The core service of DHL Express is the day-definite or time-defined door-to-door delivery of goods and documents – to and from nearly every country or territory. No matter whether your shipments have to be delivered in the morning, at noon or at the end of the business day, you always know where your items are thanks to shipment tracking in our own network.

The services of DHL Express differ primarily with regard to speed options and the destination country or region of your shipment.

• DHL Express Worldwide: Shipment via air freight with fast delivery by the end of the next-possible working day or with exact time options.
• DHL Economy Select: Our affordable road transport service that enables day-definite door-to-door delivery throughout Europe within just a few working days.
• DHL Express Domestic: Germany-wide delivery on the next working day or with exact time options.

• DHL Special Services: Do you have a very specific request, or is tomorrow already too late? Then DHL Special Services from DHL Express can save the day. 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

With the DHL Express Worldwide and DHL Express Domestic services, defined times are bookable instead of delivery by the end of the day. We always offer you the earliest possible time option depending on the time of shipment posting and the destination of your shipment.

DHL Express 9:00 (10:30 to the USA): our premium service DHL Express 9:00 (10:30 a.m. for shipments to the USA) is the service for time-critical international shipping on the next-possible working day. DHL Express 9:00 is available for the main centers of business in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia and the Americas. DHL Express 9:00 is suitable for shipments with a weight of up to 25 kg and parcels weighing up to 250 kg.

With DHL Express 12:00, you receive your items before 12 noon on the next possible working day. DHL Express 12:00 comprises the shipping of heavy pieces up to 70 kg and shipments up to 300 kg.

DHL Express Worldwide, or Time Definite International (TDI), is our most popular service. It enables the delivery of time-critical merchandise and documents worldwide before the end of the next possible working day. This enables you to transport pieces weighing up to 70 kg and shipments weighing up to 3,000 kg to their destination quickly and transparently thanks to shipment tracking.

Fast transportation within our unique DHL Express network always takes place with reliable door-to-door delivery – to more countries and territories than offered by any other express service.

DHL Express Worldwide is particularly relevant for companies that ship internationally and depend on speed, transparency and reliability.

DHL Economy Select, or Day Definite International (DDI), is the most cost-efficient shipping solution for less time-critical road transport within Europe. By contrast with air-freight-based express services, the focus here lies on reliable door-to-door delivery within a defined number of working days.

Delivery in Europe usually takes 1 to 3 working days depending on the country and region. The service is suitable for shipments weighing up to 1,000 kg, with individual pieces weighing up to 70 kg. This is particularly interesting for companies that ship Europe-wide and are looking for a good balance of transit times, costs and reliability.

Time Definite Domestic (TDD), which is often referred to simply as domestic shipping or domestic express shipping, is the DHL Express solution for time-critical shipping within Germany. This service is directed toward private customers or companies that want fast and reliable delivery of domestic shipments.

With the domestic service, delivery takes place by the end of the next possible working day within Germany. Shipping of pieces weighing up to 70 kg and shipments weighing up to 3,000 kg is possible. This makes the service particularly interesting for companies with urgent domestic merchandise streams, important documents, replacement parts or shipments that have to reach the end customers quickly.

With DHL Express, companies can import shipments to Germany from throughout the world. The import solutions are designed to simplify international procurement and global supply chains – with a strong network, coordinated processes, shipment tracking and customs know-how.

In addition, customers in Germany can import goods from China not just to Germany, but also to other countries such as the United States. We refer to this as a third-country shipment.

Local dealers or forwarding services do not need to be contracted at any time. You have full control and can easily administer all steps of your import.

Our DHL Express 12:00, DHL Express 10:30 and DHL Express 9:00 services are available to you for importing if you require particularly fast delivery, while our DHL Economy Select import service is available for less urgent shipping throughout Europe. You can commission an import from another country for delivery in your country or to another destination. With a single customer number, an invoice in a specific currency and a fixed price, you know exactly what you are paying.

DHL Express Special Services are customized transport solutions for particularly urgent, sensitive, complex or unusual shipments.

We pick up shipments of almost any size and weight, and transport them to their destination as fast as possible.

DHL Express develops individual solutions – domestic and international – when standard express shipping doesn’t suffice. This includes same-day transport, direct tours, next flight out, on-board courier, charter solutions, temperature-controlled transport and special industry solutions.

This service is particularly suitable where maximum flexibility and personal handling are needed: such as for critical replacement parts, healthcare and life sciences shipments, high-value goods or shipments with special temperature or hazardous substance requirements.

In short, if an individual solution is needed, the DHL Express Special Services team offers the support you need.