Three international courier giant Pacific transshipment center gathered Pudong Airport, Pudong Airport is expected early realization of the world's first goals of the cargo and mail throughput. , Zhang Heng years / Photography

Federal Express (Fedex) announced yesterday that: more than one hundred million U.S. dollars investment in Shanghai Pudong Airport, built in 2017, an international express and freight center. At this point, DHL, UPS, Fedex three international express delivery giant Pacific transshipment center gathered Pudong Airport, Pudong Airport is expected to be an early realization of the world's first goals of the cargo and mail throughput.

Shanghai will be transported directly with the Americas, Asia

FedEx yesterday signed an agreement with the Shanghai Airport (600,009, stock it) Group, the construction of a new international express and freight center in Shanghai Pudong International Airport by Federal Express, the investment will be more than one hundred million U.S. dollars, will FedEx in East China and from Europe and the United States provide greater convenience and connectivity of goods between North America, South America, Asia, Shanghai international express parcels transported directly.

FedEx expects the transit center covers an area of ​​about 134,000 square meters, the throughput will not lag behind in the next 20 years, is the largest of its type in the Pudong International Airport facilities, hourly able to sort up to 36,000 packages and documents sorting of packages and documents per year capacity is expected to be over 90 million. The transit center is expected to put into use in 2017.

FedEx will be on the basis of 68 flights per week out of the Pudong airport, and gradually expand the the flights scale and freight throughput, and will actively study the feasibility of international cargo transfer operations in Pudong Airport. FedEx weekly B777 freighters direct flights from Shanghai to Europe and the United States of freight center, increase FedEx's Asia-Pacific network flexibility. "According to the relevant parties, FedEx recently issued by the State Post Bureau of the domestic express business qualification, compared to the" four through an up to the private courier company FedEx will adhere to the service to win, "provided no later than the cutoff times, timeliness is more attractive."

FedEx international express and freight center plan to configure automatic sorting system, not only more energy efficient, the development of the integrated system will also work with the Customs and Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau, and strive to achieve paperless customs clearance, so that the international express mail, parcel by faster .

Pudong Airport will become the super air cargo hub

FedEx's international express and freight center in Pudong airport building, cargo and mail to the Pudong airport is planning to draw on a satisfactory conclusion to this point, DHL, UPS, Fedex three major international courier companies in Pudong Airport, construction of the international express transit center, together with the Shanghai Airport Group Public cargo area in the new terminal built by China Eastern Airlines, Pudong Airport will become a way to make first attracted three international logistics integrators settled and the establishment of the airport transit center, will eventually be born in the Pudong Airport caught the attention of the world super air cargo hub.

According to the 2011 results of the Pudong airport cargo facilities has reached world-class scale, cargo and mail security capacity of 420 million tons, cargo and mail throughput of the fastest growing in the Asia-Pacific region for four consecutive years since 2008, the third highest in the world.

The Shanghai airport project to the end of the 12th Five-Year "period, cargo throughput reached 5000000-5500000 t. This year, the National Civil Aviation Authority and the Shanghai Municipal Government signed a "strategic cooperation agreement on accelerating the development of civil aviation in Shanghai", "agreement" clearly Pudong airport with strong competitiveness in the international hub airports, the core hub of the Asia-Pacific region and the world rankings international air cargo hub. Airport Group to develop Pudong Airport Cargo striving for the first "program of action" clear 43 action task, strive for 3-5 years, and further consolidate the functional advantages of Pudong airport gateway hub.

Chinese Commercial News reporter Huo Xi, 98% share of the global amount of cargo and mail, a Memphis airport from FedEx; 26% of the Hong Kong International Airport's cargo truck transporters from the Mainland. International transshipment center of the three major international courier companies gathered at the Pudong Airport, Pudong Airport will be apparent shift in the superimposed effect.