Market Share of Germany Contract Logistics Industry
The market is relatively fragmented with CEVA Logistics, DHL Supply Chain, DB Schenker Hellman Worldwide Logistics and Kuehne + Nagel as its major players. The companies are actively participating in mergers, acquisitions and partnerships to attain operational advantages. Emerson Climate Technologies in Europe (Alsdorf, Germany) signed Dachser Logistics as its contract logistics partner will not only handle storage and picking, but also the end-customer-specific packaging of the products as a value-added service.
In July 2019, DHL partnered with Lidl (German supermarket company), to build around 500 pack stations nationwide to all the customers to send and receive DHL parcels from the Lidl stores making its services available around the clock. DB Schenker is focusing on increasing its warehousing size at various locations like Augsburg and Güstrow, increasing the capacity by approximately 51,000 sq. meters.
Among the further developments, DHL extended its partnership with German football Association as its official contract logistics partner including the time frame of Women's World Cup in France and Men's 2020 European Championship.
Germany Contract Logistics Market Leaders
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CEVA Logistics
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DHL International GmbH.
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DB Schenker
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Hellman Worldwide Logistics
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Kuhne Nagel
*Disclaimer: Major Players sorted in no particular order
