Singapore: DHL Express has unveiled the blueprint of DHL Express South Asia Hub, a 24-hour express hub facility located within Changi Airfreight Center at Singapore Changi Airport. The new facility, in line with the company’s global investments to bolster network connectivity, will cost the company some US$102 million and this figure is the largest infrastructural amount invested by DHL.

Occupying a land area of 26,200 sq m and a total floor area of 23,600 sq m, the hub features the first fully automated express parcel sorting and processing system in Singapore and South Asia. Upon completion, the facility will be able to handle a cargo throughput of more than 628 tonnes per day when at full capacity and process shipments at the speed of 14,000 shipments per hour. In comparison, the manual processing system in the current facility handles up to 225 tonnes per day at a speed of 2,400 shipments per hour.