A.P. Moller – Maersk (Maersk) has announced the start of operations at its new warehouse in Denain, northern France.
The 75,000-square-metre Maersk warehouse, the company’s first in France, is located in GLP Park Denain (with a total surface area of around 100,000 square metres) and is currently fully operational.
The complex is located near the city of Lille in Hauts-de-France, the third-largest logistics employment region in France, with about half a million people living less than 30 minutes away and easily accessible via 12 highways and rail links.
The new facility is located at the intersection of the A2 and A21 motorways (109 kilometres from Brussels and 198 kilometres from Paris) and beside the river Scheldt Canal (Grand Canal de l’Escaut).
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The new BREEAM Very Good-certified warehouse features 85 doors, a beam height of 11.40 metres, a floor load of 5 t/m², and a 35-metre truck yard.
The facility features separate circulation for heavy and light trucks and is outfitted with Autodocks (automatic docking systems).
Michele Cohonner, Regional Head of Maersk Contract Logistics in Europe, said: “The go-live of this new facility marks a true milestone for Maersk in France, bringing our contract logistics and warehousing capabilities in this key European market to a completely new level.”
In November, Maersk opened its first bonded warehouse in Vietnam at SLP Park, Nam Dinh Vu IP, Hai Phong province.
