TNT Express opens largest German branch in Hamburg
TNT Express opened its EUR 19 million new Hamburg branch which is its largest location in Germany and designed as a “reference model” for the whole company.
The depot was officially opened on Friday, September 21 by Thomas Kraus, managing director TNT Express Germany, and Senator Axel Gedaschko, from Hamburg city council’s development authority. Some 400 customers and guests attended the event.
Constructed in just six months, the new building at Hamburg-Allermöhe comprises a 5,184 sqm sorting hall and 2,970 sqm of office space, and lies on a 26,000 sqm plot of land. It has 99 truck docking doors. Some 200 employees including sales staff work at the site which is strategically located close to the A1/A25 motorway junction south of Hamburg.
The U-shaped building can easily be extended by adding 1,200 sqm to each of the two side-arms and covering over the interior courtyard. Environmental aspects were taken into account, with the roof covered with plants to generate a good micro-climate and maximize use of rainwater.
