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Jan 28, 2016 (newstodate): Today marks the official opening of the new FedEx Express gateway facility at Copenhagen Airport.
The new facility will serve as a gateway for inbound and outbound shipments for Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden, and becomes the ninth new FedEx Express facility in the Nordic region in the last five years.
The Nordic region Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden has experienced steady economic growth in recent times, leading to an average forecast in GDP growth of 2 percent in 2016.
According to FedEx, shipments between June 2014 and May 2015 from these markets to the rest of Europe increased by more than 24 percent, y-o-y.
North America in particular has also grown in economic significance for the Nordics, with the overall number of FedEx Express shipments from the Nordic region to North America increasing by about 22 percent between June 2014 and May 2015, compared to the same period the previous year.
The new 8,000 sq m facility can sort 3,300 packages per hour, 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 work at the site.
The new facility will serve as a gateway for inbound and outbound shipments for Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden, and becomes the ninth new FedEx Express facility in the Nordic region in the last five years.
The Nordic region Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden has experienced steady economic growth in recent times, leading to an average forecast in GDP growth of 2 percent in 2016.
According to FedEx, shipments between June 2014 and May 2015 from these markets to the rest of Europe increased by more than 24 percent, y-o-y.
North America in particular has also grown in economic significance for the Nordics, with the overall number of FedEx Express shipments from the Nordic region to North America increasing by about 22 percent between June 2014 and May 2015, compared to the same period the previous year.
The new 8,000 sq m facility can sort 3,300 packages per hour, 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 work at the site.