Our services
Together with our network partners, we offer customized shipping solutions for your general cargo – in Germany and Europe.
24-hour service / Overnight (OV)
Delivery occurs within 24 hours during normal business hours (08:00 am – 05:00 pm) or by a sheduled time (10:00 am or 12:00 am).
Fixed-time service
Our fixed deadlines adhered to exactly. Your general cargo will not be delivered later, but also not earlier. Fixed appointments have a minimum term of 48 hours, optionally also until 10:00 or 12:00 am on the specified delivery day.
Economy
Delivery occurs with a minimum duration of 48 hours without a binding time of day. You not only save money on freight, but also CO2e emissions through the optimal utilisation of the vehicles used.
Private customer delivery
In contrast to collection and delivery for business customers, individual requirements are placed on the freight forwarder when handling private customers. Establishing contact, agreeing on a delivery date and the delivery itself becomes a service product in its own right due to the reduced availability and lack of equipment on site.
HUB prio
With the ” HUB Prio” service and the associated obligation to continue loading in the HUB, the turnaround time of a shipment is reduced by 24 hours. This means that deliveries can now be made even faster.
CO2e-balanced transport
With the VTL product “Klick für die Umwelt”, VTL partners and their customers have the opportunity to voluntarily make a valuable contribution to the financing of high-quality myclimate climate protection projects in the amount of the calculated CO2e emissions when placing an order (only for national consingments).
Based on the calculated emissions, myClimate climate protection projects in Africa, Asia and Latin America are supported. The projects meet the highest standards (Gold Standard, Plan Vivo and VCS (incl. CBB and/or SD-ViSta)) and contribute to the UN’s SDGs. In this way, myclimate projects not only reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but also contribute to social, ecological and economic development in the region.
In addition, our general cargo network offers further services:
Transportation of GGVS-/ADR-cargo
You can also have dangerous goods transported via the VTL network that are authorised for transport in accordance with §3 GGVSEB. As we transport general cargo, individual dangerous goods classes are excluded via the system. You can use our ADR database to check in advance whether your goods can be shipped via the network.
Central billing
VTL is able to centralise invoicing for you. This simplifies your operational organisation and increases efficiency.
Value Added Services
Value-added services: daily transshipment, unloading, fine picking, repackaging, labeling
How you benefit from our expertise and network:
- National and international VTL network connection with 130 partners for same-day shipping with daily night departures
- End-to-end tracking of shipments until delivery – POD
- Central contact person at the central transshipment point in Fulda
- Video surveillance
- Ramp unloading
- Warehouse handling technology
- Scanners for interface control
- Dangerous goods
Interested in a free consultation? Simply send an email to partnerwerden@vtl.de and we will get back to you with a suggested appointment time.
Would you like to become part of the strong VTL network? Then find out more about the benefits of a VTL membership and contact options.
We operate exclusively in accordance with the Allgemeine Deutsche Spediteurbedingungen 2017 – ADSp 2017 – (German Freight Forwarders’ Standard Terms and Conditions 2017) and have signed the forwarding insurance.
Note: In clause 23 the ADSp 2017 deviates from the statutory liability limitation in section 431 German Commercial Code (HGB) by limiting the liability for multimodal transportation with the involvement of sea carriage and an unknown damage location to 2 SDR/kg and, for the rest, the customary liability limitation of 8,33 SDR/kg additionally to Euro 1,25 million per damage claim and EUR 2,5 million per damage event, but not less than 2 SDR/kg.
For international consignments CMR applies:
Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road (CMR) [121kB]
Contact person

Patricia Geiter
Division Manager Network (ppa.)
Tel. +49 661 9768-220
Patricia.Geiter@vtl.de