DHL Express launches North Asia Hub in Shanghai

Asia-Pacific already accounts for almost 20 percent of the company's DHL revenues today.

With more than thirty years of experience in the market, DHL is the number one logistics brand in Asia.

DHL opened its biggest express hub in Asia - the US$175 million DHL Express North Asia Hub at the Shanghai Pudong International Airport.

Covering a land area of 88,000 square meters (roughly equivalent to 13 football pitches), ...

... DHL Express' North Asia Hub can process up to 20,000 documents and 20,000 parcels an hour.

The facility has outstanding environmentally-friendly features, such as ...

... energy efficient T5 lighting and...

... a solar-powered system for hot water.

The hub's sortation system is also designed to automatically detect components that are not in use and ...

... switches them to an energy-saving 'sleep' mode until they are needed again. 

The completion of the North Asia hub caps an unrivalled multi-hub Asian network.

Together, DHL Express' four hubs in Asia Pacific - Shanghai, Hong Kong, Bangkok and Singapore - ...

... link to over 70 DHL Express Gateways located throughout the region.

DHL's infrastructural network is served by a comprehensive air network of over 40 aircraft covering 40 countries and territories, and utilizing approximately 690 commercial flights per day in Asia Pacific.

As China has been and will remain the main engine for both regional and global economic growth for years to come, the company has put particular emphasis on the development and expansion of its business in this important country.