Maersk has expanded its inventory of warehouses in the UK and Ireland with three new distribution centres in the countries.
In addition to a 15-year lease for a newly built warehouse in Doncaster in the north of England, Maersk has signed a lease for two new distribution centres in Dublin. All the new warehouse facilities have a strong operational focus on ensuring low CO2 emissions.
Maersk said in a statement that the Doncaster facility was one of the largest warehouses in the UK and part of the G Park Doncaster Mammoth 602 development, connected by road (close to five motorways), rail (Doncaster International Railport), and air (Robin Hood Airport). It has more than 182 880sqm of total space, 60 dock levellers, 20m internal clear height and several hundred parking spaces and offices. It ranks among the most sustainable logistics buildings in the north of England, as the developer, GLP, built the facility on a nett-zero-carbon scheme for construction.
In addition to the warehouse in Doncaster, Maersk’s portfolio comprises two other distribution centres in the UK in Tamworth and Kettering.
In Ireland, Maersk has signed a lease to rent two new warehouses in the Quantum Logistics Park in the north of Dublin. Units 3 and 4 within Quantum Logistics Park will feature a combined space of 76 200sqm and will be built to fulfil the sustainability standards of LEED Gold and BREEAM Excellent ratings.
The Dublin-based developer IPUT Real Estate will complete the two warehouses in Q4 2022 and Q2 2023, while unit 4 will also become Ireland’s first nett-zero logistics building using a glue-laminated timber structural frame. Quantum Logistics Park is strategically located two kilometres from Dublin Airport and 15km from Dublin port, with immediate access to the M2 motorway.
“These three new warehouses in the UK and Ireland are a strong statement that we are ready to deliver on our integrator promise to our customers and serve them with end-to-end logistics solutions from factory to their end-consumers if they wish. The demand for integrated and more resilient supply chains has grown significantly over the past two years,” Maersk said.
Maersk added that the disruptions of Brexit and the Covid-19 pandemic had moved the logistics from a commodity level to a C-Suite level topic, where it belonged.
“As decarbonisation of sea, air and land logistics by 2040 is an integral part of Maersk’s strategy, we are happy to partner with two very capable developers that help us to deliver on that ambitious goal in landside logistics,” Maersk said.
Following the successful acquisition of the warehousing specialist LF Logistics in Asia, Maersk now has integrated logistics solutions in more than 550 warehouses with a total global space of around 9.5m sqm. Several additional Maersk warehouses are planned to go into operation in Europe in the coming months.
