FedEx Express has opened a new eco depot in Montpellier, southern France, its ninth new facilityin the country since October last year.
The 4,000 sqm depot is equipped with solar panels with the aim to reduce its annual carbonfootprint by over 40 tonnes. The 1,600 sqm of solar panels produce about 92,000 kWh of electricityper year. Thanks to the solar energy production and central conveyor belt using 16 times lesselectricity than the 3-phase standard conveyor belt 380V, FedEx plans to reduce the depot’s carbonemissions by 41.4 tonnes per year.
The agency is connected via road and air networks to FedEx European hub at Roissy-Charles deGaulle Airport in Paris. The depot has a fleet of 13 vehicles and 16 employees.
The Languedoc-Roussillon region is strategically located in the heart of Mediterranean Europe,especially thanks to Montpellier’s central position between Spain and Italy and its excellenttransportation network. With this new facility, more than 170 international companies alreadyestablished in the region can now profit from better access to markets worldwide, the companysaid.
“Montpellier has an important position in terms of trade, at the crossroads of major routes ofsouthern Europe,” Dirk van Impe, General Director Operations, FedEx Express France, said. “Byestablishing ourselves at the heart of this cross-road, we reaffirm our commitment to meet theneeds of the transport sector. Thanks to this new branch, it will be easier for 136,000 companieslocated in Montpellier to access and interact effectively with international markets veryquickly.”
In recent months, FedEx Express France has opened eight new branches in Strasbourg, Angers,Beauvais-Creil, Mulhouse, Nantes, Orleans, Metz and Rennes. The 613 sqm Metz facility and the 730sqm Rennes depot, which both opened in February, are linked by road to the Paris hub.
Customers in these cities now benefit from many intra-European and intercontinental deliveryservices offered by FedEx including next business day delivery and the economy service in 2-5days.
