Mega parcel centre on former Opel site
Deutsche Post DHL Group is continuing to strengthen its parcel network in Germany and has opened a new mega parcel centre in Bochum. With a sorting capacity of up to 50,000 shipments per hour, the Bochum parcel hub, along with the Obertshausen facility near Frankfurt am Main, which opened in 2016, is DHL’s largest parcel centre in Germany and also one of the most efficient of its kind in the whole of Europe.
When it reaches its full capacity in 2020, the new location will create a total of around 600 jobs. With currently more than 20,000 sorted items per hour, the Bochum parcel centre is already providing major support for the fast and reliable processing of shipments in the Ruhr region in the run-up to the 2019 Christmas period.
In 2016, Deutsche Post DHL Group acquired approximately 140,000 sqm of space at the former Opel site in Bochum. Construction of the parcel centre began in fall 2017 and was completed on schedule within two years. The new facility building alone covers an area of 40,000 sqm, equivalent to the size of more than five football fields. (mw)