) than the domestic market (3.2%).
The business model of DHL Freight is asset-light. Trucking and a high percentage of cartage and handling is outsourced. We work closely together with Parcel Germany, EXPRESS and the other logistics business units by sharing IT systems, teaming up for joint product offerings and delivering reliable transport solutions to all of these units – thus leveraging the purchasing power and competence of DHL Freight for the whole Group.
