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FedEx
Express supports European trade growth with hub expansions
in France, Germany
PARIS - FedEx Express, a subsidiary of FedEx Corp. and the
world’s largest transportation company, has announced
two major European hub projects to meet the growing demands
of European business a major expansion to its European hub
in Roissy-Charles de Gaulle, Paris, and a state-of-the-art
environmentally friendly facility in Cologne.
The expansion at Roissy-Charles de Gaulle by September 2009
and the building of a major new facility at Cologne by spring
2010, announced at an event hosted at Roland Garros, will
dramatically increase capacity at the two hubs’ ensuring
that FedEx Express can continue to provide a seamless service
for customers who wish to access European and global markets
while minimizing impact on the environment.
“These major developments of hubs at the very heart of
our European operations demonstrate our commitment to playing
a central role in the future growth of the continent as a
whole,” said Robert W. Elliott, president, Europe, Middle
East, Indian Subcontinent and Africa, FedEx Express. “At
both Roissy-Charles de Gaulle and Cologne, we believe we have
found innovative and practical solutions to our need to expand
our operations that are good for business and the environment.”
The relocation of FedEx Express main hub for Central and Eastern
Europe from Frankfurt to Cologne will allow FedEx Express
to create a state-of-the-art facility with the very latest
environmental design to meet the rapidly growing demand for
express services in Germany and Eastern Europe. As FedEx continues
limited operations at the Frankfurt International Airport,
the new facility will bring new jobs to the Cologne/Bonn region
and further improve working conditions for employees.
The facility at Cologne is estimated to feature a 1.4-megawatt
solar power system with the capacity to produce approximately
1.3 gigawatt hours of electricity per year enough to power
more than 370 homes each year. The new ramp and sort facilities,
which will be built on approximately 50,000 square metres,
will include 16,000 square metres of roof space for solar
panels.
The Roissy-Charles de Gaulle hub is already the biggest outside
of the United States. With the extension work, which was launched
by Aéroports de Paris at the request of FedEx, sorting
capacity will be increased from 24,000 to 31,500 packages
per hour and the sort area from 49,000 to 72,000 square metres.
The hub’s new sorting systems will be ready for September
2009.
The FedEx expansion at the Roissy-Charles de Gaulle hub maintains
its commitment to minimizing impact on the environment, with
more than 250 Liquefied Petroleum Gas-powered and electric-powered
ground support vehicles at the hub accounting for 62% of its
ground support vehicles.
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