Express trip

Express travel in transportation

Express trips, also known as special trips, are special transports that ensure particularly fast delivery of goods and merchandise. They are often used to get urgent consignments to their destination in the shortest possible time.

Features of an express trip:

• Speed: Highest priority on the fastest possible delivery.
• Flexibility: Use of vehicles that are immediately available to minimize delays.
• Reliability: Guarantee that the shipment arrives safely and on time.
• Fixed delivery times: There are guaranteed delivery times, e.g. “Next Day Delivery” or “Same Day Delivery”, for international shipments to Spain, France, Portugal the guaranteed delivery times are longer, depending on the choice of means of transportation.
• Various means of transportation: Express deliveries can be made by truck, plane or train.
• Price structure: Express deliveries are generally more expensive than standard deliveries, but cheaper than individually booked courier trips.

Areas of application: Time-critical documents, spare parts, medical products and urgent merchandise, production products,

Advantages: Shorter delivery times, increased customer satisfaction, competitiveness.

Disadvantages: Higher costs compared to standard deliveries, but this must be seen in relation to the benefits of fast delivery.

If production stops due to a lack of spare parts, the damage can be significantly higher than the increased freight costs. This can go so far that it is even worth using air freight.

Express transport or express delivery is an important service in the transportation industry to meet the need for fast and reliable deliveries. In addition to express delivery, there is also courier delivery. The two terms are often used interchangeably, but there are significant differences between the two services in terms of processing, scope of service and speed. If you would like to find out more about courier services , click on the link here.

We at Spedition Falk Albrecht GmbH will be happy to advise you on which express shipment is the fastest and most cost-effective solution for your requirements and organize the complete transport from collection to delivery – worldwide!

We also use our own fleet of vehicles , which makes us independent of the market.