A courier transport is the fastest form of road transport: your vehicle runs directly from the pickup address to the delivery address – without a hub, without transhipment, without waiting times in the groupage network. This makes same-day deliveries within Germany and overnight deliveries to other European countries feasible, and your shipment stays in the same vehicle from the first to the last metre.
Speed Logistics organises courier direct runs from Berlin and the entire country – with personal dispatch around the clock and a fixed-price quote within a few hours. Typical use cases: urgent spare parts during a machine stoppage, contract documents and prototypes, exhibition samples or sensitive electronics that cannot withstand reloading.
When is a courier transport worthwhile?
Whenever transit time and control are more important than the price per kilometre. Compared to groupage you save one to three days depending on the lane – compared to parcel services you gain a fixed contact, a continuous vehicle and a binding delivery time.
- Same-day and overnight: pickup at short notice after the order, delivery the same day or overnight.
- No reloading: lower risk of damage and loss, important for sensitive and high-value goods.
- Discretion: direct handover from consignor to consignee, on request with a receipt and photo documentation.
How your direct run works
You send us the pickup and delivery address, dimensions, weight and the desired date. Within a few hours you receive a non-binding fixed-price quote. After your approval, we dispatch the suitable vehicle, the driver reports for pickup, and on request you receive status reports through to signed delivery (proof of delivery/POD).
Vehicles and express options
For courier shipments we mainly deploy vans up to 3.5 t – for larger volumes we scale up to the curtain-sided truck. For extremely time-critical cases we offer two additional escalation stages:
- On-board courier (OBC): a courier accompanies your shipment personally on a scheduled flight – for documents and small parts that must arrive worldwide within hours.
- AOG express: prioritised handling for aircraft-on-ground cases in aviation, where every hour of downtime counts.
- Direct runs to non-EU countries: courier runs to Türkiye or North Africa we handle including customs clearance from EXW to DDP.
What does a courier transport cost?
The price depends on distance, volume and urgency. Depending on the lane and lead time, the non-binding guide price is around €199–1,499. Night runs, weekend deliveries and special requirements we calculate individually – in any case you receive a fixed price before the journey starts, with no hidden surcharges.
Typical sectors and shipments
Courier direct runs are booked with us above all by industry and manufacturing: automotive suppliers with urgent components for the line, machine builders with spare parts against a stoppage, electronics and IT companies with sensitive hardware as well as agencies and law firms with time-bound documents. Sign-making companies and print shops also use the direct run when print products must reach an event precisely on time.
For every shipment the following applies: the goods are checked for visible damage at takeover, secured in the vehicle according to VDI principles and handed over to the consignee against a receipt. On request the driver additionally documents takeover and handover by photo – a sensible record for both sides, especially with high-value or sensitive goods.