Two new warehouses inaugurated at Farrukhnagar, Harayana and Dadri, Uttar Pradesh, take Maersk’s total warehousing footprint to 3.3 million sq. ft. spread across more than 20 facilities in India.
New Delhi: Strengthening its position as a global integrated logistics company, A.P. Moller – Maersk (Maersk) today inaugurated two new warehouses in India, that are strategically located near the National Capital Region (NCR) in the northern part of the country. Soren Skou, CEO, A.P. Moller – Maersk, Navneet Kapoor, Executive Vice President, A.P. Moller – Maersk, Richard Morgan, Managing Director, Maersk West & Central Asia, and Vikash Agarwal, Managing Director, Maersk South Asia, inaugurated the facilities from New Delhi.
Logistics is moving up the strategic agenda of organisations. Our conversations with customers are turning into holistic, partnership-based discussions through which they seek resilient solutions to their supply chains that are insulated from unforeseen disruptions. He added, An important element of end-to-end logistics is warehousing & distribution.
Expanding the warehousing footprint is fundamental to our strategic growth, especially in an important market such as India and helps us offer our customers truly integrated logistics solutions.
CEO, A.P. Moller – Maersk
Today, we have inaugurated our sixth and seventh warehousing facility in India this year. Our ambition to support our customers with truly integrated logistics solutions is taking the right shape. Our customers have already utilised around 75% of the capacity of our existing warehouses, showing their faith and trust in our solutions. This also encourages us to keep investing in our warehousing expansion in India.
Earlier this month, Maersk completed the acquisition of LF Logistics, a Hong Kong-based contract logistics company with premium capabilities within omnichannel fulfilment services, e-commerce, and inland transport in the Asia-Pacific region.
LF Logistics has seven warehouses in India, which have been added to Maersk’s network.
The total warehousing footprint offered by Maersk to its customers in India now stands at around 3.3 million sq. ft. from over 20 warehouses.
About A.P. Moller – Maersk
A.P. Moller – Maersk is an integrated container logistics company working to connect and simplify its customers’ supply chains. As the global leader in shipping services, the company operates in 130 countries and employs over 105,000 people.
