The logistics centre will be leased to DB Schenker.
“Gothenburg is an ideal logistics location for our major import customers,” states Mats Olsson, President of Schenker Logistics AB.
The Port of Gothenburg is building a new logistics centre for DB Schenker. The 24,000 square-metre facility will be used mainly to store imported goods in preparation for onward transport to Swedish consumers.
According to Mats Olsson, President of Schenker Logistics AB, Gothenburg is an ideal logistics location for import. “Proximity to the Port and the rest of the infrastructure means that we can deliver goods to the city regions such as Stockholm, Oslo, Malmö/Copenhagen and Gothenburg within a day.”
The new logistics centre will also generate increased volumes for the Port of Gothenburg. The terminal will have the capacity to handle 5,000 TEUS (20-foot equivalent units) each year. A large proportion will be completely new volumes for the port. This year around 900,000 containers will be shipped through the port.
“It is extremely positive that Schenker Logistics – one of the largest players in the logistics and transport sector – is about to establish operations immediately beside the Port of Gothenburg. The new logistics centre will consolidate our position as a port for the whole of Sweden,” says Magnus Kårestedt, Port of Gothenburg Chief Executive.
Construction will commence in January and the building is scheduled for completion in December 2013. The project has been developed by the Port of Gothenburg in close collaboration with DB Schenker, who will lease the premises, and NCC, who will be responsible for construction.
“It will be a modern logistics facility, environmentally classified according to Green Building standards,” states Henrik Bergman Head of the NCC Construction Business Area.
Once the building is in place, between 100 and 150 people will be employed.