UPS to open multi-million facility at London Gateway

UPS is to build a £120m package sorting and delivery facility at DP World’s London Gateway.

The project, which is said to be one of UPS’s largest ever infrastructure investments outside of the US, will see the construction of a 32,000m² facility which will act as a UK hub and DC for the local area, as well as a key gateway to UPS’s global transportation network.

It will be able to process around 30,000 packages per hour, with room for further expansion.

The project is due to be completed in the summer of 2017.

Luis Arriaga, UK, Ireland and Nordics MD, said the project signals UPS’s commitment to the UK.

He added: “It is part of our nearly $2bn (£1.3bn) in infrastructure investments across Europe over the next five years. Through these investments, we will continue to do what UPS does best, which is to reliably and efficiently connect our customers of all sizes to destinations all over the world.”

DP World’s chairman, Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem, said: “By using DP World London Gateway Park and Port, UPS will have a fast ‘global conveyor-belt’ directly connected to their own worldwide network.

"UPS’s hub will also provide distribution solutions to other logistics park occupiers.”

UPS’s expansion at DP World London Gateway comes as it continues to grow add tenants. Last month Eddie Stobart opened a container transport site at London Gateway, in a move aimed at growing the company’s business in the south.

Eddie Stobart’s move follows Pentalver’s decision to open a permanent operation at London Gateway in August.