DHL Global Forwarding, the air and ocean freight specialist of Bonn-based dhl Group, and Fraport, the owner and operator of Frankfurt Airport (FRA), has officially begun construction of a new air freight centre there.
With the new air freight centre, Fraport is developing a further site at CargoCity South in the immediate vicinity of Airport Gate 31, reports the American Journal of Transportation.
The new building on the 55,000 square metre property will take about 12 months to complete, and DHL Global Forwarding is expected to open the air cargo centre in mid-2025.
At this site, the company will primarily handle air freight for its German and international customers and manage charter flights with its in-house service provider StarBroker.
The new cargo centre and office complex will partly supplement the existing airport location, and offers not just additional transshipment space, but also room for the new StarBroker European headquarters of DHL Global Forwarding.
Tobias Schmidt, the CEO of DHL Global Forwarding Europe, and Anke Giesen, Fraport's executive director retail and real estate, led the official groundbreaking ceremony at Frankfurt Airport's CargoCity South.
'Today's groundbreaking of this first-class air cargo centre is part of the continuous development of Frankfurt Airport as Europe's leading air freight hub,' Mr Giesen said.
'This building will meet the strictest ecological and economic requirements for modern freight handling facilities. As such, it will put our future tenant DHL Global Forwarding in the best position to take its air freight business to the next level.'
'Located in the heart of Europe, Frankfurt Airport is of central importance as an international hub for our global air freight network,' said Mr Schmidt.
'We're very pleased that we were able to develop a larger, more sustainable site in close cooperation with Fraport. The newly created space will enable us to handle greater transport volumes for our customers even more quickly and efficiently,' he said.
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With the new air freight centre, Fraport is developing a further site at CargoCity South in the immediate vicinity of Airport Gate 31, reports the American Journal of Transportation.
The new building on the 55,000 square metre property will take about 12 months to complete, and DHL Global Forwarding is expected to open the air cargo centre in mid-2025.
At this site, the company will primarily handle air freight for its German and international customers and manage charter flights with its in-house service provider StarBroker.
The new cargo centre and office complex will partly supplement the existing airport location, and offers not just additional transshipment space, but also room for the new StarBroker European headquarters of DHL Global Forwarding.
Tobias Schmidt, the CEO of DHL Global Forwarding Europe, and Anke Giesen, Fraport's executive director retail and real estate, led the official groundbreaking ceremony at Frankfurt Airport's CargoCity South.
'Today's groundbreaking of this first-class air cargo centre is part of the continuous development of Frankfurt Airport as Europe's leading air freight hub,' Mr Giesen said.
'This building will meet the strictest ecological and economic requirements for modern freight handling facilities. As such, it will put our future tenant DHL Global Forwarding in the best position to take its air freight business to the next level.'
'Located in the heart of Europe, Frankfurt Airport is of central importance as an international hub for our global air freight network,' said Mr Schmidt.
'We're very pleased that we were able to develop a larger, more sustainable site in close cooperation with Fraport. The newly created space will enable us to handle greater transport volumes for our customers even more quickly and efficiently,' he said.
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