On Tuesday, A.P. Moller-Maersk inaugurated a specialised Cross Dock warehouse located on its Rotterdam Maasvlakte II terminal. According to Maersk, the new facility aims to accelerate the flow of cargo from arrival on a vessel to the point of sale – especially in the Benelux, German and French hinterland.

Maersk welcomed Starbucks as the first customer in the newly opened warehouse which features a total space of 23,000 sqm, 120 docks as well as interim storage space. At full capacity approx. more than 200 new jobs will be created in the warehouse.

The 18.5-ha site, next to the APMT Maasvlakte II terminal, sits at the extreme southern tip of the Prinses Amaliahaven. The site was already earmarked for Maersk’s APMT through an option.

For customers with temperature-sensitive cargo like fresh produce, pharmaceuticals, meat, fish and other frozen food, a large cold store warehouse is under construction on the same site at Maasvlakte II. It will have 40,000 sqm of space with several temperature zones and is scheduled to start operations at the end of 2024.

The Cross Dock has a direct internal road connection, with another direct road leading to the significantly enlarged STAR depot for an immediate return of emptied containers to the depot.

All new assets from vessels to warehouses are made for very low greenhouse gas emissions. The new Cross Dock is built according to the BREEAM Excellent sustainability standard. Furthermore, it will benefit from the cold-store warehouse next to it, by re-using the left-over heat from the store in the Cross Dock. That way, Maersk will save annually more than 200,000 kWh.

On Tuesday, A.P. Moller-Maersk inaugurated a specialised Cross Dock warehouse located on its Rotterdam Maasvlakte II terminal. According to Maersk, the new facility aims to accelerate the flow of cargo from arrival on a vessel to the point of sale – especially in the Benelux, German and French hinterland.

Maersk welcomed Starbucks as the first customer in the newly opened warehouse which features a total space of 23,000 sqm, 120 docks as well as interim storage space. At full capacity approx. more than 200 new jobs will be created in the warehouse.

The 18.5-ha site, next to the APMT Maasvlakte II terminal, sits at the extreme southern tip of the Prinses Amaliahaven. The site was already earmarked for Maersk’s APMT through an option.

For customers with temperature-sensitive cargo like fresh produce, pharmaceuticals, meat, fish and other frozen food, a large cold store warehouse is under construction on the same site at Maasvlakte II. It will have 40,000 sqm of space with several temperature zones and is scheduled to start operations at the end of 2024.

The Cross Dock has a direct internal road connection, with another direct road leading to the significantly enlarged STAR depot for an immediate return of emptied containers to the depot.

All new assets from vessels to warehouses are made for very low greenhouse gas emissions. The new Cross Dock is built according to the BREEAM Excellent sustainability standard. Furthermore, it will benefit from the cold-store warehouse next to it, by re-using the left-over heat from the store in the Cross Dock. That way, Maersk will save annually more than 200,000 kWh.