Dachser revenue exceeds EUR 7 billion for the first time

2021 was an distinctive yr: Will increase in quantity and excessive freight charges generated document development; 78.3 % bounce in air and sea freight

KEMPTEN, GERMANY – Media OutReach – 6 April 2022 – Within the 2021 monetary yr, Dachser elevated its consolidated income by 26.0 % to EUR 7.1 billion. After the lockdown-driven lateral detour of the earlier yr, the logistics supplier is again on a dynamic development monitor. The constructive final result for 2021 is because of natural development in shipments and tonnage of 6.3 %, or 7.7 % on the Group degree. Excessive freight costs, brought on by the scarcity of load capability skilled by all carriers, set the seal on this bounce in income.

“There’s no query that 2021 was distinctive in some ways, with some excessive challenges to beat,” says Dachser CEO Burkhard Eling. “It was marked by Brexit, the COVID-19 pandemic, and world provide chains pushed to breaking level, all of which brought on nice uncertainty amongst our prospects. Even on this scenario, we managed to supply logistics options whereas nonetheless sustaining a excessive degree of high quality and repair. On this method, we strengthened ties with prospects and pursued focused growth of enterprise, particularly with our main accounts. This was a unprecedented achievement, the place the troublesome situations meant that our groups needed to give their all.”

Enterprise growth intimately

Dachser’s Highway Logistics enterprise discipline—which contains the transport and warehousing of commercial and shopper items (European Logistics) and meals (Meals Logistics)—elevated its income by 12.3 % to EUR 4.99 billion in 2021. After lockdowns throughout southern Europe in 2020 led to a 2.2 % drop in income, the consequence represents a major enhance—even over the pre-COVID yr 2019.

The European Logistics enterprise line raised its income by a formidable 13.1 % to EUR 3.92 billion. Following a number of years of stagnation, the variety of shipments elevated considerably by 6.8 % to 72.0 million; tonnage went up by much more, 8.5 %, to 30.0 million. All regional enterprise models—Germany, North Central Europe, France & Maghreb, and Iberia—recorded double-digit will increase in income. Regardless of COVID-related restrictions for eating places and lodges in Germany, the acquisition of recent prospects ensured that the Meals Logistics enterprise line achieved income development of 9.8 %. That is the primary time the enterprise line surpassed one billion, reaching income of EUR 1.07 billion.

In 2021, air and sea freight enterprise was characterised by provide chain disruptions, a scarcity of freight capability, and correspondingly excessive charges. As a consequence of this growth, the Air & Sea Logistics enterprise discipline was capable of obtain document income development of 78.3 %. Shipments dealt with rose by 9.1 % and tonnage jumped 20.9 %. One explicit success was the additional growth of air freight charters to a community of standard transports between Asia, Europe, and North America. Dachser accomplished a complete of 230 charters in 2021. “Reliably obtainable freight capability provides prospects planning certainty—and that was the important thing to our success in 2021. As well as, we have been capable of feed items arriving from abroad straight into our personal European overland transport community for distribution and supply, which proved to be very advantageous,” Eling explains.