DHL Global Forwarding, the air and ocean freight specialist of DHL Group, has officially opened its new air freight hub at Frankfurt Airport’s CargoCity Süd. The 24,500 m² air freight terminal, featuring 54 cross-docks, can process up to 300,000 tons of air freight a year.
It allows existing facilities at Frankfurt Airport to be consolidated at one location, making for more efficient handling, fewer truck movements, and shorter distances for its 100 employees to cover.
Its 3,000sq m of office and social space s also accommodates the European headquarters of the in-house air freight operator StarBroker, which is responsible for booking and coordinating air freight capacities for DHL Global Forwarding and managing controlled flight operations.
The property is built to the latest ecological standards and features a solar roof with a peak output of 2 megawatts.