Contract logistics is a long-term, contractually defined logistics model: you outsource recurring transport and logistics processes to a specialised provider and gain predictable costs, guaranteed capacity and room to focus on your core business. Instead of tendering every shipment individually, you work with defined processes, dedicated contacts and agreed service levels.
As your contract logistics partner, Speed Logistics handles your recurring transport volumes – within Europe as well as to non-EU countries such as Türkiye, North Africa or the Gulf region, including full customs clearance. Our dispatch team is personally available around the clock and manages your traffic from the panel van to the 40-tonne articulated truck.
Scope of Services: What We Handle in Contract Logistics
The setup is tailored to your processes – typical building blocks of a partnership are:
- Fixed lanes and framework schedules: recurring scheduled runs between plants, warehouses and customers with agreed collection and delivery windows
- Capacity assurance: guaranteed load space from the panel van (3.5 t) to the articulated truck – even at peak times
- Just-in-time supply of production lines with tight time windows and direct transports without transhipment
- Customs and non-EU handling as an integrated process: export declaration, transit procedure and import clearance from EXW to DDP
- Premium handling for sensitive and high-value goods that require particularly careful handling
Everything is managed from our dispatch team in Berlin: dedicated contacts who know your lanes, consignees and special requirements – instead of changing contacts for every shipment. Regular reviews of on-time performance and optimisation potential are part of the partnership, so that the concept improves over the term of the contract rather than merely running.
How the Start of a Partnership Works
It begins with analysis: we map out your shipment structure – lanes, frequencies, weights, time windows, customs requirements. On this basis we develop a transport concept with clearly defined services, processes and interfaces, backed by transparent pricing, usually as a framework agreement with fixed lane rates or volume-based rates.
Once operations start, a dedicated dispatcher supervises your traffic, monitors deadlines proactively and flags deviations before they become a problem. The concept remains scalable: if your volume grows or new lanes are added, we adjust capacity and schedules – without you having to run a new tender.
Who Benefits from Contract Logistics
Contract logistics pays off as soon as transports occur regularly: for industrial companies with series production and inbound supply traffic, for retailers with fixed distribution routes and for exporters with recurring non-EU shipments, where customs clearance creates the same effort every time. This is precisely where a well-rehearsed process saves time: documents, tariff classification and procedures are established after the first few shipments. The model is also attractive for mid-sized companies without their own traffic department: dispatch moves entirely to us, while you retain full control through fixed reporting channels.
When choosing a partner, a clean service description, transparent billing models and a concept that grows with your company are essential. That is exactly how we work: you receive an initial assessment from us within a few hours, based on fixed-price logic instead of vague surcharge lists.
The Cost of Contract Logistics
The cost structure depends on the scope of services, lanes, volume and contract term. Common models are fixed lane prices, monthly flat rates or volume-based tariffs – whichever suits your shipment structure. We only quote concrete figures after analysing your processes; in return they are then reliably calculated and free of hidden extras. Send us your key data – you will receive a no-obligation quote at short notice.