New FedEX facility speeds delivery

“Brisbane is one of the key centres for growth which is why we are investing in this facility”

GLOBAL transport and logistics company FedEx has moved into a new facility at the airport, which promises to speed up delivery times and make room for the future possibility of company aircraft flying directly into Brisbane.

The purpose-built, AUD3.5 million facility is close to the runway in Export Park, Qantas Dr, and more than doubles FedEx’s capacity for air express freight in Brisbane.

The 7850sq m facility provides more than 2000sq m of warehouse and distribution space, making it more than twice the size of its former facility in Herston and with sufficient land for future expansion.

It is now FedEx’s largest facility in Queensland, including a number of specially designed features to enable faster cargo clearance and provide Brisbane with closer and faster access to world trade.

FedEx regional vice-president South Pacific, David Ross, who visited Brisbane this week for the official opening, said he remembered approaching the Brisbane Airport Corporation just 16 months ago about building a facility and now it was up and running.

FedEx has acquired a 10-year lease with a five-year option of the BAC land for the facility.

“Queensland is currently the fastest-growing state in Australia,” Mr Ross said.

“In particular, Brisbane is one of the key centres for business growth which is why we are investing in this facility.”

Mr Ross said he expected delivery times would be cut by anything from one hour to 24 hours, depending on clearance times.

He said the site’s flexibility also allowed for the future possibility of flying FedEx aircraft directly into the new Brisbane facility.

“The key to this is the location,” Mr Ross said.