A new Amazon delivery station is set to open in Belfast later this year, to meet increasing customer demand.
The new 8,500 square metre delivery station in Channel Commercial Park at Titanic Quarter, will replace the current nearby operation which opened in 2018 as a temporary facility while Amazon secured a site to meet long-term needs.
Amazon Logistics say they are helping independent local delivery companies to grow their businesses and add capacity and flexibility to their delivery network to provide a fast and reliable delivery to customers.
Packages are shipped to the delivery station from Amazon fulfilment and sorting centres and loaded onto vehicles to get delivered.
The new delivery station will see an increase in the number of permanent Amazon Logistics employees from more than 25 now to more than 40.
Eight delivery companies provide services to Amazon in Belfast using more than 130 drivers who collect parcels from the delivery station and deliver them to Amazon customers in the Belfast area. This will increase to more than 200 drivers when the new delivery station opens.
Amazon is investing in transport infrastructure and innovation to increase supply chain capacity and provide customers with faster delivery options.
Kerry-Anne Lawlor, Country Director for Amazon Logistics, said: “We are excited to open a delivery station in Belfast where Amazon’s 20+ years of operational expertise, technology advancements and investment in transportation infrastructure is enabling faster delivery for customers than ever before seven days a week.”
