A fleet of e-cargo bikes will ‘deliver thousands of packages per week’ in Belfast following the opening of Amazon’s first micromobility hub in Northern Ireland.
The hub, based at Amazon’s delivery station in Belfast’s Titanic Quarter, is one of more than 40 in cities across the UK and Europe facilitating on-foot and e-cargo bike deliveries.
As previously reported by CiTTi Magazine, the company announced in September 2023 plans to expand the network with the addition of a new micromobility delivery hub in Glasgow to support the delivery of ‘hundreds of thousands’ of Amazon packages using e-cargo bikes across Glasgow in the next year.
The e-cargo bikes and walkers are part of a £300m investment to electrify and decarbonise Amazon’s UK transportation network, with the vehicles expected to make millions of deliveries to Amazon customers across the UK every year.
It is hoped that this will take delivery vans off city centre roads, as well as help to improve air quality and alleviate congestion.
Jim Press, Amazon’s senior delivery station manager in Belfast, said: “Our new electric cargo bikes are part of Amazon’s commitment to reach net zero carbon across our operations by 2040, 10 years ahead of the Paris Agreement.
“This is a proud moment for our team and great news for customers across the city who will benefit from zero-emission deliveries to their door.”
In addition to the alternative delivery vehicles, Amazon and its partners have deployed more than 1,000 electric delivery vans across the UK and Ireland, as well nine fully electric HGVs – the first in Amazon’s fleet – that have replaced traditional lorries.
The UK’s best mobility hubs, in addition to achievements and innovations in mocrmobility and last-mile logistics, will be celebrated at the third annual CiTTi Awards, which will be held on 26 November 2024 at De Vere Grand Connaught Rooms in London. Nominations are open now! Please visit www.cittiawards.co.uk to learn more about this unmissable event for the UK’s transportation sector.
