DP World’s P&O Ferrymasters builds new warehouse at Genk in Belgium

DP World’s P&O Ferrymasters builds new warehouse at Genk in Belgium

P&O Ferrymasters on Thursday announced it has entered into an agreement with Belgium-based Genk Green Logistics to build a 10,000 square metre state-of-the-art warehouse near the Port of Genk in Belgium, further enhancing its pan-European rail, road and warehousing network at a critical time for international trade and economic recovery. The new facility - strategically located near the port which is in the heart of Flanders' industrial belt - is equipped with world-leading Warehouse Management Systems and will enable customers to increase efficiency, have better visibility of their goods and expand storage capacity in their end-to-end supply chains. The warehouse is ideally positioned to accommodate the import and export of goods requiring storage for international deep-sea routes and to the United Kingdom via both the English Channel and North Sea. The site's outstanding multimodal transport links - including access to the Albert Canal and direct barging to P&O Ferrymasters' parent company DP World's terminal at Antwerp - will facilitate existing customers' export of high-value industrial products to consumers throughout Europe and via onward connections to Russia, China and the United States. As part of the global DP World and P&O Ferrymasters commitment to sustainability, the warehouse will be constructed on