Plantation, FL - DHL, the world’s leading international express services provider, has opened a new facility in Charleston, S.C., nearly three times the size of its former one and designed to handle a projected seven-year growth in demand for the company’s services.
The new, 16,200-square-foot service center facility provides pickup and delivery services for international shipments and is located in a business park close to Charleston International Airport. This will shorten delivery times to and from the airport, a benefit customers will enjoy in terms of earlier arrival of their shipments.“International shipping is growing and will continue to do so, fueled in large part by the explosion in international e-commerce among businesses of all sizes,” said Chet Paul, General Manager of the Southeast for DHL Express U.S. “DHL is the leading-edge provider of international logistics services, with some of the most forward-thinking technology in the industry as well as proactive growth planning, which is what we’ve demonstrated in Charleston.”
The new DHL service center facility has a sorting capacity of 2,000 pieces an hour. It serves the greater Charleston and Myrtle Beach areas and is located at 7246 Stall Road, North Charleston, SC 29406. It offers a drop-off counter for customers that’s fully staffed. It represents a $2.2 million capital investment on the part of DHL.