Federal Association for Freight Forwarding and Logistics
German trade association for the freight forwarding and logistics industry, known as DSLV.
Last updated September 16, 2026
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Overview
The Bundesverband Spedition und Logistik (DSLV) is a German freight forwarding and logistics association. Its website presents the industry as systemically relevant, securing supply for industry, trade and the population, and states that freight forwarders steer and organise national and global supply chains. The DSLV publishes industry publications and guidance, including the Handbuch des Internationalen Straßgüterverkehrs, the Allgemeinen Deutschen Spediteurbedingungen 2017 (ADSp 2017), logistics general terms and conditions, and pallet exchange clauses, and it recommends customs powers of attorney to its member companies. It also publishes a semi-annual cost index for groupage freight forwarding and reports on industry figures.
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The DSLV Bundesverband Spedition und Logistik is a German freight forwarding and logistics association. Its website describes logistics as systemically relevant, securing the reliable supply of industry, trade and the population, and states that freight forwarders steer and organise national and global supply chains. The association publishes industry publications and guidance, including the Handbuch des Internationalen Straßgüterverkehrs, the Allgemeinen Deutschen Spediteurbedingungen 2017 (ADSp 2017), logistics general terms and conditions, and the Bonn and Cologne pallet exchange clauses, and it recommends customs powers of attorney to its member companies. It also publishes a semi-annual cost index for groupage freight forwarding and reports industry figures.
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