As part of its Strategy 2025, Deutsche Post DHL Group will be investing €2 billion in digitalisation of the company’s operations. The digitalisation strategy includes greater automation, modernising IT systems, tr...

Deutsche Post DHL Group has announced that 10,000 of its electric StreetScooters are now in service, bringing the company closer to its 2050 zero emissions target for logistics operations. According to the company’s pr...

DHL is boosting its collaborating with Austrian Post to support last-mile deliveries in Slovakia and the Czech Republic. Starting in September 2019, Austrian Post subsidiary In Time s.r.o. will deliver for DHL in Slovakia, w...

DHL is trialling a new delivery notification service in some parts of Germany, which emails the recipient an approximate delivery time in advance, then the “exact” time around 15 minutes before delivery. The cour...

DHL Express has launched its first fully automated urban drone delivery service in partnership with Chinese company EHang. It’s the first international courier company to do so in China. DHL has created a customised 8k...

The Deutsche Post DHL Group may be looking to sell its StreetScooter subsidiary, according to comments made by CEO Frank Appel at the Wirtschaftspresseclub in Stuttgart. Appel said that the Group is open to the possibility n...

DHL Express has joined the trial of a new parcel locker network in Denmark, created by national postal operator PostNord and software company SwipBox. Nærboks, literally “nearby box”, functions much like ot...

Japanese logistics provider Yamato Transport has ordered 500 electric vehicles from StreetScooter, a Deutsche Post DHL Group subsidiary. The hundred-year-old Yamato Transport is Japan’s leading business for domestic pa...

Deutsche Post DHL Group CEO Frank Appel told the Wall Street Journal that the company is not currently interested in the logistics mergers and acquisitions market, despite growing activity in the industry. Instead, the compa...

Deutsche Post DHL Group is expecting operating profits of at least €5 billion in 2020, after a successful financial year despite global trade uncertainties. The company reported a 6% organic rise in group revenue to &eu...

DHL Express may be launching new delivery barges on the Thames later this year, as part of its green strategy. CEO John Pearson told The Loadstar that the company was working on a scheme similar to the one it currently opera...

DHL has hired hundreds of workers to help manage new customs procedures following Brexit, which is expected to arrive on March 29th. After this date, all companies involved with international shipping may have to deal with n...

DHL Global Forwarding has opened a Global Competence Center for Humanitarian Logistics in Dubai, so that it can more effectively manage the logistics of aid-giving during humanitarian crises. Fatima Ait Bendawad, who has 15 ...

Frank Appel, CEO of Deutsche Post DHL, told the BBC that while DHL might benefit from a no-deal Brexit in the short term, “we should not focus on short-term profits” as the outcome would be negative in the long te...

Street Scooter, a subsidiary of Deutsche Post DHL Group, has received EC type approval from the KBA—the German transport authority—for large series production of its WORK electric delivery van. This follows appro...

DHL Supply Chain is investing $300 million in a technology upgrade for hundreds of its North American facilities. The technologies include robotics, automation, augmented reality, and the general digitalisation of its supply...

DHL Freight is launching a driver recruitment initiative to address the current shortage of drivers in the logistics sector. The pilot project will take place in Germany, at five different locations, with the goal of recruit...

Deutsche Post DHL Group has entered a 10-year strategic partnership with S.F. Holding, one of China’s leading logistics providers. The German company’s supply chain business in China is will be incorporated into...

According to research by DHL, 75% of companies believe investment in ground transportation will directly support company growth, due to the rapid expansion of e-commerce and the way shippers choose their transportation soluti...

Construction has begun on the new DHL Campus Vienna Airport in Fischamend, Austria, which will serve as a central logistics centre in Austria and a gateway to Eastern Europe. Executives from DHL Global Forwarding and DHL Fre...

DHL has set up DHL Parcel (Switzerland) AG to develop its parcel delivery services within the European country. The company will build on an existing network of DHL ServicePoints, which are outlets operated by local partners...

DHL eCommerce has launched a fleet of electric motorbikes in Malaysia and Vietnam, as part of its commitment to zero emissions by 2050. The courier company, which has an extensive network in the region, aims to operate 70% o...

Automobile manufacturer Daimler, a competitor of DHL for electric vehicle production, reportedly posed as a customer of DHL’s to get access to one of its StreetScooters. According to Der Spiegel, Daimler engineers alle...

DHL Express has added five A330-200F aircraft to its freighter fleet. The aircraft previously belonged to Etihad, which has been reducing its own cargo-only capacity. According to DHL, “The purchase of these aircraft i...