DHL has invested $136 million into opening a new logistics centre in Cologne, West Germany. The facility is 15,000 square metres in size and incorporates new technologies so that 20,000 shipments can be processed per hour. As the logistics centre is located at Cologne-Bonn airport, this makes it easy for parcels to be transported globally. The Managing Director of the hub, Detlef Schmitz, has said “With the new direct route between Hong Kong and Cologne, 28 daily flight movements, and our use of state-of-the-art technologies, we are proud to be contributing to the worldwide growth of DHL Express.”
J&P Comments
This is the second terminal that DHL Express has opened in Europe in the space of a month – on 29th October, J&P reported that the company had opened a terminal in Finland which handles 5,000 shipments per hour. This just goes to show the extent of the demand for express E-commerce shipments in Europe, and the impressive rate at which DHL Express is expanding.
