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Three products for your groupage – endless opportunities
Our system freight products provide 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.
- Fix day 10
You determine the delivery date, before 10 am
(with a maximum of 3 days after the planned lead time). - Fix day 13
You determine the delivery date, before 1 pm
(with a maximum of 3 days after the planned lead time). - Fix day to be agreed
The shipper determines the delivery date
(with a maximum of 3 days after the planned lead time). - Automated fix day to be agreed
Your customer receives a text message or e-mail with a link and then selects the most convenient delivery date* – digital and 24/7 via our online portal.
* The fix day period is the minimum DB SCHENKER system delivery time, plus up to three days. If no date is selected, the delivery will be made according to our system freight schedule.
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. Choose your option:
- Premium 10
Guaranteed* delivery in accordance with our lead time before 10 am. - Premium 13
Guaranteed* delivery in accordance with our lead time before 1 pm.
* If the shipment is not delivered within the agreed lead time, the customer can request reimbursement of the net fee without surcharges paid by the customer to DB Schenker for the specific shipment. This shall not apply, if the sender or recipient is responsible for the late delivery and in case of force majeure.
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.
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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Find out about ICS2 (Import Control System 2) and the ongoing requirements of ENS (Entry Summary Declaration – Great Britain) for goods imported into Great Britain.
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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.
2024
2025
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.