United Cargo opens new facility at Newark Liberty Airport

The United Cargo team hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony last week for its brand new state-of-the-art, 165,000-square foot cargo facility at Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR).

“We are the number one cargo carrier in the world, and with warehouses like this one, we can truly outperform even more,” says Jan Krems, President, United Cargo. “With this new space, we will successfully serve the Newark area and customers worldwide even better than before.”

EWR is vital to the United cargo operations, and represents nearly 30 percent of its global tonnage and revenue, says an official release. "The new facility increases our cargo availability to a net gain of more than 77,000 sq. ft. in facility space, giving one of our highest revenue entities even more space to manage our busy cargo operations. Our cargo facility on airport property is 154,000 square feet, giving us a total of 319,000 square feet of extra cargo space at EWR."

Mike Hanna, SVP, EWR and IAD Airport Operations, United Cargo says: “This investment in EWR is incredibly important because it’s such a critical hub for us across the network. It’s not only one of our most important hubs but a gateway to the world as we serve 61 international destinations. As one of the largest employers in New Jersey, we want to invest in the fabric of the community — making sure we partner with local companies across the tristate area. We’re continuing to make great investments in this hub as the New Jersey hometown airline.”

Facility features include:

*40 loading dock doors with aluminium grill grates and insulated panel doors

*Eight high-speed roll up doors on weight activation sensors

*38 trailer truck stalls across from the dock for truck trailer staging

*1,008 skids of total pallet storage volume on racking; and

*Eight quad outlets and four duplex outlets in the ULD storage racking

Temperature-controlled storage features:

*Two coolers (2 to 8 °C), measuring 2,700 ft2 (250 m²)

*One temperature-controlled room (15 to 25 °C), measuring 4,500 ft2 (418 m²)

*Six speed doors with air curtains to maintain the temperature in each room; and

*16 duplex outlets with a dedicated 20 amps each.