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* Germany - Deutsche Post DHL to invest €750m in German parcel network
Bonn,Germany -eye for transport (UK) -Sep 16, 2011: -- Deutsche Post DHL has announced it will invest approximately €750m in the modernisation of its German-wide parcel network. Given the consistent growth in parcel volumes, the parcel business has already become an important pillar of the Mail division... Mail order-business in Germany has seen consistently growing online sales figures, which serves as further confirmation of the potential of the internet and e-commerce... In the future parcel centres will process 28,000, 40,000 and even 50,000 parcels per hour, depending on the location, compared to 20,000 parcels per hour at present. The changes will include technologies such as scanners that can read addresses on all six sides of a parcel, partially automated vehicle unloading and new sorting technology, which should further minimise the risk of damage... In addition, other measures have already been taken, such as the deployment of 6,000 new parcel delivery vehicles and the redrawing of 650 parcel districts across Germany in an effort to improve the service quality...
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