Maersk Leases New Sustainable Facility in the UK to Enhance Logistics Services

Maersk Leases New Sustainable Facility in the UK to Enhance Logistics Services

(IN BRIEF) Maersk, a global logistics company, has leased a 685,000 sq ft facility at SEGRO Logistics Park East Midlands Gateway in the UK, which is set to be completed by June 2023. The facility is constructed with low GHG emissions standards and a full roof-mounted PV array. Maersk plans to use a fully electric fleet of HGV vehicles to manage internal traffic and final deliveries of cargo in close proximity to the Logistics Park. With the expansion of its contract logistics facilities, Maersk aims to provide a larger array of services out of one hand to its customers, offering integrated logistics solutions in more than 450 warehouses globally. Several additional Maersk warehouses are planned to go into operation across Europe in 2023 and 2024.

(PRESS RELEASE) LIVERPOOL, 4-Apr-2023 — /EuropaWire/ — A.P. Moller – Maersk (CPH: MAERSK-B), a global leader in container shipping, announces that it has expanded its network of warehouses across the UK with a lease for a 685,000 sq ft (approx. 63,000 sqm) facility at SEGRO Logistics Park East Midlands Gateway. The warehouse, which will be completed in June 2023, is part of a 700-acre development by UK-based real estate company SEGRO. The logistics park features the UK’s only inland freeport and a 50-acre Strategic Rail Freight Interchange (SRFI) providing it with direct rail links to the seaports of Felixstowe, London Gateway, and Southampton. The warehouse itself is constructed to meet low or very low GHG emissions standards for both embodied and operational emissions. It will incorporate a full roof-mounted PV array and extensive use of recycled construction materials. Provisions will also be made for the operation of a fully electric fleet of HGV vehicles.

“The East Midlands Gateway campus is very much the perfect blueprint for optimising connectivity and flexibility within supply chains. Not only is it ideally positioned in the UK, but the vast infrastructure and cutting-edge technology across the site means operations on UK shores can be done from one place in the most sustainable way possible. It’s the epitome of two of Maersk’s key visions for the future: integrating logistics and reaching net-zero emissions by 2040,” commented Paul Woolass, Head of Logistics and Services Products UK & Ireland.

As an integrator of logistics, Maersk is providing solutions ranging from ocean transportation to landside and air transportation, contract logistics including warehousing & distribution (W&D) and depots, custom clearances, visibility solutions, and more. With the expansion of its contract logistics facilities, Maersk is providing a larger array of services out of one hand to its customers. Maersk offers its customers integrated logistics solutions in more than 450 warehouses globally with a total space of around 76.4 million sq ft (7.1 million sqm). Several additional Maersk warehouses are planned to go into operation across Europe in 2023 and 2024.

Maersk is looking to utilize a fleet of EV trucks that will manage not only all internal traffic between the rail terminal, the warehouse, and the depot but also final deliveries of cargo in close proximity to the Logistics Park. The integrated supply chain solutions allow Maersk to have greater control over the movement of the cargo of its customers at multiple stages of the journey and bring resilience as well as flexibility to the supply chains.

About A.P. Moller – Maersk

A.P. Moller – Maersk is an integrated logistics company working to connect and simplify its customers’ supply chains. As a global leader in logistics services, the company operates in more than 130 countries and employs over 110,000 people world-wide. Maersk is aiming to reach net zero emissions by 2040 across the entire business with new technologies, new vessels, and green fuels.

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