Etsy has become the first online marketplace to offer Royal Mail’s new postal delivery duties paid (PDDP) service for shipments to the European Union, following EU customs changes that took effect on July 1.

Royal Mail launched the service in response to new EU rules that introduced a flat €3 (US$3.41) customs duty on most business-to-consumer parcels valued under €150 (US$170) entering the bloc from outside it. The PDDP service allows duties to be calculated and paid at the point of postage purchase, to prevent customers from facing unexpected charges on delivery.

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Austrian Post has opened its 3,000th  postal outlet, a new parcel station installed outside a Eurospar store in Schwanenstadt. The company now operates 327 company-run branches, 1,353 postal partner locations, 57 self-service branches and 1,263 freestanding postal stations, describing this as the densest network in its history.

Walter Oblin, CEO of Austrian Post, said the milestone reflects the company’s push to combine in-person service with round-the-clock parcel pickup and drop-off. “Our branches, postal partners and postal stations combine personal on-site service with flexible 24/7 parcel pickup and drop-off,” he noted.

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eBay is expanding its eBay International Shipping (eIS) service to the UK, aiming to help sellers reach more than 136 million buyers across over 195 countries and territories. The rollout builds on the company’s existing Global Shipping Programme and follows earlier launches in the US and Canada, with the UK service starting in August.

The enhanced offering protects sellers in the event of international buyer returns, alongside simplified customs, shipping and post-sale support.

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The global contract logistics market reached €305.95bn (US$348bn) in 2025, its fastest annual growth since 2021, according to Ti Insight’s (Transport Intelligence) Global Contract Logistics 2026 report, which was published July 23.

The market is forecast to grow to €318.58 billion (US$362.72bn) in 2026 and €372.6bn (US$424.22bn) by 2030, representing a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 4.0% between 2025 and 2030.

Growth is uneven across regions, the report states.

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Poczta Polska, Poland’s national postal operator, is modernizing its logistics infrastructure by installing new roller conveyors at courier facilities to support automated sorting.

The conveyors can sort approximately 2,000 parcels per hour, with a modular design that enables configurations to be adapted to each facility’s specific requirements. The company said the upgrade is intended to make sorting more organized and speed up the movement of parcels to their designated distribution zones.

The new equipment has already been deployed at Poczta Polska sorting centers in Pruszcz Gdański, Niepołomice, Opole, Kalisz, Zielona Góra, Radom and Częstochowa, with further rollouts planned for this autumn.

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Austrian Post (Österreichische Post) is acquiring 100% of Serbian parcel service provider D Express, with plans to merge it into a single company alongside its existing Serbian subsidiary, City Express.

The acquisition includes D Express’s employees, customer contracts and infrastructure, comprising a logistics center in Belgrade and 27 delivery depots. Austrian Post has operated in Serbia for several years through City Express, and is among the country’s established parcel providers. The company said that by combining D Express and City Express, it hopes to create one of Serbia’s leading private parcel service providers, strengthening its market position and growth prospects.

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FedEx has opened a new logistics facility in Košice, Slovakia, aiming to strengthen connections between eastern Slovakia and global markets and improve access to international trade for local businesses.

The facility is the second-largest FedEx location in the country, covering nearly 1,000m2 with 18 pickup and delivery (PUD) docks and four flexible loading positions that can accommodate vans and long-haul trucks. It expands FedEx’s local capabilities to include processing of larger, palletized freight alongside standard shipments, with direct connections to long-haul routes across Europe and beyond.

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Cainiao has upgraded its European cross-border logistics service, with its Eastern Europe delivery network now fully connected across the region.

Following the upgrades, parcels shipped from Western Europe can now reach major Eastern European markets – including Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Romania and Bulgaria – in four to six days.

Previously, merchants shipping to the region had to rely on multi-leg routing or local transfers, which made delivery times less predictable.

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DP World has deployed 35 electric terminal tractors (ETTs) at Jeddah Islamic Port’s South Container Terminal (SCT), expanding the terminal’s tractor fleet by more than 20%.

The rollout forms part of DP World’s US$800m long-term investment in lower-carbon port infrastructure at the Saudi Arabian gateway. The company expects the deployment to cut annual CO2 emissions from the terminal tractor fleet by approximately 20% compared to current levels, while improving operational efficiency for customers.

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Leidos and DHL Supply Chain have formed a strategic alliance to pursue the UK Ministry of Defence’s (MOD) Future Defence Support Services (FDSS) program, aiming to deliver integrated, resilient and scalable logistics capabilities.

Operating as the Logistics & Mission Support Alliance, the partnership is being submitted as part of a competitive contract bidding process. It combines Leidos’s defense integration expertise with DHL’s global logistics scale and operational capability. If successful, the partners say the alliance would help modernize defense logistics, strengthen readiness, improve resilience and provide more agile support to the UK’s armed forces.

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