DHL to build healthcare logistics hub at Singapore Changi Airport

Changi Airport Group announced that DHL Global Forwarding will establish a dedicated healthcare logistics facility at Singapore Changi Airport. The facility, named the DHL Singapore Coldchain Hub, will be located at Changi Nexus One in the Changi Airfreight Centre and is targeted for completion by the end of 2027.

The 3,047-square-meter hub will be designed to Good Distribution Practice standards. It will support healthcare shipments requiring controlled temperatures of 2°C to 8°C and 15°C to 25°C. The facility will feature GDP-qualified cold rooms, direct airside connectivity, and real-time temperature monitoring. Dedicated temperature-controlled transfer solutions will move cargo from aircraft to the facility and onward to customers' warehouses.

These capabilities aim to maintain an unbroken cold chain for healthcare and life sciences shipments moving through Singapore and the wider region. The hub will sit within Changi Nexus One, an air logistics building offering close to 8,000 square meters of warehousing space and direct apron connectivity for faster cargo handling. Changi Nexus One is the first building at Changi Airport to achieve both BCA Green Mark Platinum and Green Mark Platinum Positive Energy Building certifications.

The new hub will complement Changi Airport's existing temperature-controlled infrastructure, which includes cool dollies and more than 9,000 square meters of airside-fronting temperature-controlled handling capacity, supporting over 375,000 tons per year. The investment is part of DHL's EUR 2 billion strategy driven by Asia Pacific pharma growth, according to the source.