FedEx opens Barcelona facility
FedEx Express has opened a new ground operations centre in Barcelona. Location in the city’s Zona Franca, the facility will process both domestic and international shipments, serving as a gateway between the Barcelona region and Europe. It has a gross floor area of 16,905 m2, of which 14,505 m2 of warehouse space and 2,400 m2 of offices.
The facility features technology such as weight and volume capture systems that provide 360-degree images of all sides of the package and a cross-belt sorting system that enables processing of up to 10,000 packages per hour.
The cross-dock warehouse has 93 docks for trucks and 120 for vans, spread out along six extended docks throughout the main warehouse.
