DHL opens new Service Centre in Utrecht

DHL Express has opened a new Service Centre in Utrecht, on the Haarrijn
on the A2. The parcel delivery company has invested nine million in the
new centre, which consists of a 3,000-square-metre warehouse and an office.

The centre is primarily intended to serve the province of Utrecht and is set to become a
collection point for international consignments that need to be dispatched with some urgency
be dispatched. To this end, the company utilises an automated
sorting system.

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for urgent deliveries. Customers can also drop off their parcels themselves at the new
centre. The parcel carrier makes no distinction between business and
private customers. Another part of the distribution centre is the Same Day department, which handles highly valuable or critical international consignments that need to be delivered as quickly as possible. DHL expects to handle between
5,000 and 6,000 orders requiring cross-border delivery, with
time is a key factor.

’ growthThe number of parcels handled by DHL Express has increased significantly in recent years. The ten
DHL Express service centres in the Netherlands are processing an ever-increasing number of parcels, and
this growth is expected to continue for some time yet. It is estimated that
the number of parcels DHL has to process will double over the next ten years. That is why, in March 2017, DHL Express will also be moving into a
new site in the Rotterdam-The Hague region, on the A4 in Den Hoorn. The plot on which the new Service Centre is being built covers over 16,000 m².

LogistiekProfs Editorial Team