Road Freight
We offer reliable Road Freight transportation on your most crucial routes
Our Road Freight Products offer high quality road transportation, from standard services such as Less-than-Truck Load (LTL), Part-Truck Load (PTL) or Full-Truck Load (FTL) shipments to temperature controlled and highly secured transports.
European Road Freight
We offer you the coverage you need. Our extensive network delivers abroad, giving you the opportunity to manage all your transport needs with one provider.
DHL Road Freight Direct
Our door-to-door Partial-Truck Load (PTL) and Full-Truck Load (FTL) service for point-to-point movement of freight shipments across Europe and within Germany. Service embedded in DHL Freight’s international network, with 180 terminals across Europe.
Defined lead times and bespoke lead times to meet customer requirements.
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Features
Services and Options
- State-of-the-art, IT-supported dispatching and order processing tools
- Shipment status updates and Information of Delivery (IOD)
- More sustainable transport through fuel savings or sustainable fuel
- Dangerous Goods **
DHL Road Freight Standard
Our LTL network delivers high‑quality, reliable and cost‑efficient door‑to‑door service for palletized and non‑palletized groupage across Europe. With pan‑European coverage, harmonized transit times, daily business‑hub connections and easy e‑booking, shipping becomes seamless and consistent.
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Features
Services and Options
- Collection and delivery on wheels
- Fixed delivery day
- Easy booking process via e-booking tools
- Optional GoGreen Plus emission reduction Well-to-Wheel through insetting
- Dangerous goods **
DHL Road Freight Priority
Our LTL priority groupage network connects Europe's main economic areas within 24 or 48 hours, providing the highest priority to your time-critical shipments whilst offering a money-back-guarantee*.
*Premium mark-up upon customer claim for delayed shipments in reference period valid for signed contracts as of 15 April 2026
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Features
Services and Options
- Daily pick-up service and prioritized handling and loading
- Same day pick-up at defined zip codes and Information of Delivery (IOD)
- 24 hour electronic Proof of Delivery (ePOD)
- Pre-10 am & Pre-12 am Delivery Options
- Optional GoGreen Plus emission reduction Well-to-Wheel through insetting
- Dangerous Goods **
* For items that exceed these measurements, please contact Customer Service
** View our dangerous goods and prohibited items policy
*** Review our maximum payloads and axle weights by country
GoGreen Plus Flex
The tailored way to reduce your carbon footprint for European Road Freight.
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Africa and Asia Road Freight
DHL Asia Connect
A cost-efficient Less-than-Truck-Load (LTL) network product, offering regularly scheduled departures to domestic and international across Asia.
COVERS: A continuously expanding network including China, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore, as well as cross-border road freight transportation activities in India and Bangladesh
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Add-on (Optional) Services
- Customs clearance
- Additional liability coverage
- Tailored shipment reports for registered customers
DHL Africa Connect
With confirmed lead times based on origin/destination, this highly reliable door-to-door road freight service provides connections across Africa.
COVERS: Angola, Botswana, DRC, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe
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Add-on (Optional) Services
- Customs clearance
- Additional liability coverage
- Tailored shipment reports for registered customers
DHL AsiaLine
A Full-Truck-Load (FTL) or Part-Truck-Load (PTL) point-to-point alternative for road freight shipments. DHL AsiaLine offers a vast variety of equipment types and capacities, incl. semi-trailer, 20ft and 40ft containers for domestic and international road freight logistics in covered countries.
COVERS: China, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Pakistan, Bangladesh and India
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Add-on (Optional) Services
- Dangerous goods
- Out of gauge shipments
- Temperature controlled road freight transportation
- Customs clearance
- Additional liability coverage
- Tailored road freight shipment reports for registered customers
DHL AfricaLine
Flexible and cost-efficient road freight logistics solutions for part (PTL) and full loads (FTL). A number of equipment types and capacities are available for domestic and international transportation covering Sub-Saharan Africa.
COVERS: Angola, Botswana, DRC, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe
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Add-on (Optional) Services
- Customs clearance
- Additional liability coverage
U.S. and North America Road Freight
DHL U.S. Domestic Day Definite Ground (LTL)
A Less-than-Truck-Load (LTL) point-to-point alternative for the movement of road freight shipments. A number of equipment types and capacities such as semi-trailer, 40ft/53ft trailers and many others are available.
COVERS: 48 states in the continental USA
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Add-on (Optional) Services
- White Glove precision delivery service
DHL U.S. Domestic FTL
A Full Truck Load (FTL) point-to-point alternative for the movement of road freight shipments. Extensive range of equipment types and capacities including temperature-controlled options.
COVERS: 48 states in the continental USA
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Add-on (Optional) Services
- White Glove precision delivery service
DHL U.S. Domestic Transborder Connect (FTL and LTL)
A cross border solution that combines proven freight forwarding expertise, transport-related warehousing solutions, customs brokerage a range of destination market value-added services to simplify supply chain operations crossing the northern and southern U.S. borders.
COVERS: 48 states in the continental USA
Includes
- In-house U.S. and Mexican and Canadian brokerage services
- 24-7/365 bi-lingual customer service, single invoice
- Import Management System (IMS) for U.S. Customs Brokerage compliance and reporting
Add-on (Optional) Services
- Inventory management, order fulfillment and distribution to end customers
- Non-Resident Importer (NRI) programs, including set up
- Small package courier services available for high volume NRI customers
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