From one to two: Market leader DHL is introducing a new price category for particularly heavy packages. This is based on a change in the law that has a clear goal.
regardless of whether the package weighed ten kilos or three times that.
The federal government recently revised the outdated postal law. Among other things, packages weighing 10 kilos or more must now be labeled. This is to prevent parcel carriers from over-exerting themselves and getting back problems. The law provides for different labels for the weight classes 10 kilos and over and 20 kilos and this differentiation is now causing DHL to change its product range slightly.
According to the law, packages weighing 20 kilos or more should normally be delivered by two people – unless there are suitable technical aids, in which case one-person delivery is also permitted. The Federal Ministry of Labor is to determine what exactly these technical aids are by the end of the year. According to SPD and Green politicians, it should not be a simple hand truck.
DHL used to be called Deutsche Post DHL. The international logistics company’s mail division is still called Deutsche Post in Germany.
Source: Stern
