Amazon sets up largest delivery station in TN

Chennai: Amazon deliveries for Tamil Nadu will get more efficient as the e-commercemajor launched its “largest” delivery station in the state till date, on Thursday.

The e-commerce giant said it wasn’t witessing any slowdown in the market, which has hit FMCG and consumer facing sectors, and has “doubled” its delivery network in the state in the past few months, and has expanded its delivery network in cities and towns such as Namakkal, Tiruchengodu, Sivakasi, Krishnagiri, Tiruvallur, and others. Amazon now covers around 1,200 pin codes in the state with a “significant number” of the state’s customers enjoying one-day and two day-delivery promises. Amazon has over 32,000 sellers based in the state.

“Customers across the globe and in India want faster deliveries and better selection, and our investments follow the same pattern,” Prakash Rochlani, director, Last Mile Transportation - Amazon India, said. He expects the expansion in TN to further create “thousands of work opportunities” for individuals, and said they remain committed to long-term investment in infrastructure and technology in Tamil Nadu.

The new station, located in Chennai, is spread across 24,000 square feet.and expected to help Amazon strengthen its last-mile delivery network to ensure faster deliveries across the city.

Amazon’s delivery stations help the company’s logistics arm to supplement capacity and provide better coverage to support the growing volume of customer orders.

With this expansion, Amazon now has six fulfilment centers in the state covering storage space of almost 1.8 million cubic feet. It has around 120 own and service partner delivery stations to monitor deliveries. It also has three sort centers — the link between fulfilment hubs and customers- with more than 80,000 square feet of processing area aggregate.

The e-tailer’s “I Have Space” program, aligns with store owners to use excess space in their outlets as delivery hubs. There are 1,400 such centres in the state.

Nationwide, Amazon has over 50 fulfilment centres with storage capacity of 24 million cubic feet, and around 20,000 ‘I Have Space’ stores in 350 cities.