DHL Express invests $100 million in Hamilton International Airport
- Bennett Swan
- 30 Oct 2019
Yesterday, Hamilton’s economy greatly expanded thanks to a $100 million investment from DHL Express into Hamilton’s John C. Munro International Airport.
DHL, the world’s leading global delivery and logistics company, is investing this $100 million into the development of a new shipping facility in the Hamilton airport. This facility is being added to meet the rapidly-growing demands of the increased shipment volume through Hamilton international.
Hamilton has unique advantages to make it the ideal hub for DHL Express in Canada.
Geographically, Hamilton sits in a cross roads between the Niagara region, Southwestern Ontario, and the GTA. This makes Hamilton ideal as a shipping and receiving centre in Southern Ontario. Logistically, Hamilton International Airport provides many advantages for the DHL team, including 24-hour landing capabilities, onsite Border Control services, and immense room for growth.
Since DHL Express moved their facilities to Hamilton International in 2008, shipments to Canada per day have nearly doubled, with 60% of those shipments being cleared through Hamilton’s facility.
The new facility, which will be four times the size of the current one at 200,000 square feet, will drastically increase the efficiency of shipment processing. It will feature a fully automated sorting system, with the capacity of processing 15,000 packages per hour.
The e-commerce industry in Ontario is growing at an impressive rate. Hamilton is poised to be a leader in that race with the developments at the airport.
This investment will not only create more jobs and more income through international trade and shipping, but also likely incentivize more development at Hamilton International.
In the last two years alone, DHL has invested $289 million in investments throughout the Americas. These investments have allowed for increased efficiency, accuracy, and trade relations throughout the nations.
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