Amazon Australia has announced that in 2022 it will open a sorting centre at Goodman Group’s new Amaroo Business Park in Craigieburn, Melbourne. The 15,600 sq m sorting centre has commenced construction already in March 2022 and it will be the place where already-picked-and-packed customer orders will be sorted by destination and then consolidated and shipped to last-mile sites for delivery to customers.
According to Amazon, the new site will be the company’s first dedicated sorting centre in Australia, enabling it to further enhance delivery speed for customers in Victoria and around the country. The company believes that the centre is well-positioned for workers in the northern part of Melbourne’s north and for the transportation and delivery of customer orders.
Commenting on Amazon’s investment in Melbourne, Craig Fuller, Director of Operations, Amazon Australia said: “We chose Melbourne as the home of our first Australian fulfilment centre in 2017 and have continued to invest significantly in Victoria, providing employment for hundreds of Melbournians and improving delivery promises for our customers. Opening our first sort centre in Melbourne signifies further our commitment to the state.”
The Craigieburn Sort Centre is Amazon’s fifth operations site in Melbourne, supporting the company’s existing fulfilment and logistics network in Victoria which includes fulfilment centres in Dandenong South and Ravenhall, and Amazon Logistics sites in Tullamarine and Mulgrave.
Source: Amazon
