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Express gateway

An exporter in the Pearl River Delta hands over a shipment in the afternoon; that same night it is screened, cleared, sorted and loaded onto an aircraft at the express gateway serving Shenzhen airport.

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An exporter in the Pearl River Delta hands over a shipment in the afternoon; that same night it is screened, cleared, sorted and loaded onto an aircraft at the express gateway serving Shenzhen…

An express gateway is an integrator's central handling and customs facility at an airport, where inbound and outbound express shipments are accepted, scanned, security-screened, entered for customs,…

Capacity is measured in tonnes or shipments processed per day – DHL's expanded Shenzhen gateway handles around 900 tonnes daily.

Last updated: 20 August 2026

Source: Frachtportal News «DHL stärkt Express-Luftfracht zwischen China und Europa»; DHL Group Pressemitteilung zum Ausbau des Shenzhen Super Gateway (2026)

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An exporter in the Pearl River Delta hands over a shipment in the afternoon; that same night it is screened, cleared, sorted and loaded onto an aircraft at the express gateway serving Shenzhen airport. An express gateway is an integrator's central handling and customs facility at an airport, where inbound and outbound express shipments are accepted, scanned, security-screened, entered for customs, sorted and consolidated for onward carriage. Capacity is measured in tonnes or shipments processed per day – DHL's expanded Shenzhen gateway handles around 900 tonnes daily. For shippers it matters which gateway a consignment actually routes through, because cut-off times, transit times and the customs process all depend on it. It differs from a hub, which mainly redistributes shipments between flights rather than acting as the first-acceptance and export clearance point for a region.

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