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Our system freight products DB SCHENKER system offers door-to-door service for your freight with the fastest lead times and daily departures.
DB SCHENKER system
This is the ideal choice for fast, reliable delivery with the kind of flexibility you and your groupage need to stay ahead and competitive.
Optional time-definite services:
- Fix Day delivery: The customer specifies a delivery date.
- Fix Day 10 and 12 (national): The customer specifies a delivery date before 10 a.m. or before 12 noon.
- Fix Day 10 and 13 (international): The customer specifies a delivery date before 10 a.m. or before 1 p.m.
- Fix Day to be agreed: A delivery date is agreed upon with the recipient by telephone.
DB SCHENKER system premium
There's fast delivery, and then there's supersonic! And that is what you can expect with DB SCHENKER system premium. It's up to two days faster than DB SCHENKER system, when your system freight can't wait. Plus, it is performance guaranteed* for maximum reliability and peace-of-mind.
Optional time-definite services:
- Premium 08, 10 and 12 (national): Fastest possible transport. The shipment arrives at the recipient by 8 a.m., 10 a.m. or 12 noon on the scheduled delivery day.
- Premium 10 and 13 (international): Fastest possible transport. The shipment arrives at the recipient by 10 a.m. or 1 p.m. on the scheduled delivery day.
DB SCHENKER system home
Deliver your groupage shipment to your private customer's home - nationally and internationally - across Europe. Choose our DB SCHENKER system home. Your recipient simply chooses the date and time they wish the curbside delivery to be made both nationally and internationally. Fast online booking guarantees maximum convenience.
* All goods except: Dangerous goods or goods with special regulations. Standardized home delivery service not available in the following non-EU countries: NO, UK, AD, AL, BA, KZ, LI, MA, ME, MK, MT, RS, RU, TR, UA - contact DB Schenker for a customized solution.
Further additional services for DB SCHENKER system and DB SCHENKER system premium:
- Dangerous Goods
- Delivery Pre-Notice SMS, Delivery Pre-Notice eMail:
The recipient receives an SMS or e-mail notification when the shipment is delivered.
- Additionally for domestic shipments:
- Pre-Advice by eMail:
Proactive notification of the delivery date by e-mail; possibility of coordination with DB Schenker. - Driver's Pre-Advice:
The driver agrees on the delivery location and exact delivery time with the recipient by telephone at least one hour before delivery.
- Pre-Advice by eMail:
- New: Land logistics
Specialized in warehousing facilities and transports, DB Schenker is the first choice for your logistics as well as national and international groupage shipments. With this perfect combination of logistics and transports, you benefit from an all-round logistics service in Germany and Switzerland in Europe's largest land transport network.
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New: Econeutral
With the optional service econeutral it is possible to voluntarily compensate for the unavoidable CO2 emissions that occur in the course of a transport and thereby support emission reduction projects in developing countries.
Restrictions for dangerous goods
Due to the risk for people and the environment, dangerous cargo cannot be treated like general cargo. It requires special handling and the workforce involved needs additional qualifications. It's also subject to general acceptance conditions applicable throughout Europe with DB SCHENKER system. Please consider our restrictions for dangerous goods for groupage (cross border). In any case, customers may always ask their responsible branch office for special agreements.
Ancillary Fees
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Due to rising traffic volumes, timely delivery and pick up is becoming increasingly difficult in metropolitan areas. This leads to unavoidable cost increases. The situation is particular critical in the metropolitan areas of some major European cities (e.g. Paris, London, Rome). City administrations have increasingly regulated access to urban areas. In addition, vehicle bans frequently lead to further major restrictions. For some time now, these measures have led to increased expenditure and unavoidable cost increases for the delivery and collection of your consignments in the major cities affected.
We are therefore obligated to charge a special surcharge for deliveries and pick-ups to affected major European cities.
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Since the Swiss National Bank SNB abolished the minimum exchange rate of CHF 1.20 per euro in January 2015, the euro (EUR) to Swiss franc (CHF) exchange rate has been subject to considerable fluctuations. This represents an increasingly incalculable cost factor with regard to the services provided by DB Schenker in Switzerland. These currency costs, over which we have no control, must be compensated for by means of a variable currency surcharge.
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Costs for petrol and diesel are becoming more and more subject to immense variabilities and thus they constitute an incalculable cost factor. At Schenker Deutschland AG fuel costs continue to constitute about 12 percent of the total haulage costs for general cargo/network transports. The percentage for part and complete loads is significantly higher.
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The toll is an obligatory charge for the use of certain traffic structures such as freeways, federal highways, bridges and tunnels, which is applied in many countries. In some European city centers, a city toll is charged upon entry or access to environmental zones is subject to a fee.
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By deploying additional manpower and vehicles, DB Schenker maintains the necessary capacity to respond flexibly to fluctuating shipment volumes. The primary objective is to ensure consistently high delivery quality, even during peak periods such as spring or fall. Partially some of the additional expense incurred during peak periods are charged in form of a seasonal surcharge. The current periods for applying the season surcharge can be found in the attached calendar.
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