DHL invests USD 210m on central Asia hub

DHL has invested a total of USD 210 million to expand its Central Asia Hub capacity in Hong Kong, which is scheduled to be completed by 2013.

DHL in a statement said that the company has completed its USD 110 million Central Asia Hub expansion, which has doubled its size to 35,000 sqm and is expected to handle 40 million shipments this year.

It said with the expansion, the highly automated facility has a throughput of 75,000 pieces per hour (pph) of flyers and conveyable shipments, an increase of 114 per cent compared to the 35,000 pph throughput capacity before the expansion.

DHL said currently, over 60 per cent of express cargo processed by the facility is intra-Asia Pacific shipments and is expected to continue to grow alongside rising intra-regional trade.

With over 40 per cent market share and USD 2.2 billion invested in the region, it said the facility will provide the core backbone to further enhance its services and extend its market-leading position in the Asia Pacific.

Express and logistics company, DHL has invested a total of USD 210 million to expand its Central Asia Hub capacity in Hong Kong, which is scheduled to be completed by 2013.

DHL in a statement said that the company has completed its USD 110 million Central Asia Hub expansion, which has doubled its size to 35,000 sqm and is expected to handle 40 million shipments this year.

It said with the expansion, the highly automated facility has a throughput of 75,000 pieces per hour (pph) of flyers and conveyable shipments, an increase of 114 per cent compared to the 35,000 pph throughput capacity before the expansion.

“With the automation, the throughput cycle time has been further reduced from 12 minutes to just seven minutes,” it said.

DHL said currently, over 60 per cent of express cargo processed by the facility is intra-Asia Pacific shipments and is expected to continue to grow alongside rising intra-regional trade.

With over 40 per cent market share and USD 2.2 billion invested in the region, it said the facility will provide the core backbone to further enhance its services and extend its market-leading position in the Asia Pacific.