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Oct 01, 2014 (newstodate): FedEx Express, a subsidiary of FedEx Corp. officially broke ground at the site of its new Nordic gateway facility at Copenhagen Airport signalling the official start of construction.
The new facility will serve as a gateway for inbound and outbound shipments for Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden.
In addition, ramp, freight and sort facilities will be combined in a single location, allowing the efficient and smooth processing of shipments, supported by a new automated sort system.
To start operations by end of 2015, the new facility will sort 11,500 packages per day, have a size of more than 8,000 sq m, process 18 weekly FedEx Express flights, 170 truck movements per week and a fleet of up to 36 pick-up and delivery vehicles.
Approximately 120 FedEx Express team members will be based at the site.
In 2008, FedEx signed a contract, running till 2023, with Copenhagen Airport for construction and lease of the new 1,600 sq m terminal with both airside and landside access, and adjoined by a 770 sq m FedEx office building.
The new facility will serve as a gateway for inbound and outbound shipments for Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden.
In addition, ramp, freight and sort facilities will be combined in a single location, allowing the efficient and smooth processing of shipments, supported by a new automated sort system.
To start operations by end of 2015, the new facility will sort 11,500 packages per day, have a size of more than 8,000 sq m, process 18 weekly FedEx Express flights, 170 truck movements per week and a fleet of up to 36 pick-up and delivery vehicles.
Approximately 120 FedEx Express team members will be based at the site.
In 2008, FedEx signed a contract, running till 2023, with Copenhagen Airport for construction and lease of the new 1,600 sq m terminal with both airside and landside access, and adjoined by a 770 sq m FedEx office building.