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Federal Express completed the expansion of China's largest ground operation station

Federal Express completed the expansion of China's largest ground operation station

Write: Laraine [2011-05-20]

August 9 NetEase Financial News today from the Federal Express informed that following the use of the first Boeing 777 freighter service from Shanghai to the United States Memphis super-hub non-stop flights after the FedEx transportation network in China continue to increase investment in infrastructure, its largest International Express ground operation station has also completed expansion of Shanghai.

China has become a very important market for Federal Express, FedEx recently raised by the end of August of this year's first quarter earnings, said global production in Asia's high-tech electronic products and related parts needs, FedEx is expected to drive " International Priority "delivery service business volume growth of 20% in the first quarter.

According to the latest data show that in Shanghai the first half of 2010 trade volume reached 315.58 billion U.S. dollars, up 39.5%, of which exports 192.05 billion U.S. dollars, up 33.5% and imports 123.53 billion U.S. dollars, up 49.8%, general trade import and export has been restored to 2008 levels over the same period.

"Shanghai Import and Export Trade of recovery to FedEx international express business benefit," FedEx international express business operations in China, Managing Director, said Chung Yuk Ping, future import and export shipments in response to the rapid growth of FedEx in China expansion Demian's largest international express delivery operations station, will provide greater operational space and sortation capabilities.

It is reported that, after extension of the FedEx international express operator station is located in Suining Road, Changning District, Shanghai, located in the latest put into use in the Shanghai Hongqiao integrated transport hub in the region. After the completion of the expansion, the operating station construction area of more than 4200 square meters, operating station currently has nearly 180 employees, 2,800 per hour for sorting shipments, and reserved for the further expansion of space.

Suining Road Shanghai International Express ground operation station built in 2005, at present, FedEx has one in Shanghai Pudong International Airport is located in the International Express port operations center, four international express ground operating station, a domestic services hub and 2 a domestic service ground operator station.

Station Extension on the ground before the completion of the first Federal Express Boeing 777 cargo plane into operation in Shanghai earlier this year, will be located in Shanghai with its Memphis, Tennessee, super hub directly connected to more shipments to the United States to increase its transport network expansion efforts in China.