You will see this message if no shipment status can be displayed (yet). This can happen for a number of reasons. For example:

• No information from the sender is available yet:
• The sender has already sent you the shipment number by e-mail but has not sent any shipment information to DHL yet. In some cases, it may take up to 24 hours for the sender to provide information to DHL or to hand over the shipment to DHL.
• The digits of the consignment number are transposed or there is a character is missing.
• Please check your entry.
• The shipment number is not valid:
• The shipment number or the shipment identification code is a 10- to 39-digit number-letter combination which you will find on your delivery receipt. You may have entered an incorrect number.
• Please check your entry.
• The shipment number is from a parcel shipment from abroad:
• Find parcel shipment from America (DHL eCommerce)
• Find parcel shipment from Asia (DHL eCommerce)
• The shipment number is from a letter or express shipment:
• Find a letter (registered letter, cash on delivery, value, urgent)
• Find an Express shipment (national and international)

In most cases, this status will appear first in the shipment tracking.

It means that the sender has provided the shipment with a shipping label and a tracking number and transmitted the shipment data electronically to DHL.

Please note the DHL shipment tracking. Your parcel will arrive soon.

Your shipment has arrived at the destination parcel centre (in the recipient’s region) and will automatically arrive (via the sorting facility) at the sorting office which is responsible for the recipient’s address.

In the sorting office, the shipment is sorted by delivery districts and prepared for loading into the delivery vehicle.

If this status is displayed several times, your shipment probably had to be processed manually.

Please note the DHL shipment tracking. There may be a delay of 1-2 days.

This status might remain unchanged for several hours or days. The next status visible to you is the loading of the shipment into the delivery vehicle. Your shipment is constantly in motion, even if the status does not change.

Please understand that it is not possible to have direct contact with the parcel centre or to accelerate the shipment through customer service.

Your shipment has been loaded into the vehicle by the deliverer after sorting at the sorting office. Usually, your parcel will be delivered the same day.

If this status is displayed several times in the shipment tracking, the deliverer was not able to complete the delivery run due to a malfunction, such as a road closure, an accident or other unforeseen events.

In such a case, there may be a delay of 1-2 days. Please note the DHL shipment tracking.

Please understand that it is not possible to have direct contact with the deliverer or to accelerate the shipment through customer service.

Tip: A forecast of the time your parcel is expected to arrive can be found in the parcel notification.

Register with DHL to receive a parcel notification.

Collection by a third party is not an option for shipments with an identity-and-age check, since these can only be personally accepted by the recipient.

Important note: In exceptional cases, the deliverer might not be able to deliver your shipment to the postal outlet that he previously stated on your notification card. The actual place of delivery (e.g. postal outlet, parcel shop, Packstation) will be stated in DHL Shipment Tracking.

If the shipment tracking information matches that from your notification card, you might have gone to the postal outlet too soon and the shipment might not have been sorted yet.

Please check the time on the notification card again.

With this status, a first delivery attempt has usually taken place. In exceptional situations, this status can also mean that the deliverer had to cancel his delivery run due to operational reasons.

Please understand that the next delivery attempt cannot be made until the next working day (Monday to Saturday, except public holidays).

Most of the shipments are sorted and processed fully automatically in the parcel centres – up to 50,000 shipments per hour. If the sorting system cannot read or allocate required information, the corresponding shipment is sorted out for manual post-processing.

There are several reasons for manual processing. Here are some reasons that the delivery of your shipment might be delayed:

• The address on the shipment is faulty or incomplete (e.g. a transposed postal code or a missing house number).
• The shipping label was completed in illegible handwriting.
• The shipping label has fallen off the shipment.
• The packaging around the shipment has opened during transport or has been slightly damaged externally and needs to be repackaged.

Please note the DHL shipment tracking. There may be a delay of 1-2 days.

Please understand that it is not possible to have direct contact with the parcel centre or to accelerate the shipment through customer service.

Tip: If you, as the sender, print out the shipping sticker via DHL Online Franking and do not enter the address by hand, your shipment will reach your destination faster, thanks to the better recognition rate in the sorting systems.

Most of the shipments are sorted and processed fully automatically in the parcel centres – up to 50,000 shipments per hour. If the sorter cannot read or allocate required information, your shipment might be misdirected and loaded onto the wrong delivery vehicle. There are several reasons for misdirection.

Here are some reasons that the delivery of your shipment might be delayed:

• The address on the shipment is faulty or incomplete (e.g. a transposed postal code or a missing house number).
• The shipping label has fallen off the shipment.

Please note the DHL shipment tracking. There may be a delay of up to 5 days.

Please understand that it is not possible to have direct contact with the parcel centre or to accelerate the shipment through customer service.

If the delivery person cannot find you at home and no family member or neighbour can accept your shipment, it will be dropped off at a nearby post office branch, a DHL Parcel Shop or a Packstation.

You can collect your shipment from the branch for 7 working days and from the Packstation for 7 calendar days. Working days are Monday to Saturday, except public holidays.

If you are unable to collect your item within the 7 days, it will be returned to the sender. The collection period begins when the item is placed in the Packstation or one working day after the delivery attempt if it is delivered to the branch.