Changi Airport Group (CAG) introduced the opening of Changi Nexus One, a refurbished air logistics facility inside Changi Airfreight Centre (CAC) spanning shut to eight,000 sqm of warehousing area. Strategically positioned with direct apron connectivity, Changi Nexus One is designed as a facility for 2 tenants, able to expeditious cargo dealing with and can serve the particular wants of air logistics gamers trying to develop their world airfreight operations by means of Singapore.
This new facility will enhance Changi Airport’s logistics warehouse capability, making certain that Singapore’s Changi air cargo hub can meet the rising demand for air cargo companies, previous to the completion of the Changi East Industrial Zone (CEIZ) within the mid-2030s. CAG’s funding in Changi Nexus One demonstrates its dedication to offering world-class amenities for air logistics gamers, augmenting Changi’s function as a number one regional air cargo transshipment hub. The brand new tenants at Changi Nexus One are anticipated to carry new air logistics dealing with capabilities, in addition to undertake automation and sensible expertise of their operations, additional enhancing Changi Airport’s air cargo administration capabilities.
A key accomplice taking over area on this facility is Expeditors, the world’s seventh largest air freight forwarding firm, which is trying to develop its air logistics actions in Singapore.
Mr Barthul Hoefnagels, Regional Vice President – Malaysia, Singapore & Indonesia mentioned, “The brand new facility in Changi Airfreight Centre will improve our end-to-end effectivity and reliability by means of fewer contact factors, permitting Expeditors to additional improve our specialised cargo dealing with capabilities for pharmaceutical, aviation, semiconductor and different industries, and higher serve the in-transit wants of our world prospects. We’re excited to develop our collaboration with Changi Airport Group to drive additional worth to our prospects.”
New benchmark for inexperienced constructing practices
In keeping with Changi Airport’s dedication to sustainability, Changi Nexus One is a pioneer in a number of areas. It’s the first constructing inside CAC, and the first-of-its-kind in Changi, to realize each Inexperienced Mark Platinum and the Inexperienced Mark Platinum Constructive Vitality Constructing (PEB) certifications by the Constructing and Building Authority (BCA).
The Inexperienced Mark Platinum PEB certification is issued to buildings with the best environmental efficiency. To realize this, Changi Nexus One has demonstrated that it’s a BCA super-low power constructing that achieves greater than 60% power financial savings and generates extra renewable power than it consumes. In addition to the continued set up of photo voltaic photovoltaic (PV) system airport large together with on the Cargo Agent Buildings, photo voltaic PV panels may also be put in at Changi Nexus One by the primary quarter of 2025 to supply on-site renewable power. By 2028, Changi Nexus One will generate sufficient on-site solar energy to offset the full constructing power consumption by over 140%. This surplus of renewable power will probably be channelled to different airport amenities to maintain Changi Airport’s different operations.
Moreover, this mission is the primary in Singapore’s non-public sector to undertake the collaborative contracting methodology. This new contracting methodology beneficial by BCA is an revolutionary strategy which fosters better collaboration between mission stakeholders, resulting in improved effectivity. It focuses on danger administration, which entails all events assessing and evaluating potential mission threats upfront, leading to completion of works forward of schedule, danger sharing and value financial savings.
Mr. Lim Ching Kiat, CAG’s Government Vice President for Air Hub and Cargo Growth mentioned, “The opening of Changi Nexus One marks a major milestone in our efforts to strengthen Changi Airport’s place as a world air cargo hub. Via enhancing our cargo dealing with capability and capabilities, we intention to remain on the forefront of the air cargo trade, placing Changi in a great place to seize development from key cargo gamers, in addition to development within the area. Working carefully with our tenants, we intention to usher in new cargo alternatives and develop into new markets.
“As we attempt to keep up Changi’s continued success as a thriving air cargo hub, we additionally consistently problem ourselves to hold out our improvement works and operations in accordance with our sustainability objectives.”
