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Mar 26, 2015 (newstodate): FedEx Express, a subsidiary of FedEx Corp., is today holding a topping-out ceremony for invited guests for its coming new Nordic gateway at Copenhagen Airport.
The new facility will serve as a gateway for inbound and outbound shipments for Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden when commissioned by the end of 2015.
Ramp, freight and sorting facilities will be combined in a single location, allowing the efficient and smooth processing of shipments, supported by a new automated sorting system.
The new 8,000 sq m facility will have the capacity to sort 11,500 packages per day, process 18 weekly FedEx Express flights, 170 truck movements per week and a fleet of up to 36 pick-up and delivery vehicles.
The concept behind the new Nordic Gateway is unique in the FedEx world in integrating both flown express shipments and all products in the company's portfolio under one roof.
It now remains to be seen if the new FedEx gateway till generate more freighter traffic at Copenhagen Airport.
In 2008, FedEx signed a contract, running till 2023, with Copenhagen Airport for construction and lease of a 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 when commissioned by the end of 2015.
Ramp, freight and sorting facilities will be combined in a single location, allowing the efficient and smooth processing of shipments, supported by a new automated sorting system.
The new 8,000 sq m facility will have the capacity to sort 11,500 packages per day, process 18 weekly FedEx Express flights, 170 truck movements per week and a fleet of up to 36 pick-up and delivery vehicles.
The concept behind the new Nordic Gateway is unique in the FedEx world in integrating both flown express shipments and all products in the company's portfolio under one roof.
It now remains to be seen if the new FedEx gateway till generate more freighter traffic at Copenhagen Airport.
In 2008, FedEx signed a contract, running till 2023, with Copenhagen Airport for construction and lease of a 1,600 sq m terminal with both airside and landside access, and adjoined by a 770 sq m FedEx office building.