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DHL Express opens new Munster logistics hub in Blarney

/ 4th April 2022 /
BP Reporter

DHL Express has officially opened its new logistics hub in Blarney Business Park, Co. Cork.

DHL has been operating its express service in Cork since 1979 and the company says the €11.7m investment in the new facility evidences the company’s long-term commitment to the region.

This Blarney facility increases sorting capacity from 2,300 square metres to c.15,000 sqm in the new facility. The company said this will facilitate significant growth in the DHL business, with the capability to handle 60 routes at a time.

Managing director Bernard McCarthy commented: “We’re delighted to open our new purpose built facility in Blarney Business Park which provides a great base to service our many customers in Cork and across the South-Western region. 

“Through the pandemic with pressure and congestion in global supply chains, access to international express services has become even more important for Irish businesses trading internationally. 

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“In that regard, this new facility provides further scope and capacity to manage the volume growth that we are experiencing and in so doing further improve our service offering to our local customer base.”

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This Blarney facility increases sorting capacity from 2,300 square metres to c.15,000 sqm in the new facility.

The new Blarney facility follows a similar new building in Shannon that opened in November 2018.

With c.400,000 employees in more than 220 countries and territories worldwide, DHL bills itself as ‘the logistics company for the world’.

DHL is part of Deutsche Post DHL Group, which had turnover of €66bn in 2020.

The address of the new location is DHL Express Ireland, Block 9004, Blarney Business Park, Blarney, Co. Cork, T23 HY2D.

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