The company said in a statement that the new hub will increase handling capacity, provide better reliability, and improve the working environment for its team members.
A key facility within the European Road Network, Duiven is one of the largest and most technologically advanced FedEx road hubs in Europe. It is centrally positioned within the ‘Blue Banana’, a large corridor of urbanisation and economic prosperity stretching from Northwest England to Northern Italy, and has connectivity to every other FedEx road hub in Europe – placing it at the heart of the FedEx European value proposition.
The new 24,000 square metre hub sits on a 148,000 square metre site and features a new state-of-the-art sorter, which can process approximately 200,000 parcels per day.
With an increase in overall capacity of more than three times compared to the previous road hub, it also features more dock doors and improved yard operations, including new gates for quicker entry and a 20% increase in the trailer parking area.
Additionally, the hub and outside areas have been designed to enhance safety with a full split between employee and operational movement as well as separate parcel and freight processing, increasing efficiency and reducing forklift movement.
“The European Road Network is the core of our European business, offering a cost-effective and reliable service by road, and Duiven is at the heart of this proposition,” said Martin Gussinklo, Senior Vice President Europe Road Network for FedEx Express.
He added, “We’re particularly excited that we can reopen our enhanced facility to customers in the 50th anniversary year of the FedEx company, making this a celebration of our proud heritage and the exciting future ahead.”
The new hub in Duiven is one of the 28 European road transit hubs in the FedEx European Road Network. It is also one of two major road network infrastructure projects coming online in 2023. In June, FedEx will officially open a new road hub in Novara (Italy), which together with Duiven gives FedEx customers access to one of the largest and fastest road networks in Europe for parcel and freight.
