FedEx Ground has opened a new distribution centre in Baltimore in its latest move to expand its network across the USA.
The facility is located at Tradepoint Atlantic, a 3,100-acre multimodal global logistics center on a former steel-making site at Sparrows Point, close to Baltimore, that offers access to shipping, rail connections across the USA and major highways as well as extensive warehousing space.
The new 307,000 square foot facility on a 50-acre plot of land features state-of-the-art sorting technology and supports a mix of approximately 275 full-time and part-time jobs with FedEx Ground, as well as 150 contracted service providers.
The opening ceremony on Wednesday was attended by FedEx Ground President and CEO Henry J. Maier, Maryland Governor Larry Hogan, Congressman Dutch Ruppersberger, FedEx customers and other dignitaries.
“This new facility is the culmination of three things,” said Maier. “One, a strong collaboration between the city, county, state and FedEx Ground; two, the matching of numerous job opportunities with a talented local workforce; and three, increasing customer demand for our services, which has doubled the number of packages we handle in the last decade. FedEx Ground is honoured to grow its presence in Maryland and the greater Baltimore community.”
“In January of last year, I was pleased to help announce that FedEx would become the very first company to locate here at the newly rebranded Tradepoint Atlantic,” said Governor Hogan. “It was the first step in the exciting, transformative vision for this site, which holds such an important place in the history of our state and its economy. Today, we are seeing that vision take shape as we celebrate the official opening of FedEx Ground’s new state-of-the-art distribution facility.”
“FedEx is launching a new generation of jobs and business growth at Sparrows Point. Early on, FedEx Ground recognized the strategic advantages of its new Tradepoint Atlantic location – an integrated transportation network connecting to a major consumer market and a ready workforce,” said Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz.
“FedEx Ground was in many ways the ideal first tenant, as the prominence of its global brand helped prove the concept to the wider marketplace of Tradepoint Atlantic as a 21st century hub for global logistics and commerce,” said Tradepoint Atlantic chief development officer, Eric Gilbert. “Given our unmatched combination of assets, coupled with unwavering support from all levels of government, we believe many more businesses will seek to consolidate their operations at Tradepoint Atlantic.”
FedEx Ground has created 15 new hubs and expanded or relocated 500 facilities in the U.S. since 2005.
