PostNL opens up lockers to different carriers

Dutch logistics firm PostNL is opening up its community of parcel lockers to different carriers in 2023. Moreover, the corporate will develop its community of 400 parcel lockers to 1,500 lockers by 2024 throughout the nation. The transfer will make it simpler for shoppers to obtain and ship parcels.

The Dutch postal firm, PostNL, has been increasing its community for a while. This summer time, it opened 350 pick-up factors in Belgium. Now it has introduced plans of increasing its automated parcel locker community.

Enlargement of locker community

At the moment, there are over 400 lockers on a number of places. Most of those lockers can be found to prospects 24/7. By 2024, the corporate desires to develop its community to 1,500 lockers throughout the nation. The objective of the enlargement is to make lockers accessible to extra Dutch shoppers.

‘To reinforce the shopper expertise, we’re increasing our variety of parcel lockers.’

“Customers like to make use of the PostNL parcel machines and discover them extraordinarily user-friendly. To additional improve the shopper expertise, we’re due to this fact now busy increasing the variety of PostNL parcel lockers and are working in direction of opening them up”, explains Barry Husman, Director Retail Benelux at PostNL.

Constructing a brand new platform

The brand new lockers won’t solely be out there to PostNL. The provider is at the moment constructing a brand new platform which can allow different carriers to connect with the parcel lockers. Based on the corporate, this may speed up digitization in an effort to provide shoppers a greater buyer expertise.

‘Carriers might want to pay a charge when reserving a locker.’

With the brand new platform, shoppers will be capable of decide up parcels from a number of carriers at one location. Carriers who need to use PostNL’s community, might want to pay a charge when reserving a locker. The charge is dependent upon locker measurement and the quantity of days {that a} bundle stays contained in the locker.