Express Parcel Carrier Makes Investments in Nordic Logistics Hubs

DHL Express is to make its largest ever investment in Denmark and the Nordic countries with a new hub at Copenhagen Airport, as the freight and logistics giant looks to significantly improve the speed and quality of its activities in the region. With new state-of-the-art automated systems, DHL says the new facility will be able to handle nearly 37,000 packages per hour, 24 hours a day, in the 26,172 m2warehouse and office complex. The company expects the hub to be ready in 2023 and to add around 100 new jobs. John Pearson, Global CEO of DHL Express, said: "We want to grow through quality. Therefore, we are investing significantly into the expansion of our infrastructure to increase efficiencies and to improve delivery capabilities. Our international hubs are the backbone of our global network which connects businesses from all industries and private customers alike, and enables them to benefit from the ongoing e-commerce growth." Packages to and from Denmark usually travel via the DHL hubs in Leipzig, Germany, or East Midlands, UK. However, once the new hub at Copenhagen Airport is built, planes will reach their destinations more directly and without additional stops along the way. Fewer stops mean faster delivery, which is critical for many companies' business and vital for consumers today. DHL Express' new freight terminal will be located on a 43,116 m2 site in the eastern freight area of the airport, where a new Airport Business Park is in the works as well. The new airport development is the second recent infrastructure investment in the country of late. In 2018 the company broke ground on a new terminal in the central city of Fredericia with a cost of €13.4 million.