Netherlands-based company Mooy Logistics has unveiled a brand new, state-of-the-art storage and cross-docking facility in Hazeldonk, near the town of Breda on the Dutch-Belgian border, as it looks to offer a more dedicated, combined warehousing and transportation service to clients serving the French market while continuing to provide customers with services to and from Germany via its centre in Waddinxveen.
The new facility was officially opened by the Mayor of Breda, Peter van der Velden, on Saturday 31 January during a ceremony attended by staff, customers and local officials.
The 10,000m2 building is situated on 2.5ha of land located between the ports of Rotterdam, Antwerp and Vlissingen, has 5,000m2 cross-docking area as well as 30 docking bays.
It also offers coldstorage capacity for 2,500 pallets spread over seven different rooms, with enough space to eventually expand this to 5,000 pallet places.
The development offers a range of transshipment options and can handle all aspects of container trucking – transit documentation, customs clearance, value-added logistics and quality control – on site, with next-day delivery guaranteed to almost every destination in France.
All of which is expected to provide Mooy Logistics with an opportunity to further build its business to certain countries and offer a more streamlined supply chain that is in tune with the demands of the modern European market.
“This is about enabling closer, more direct links between suppliers and their customers,” explained Jan Maarten van Noort, the company’s director for France. “France will now have the focus it deserves, because we’ll be offering our French clients, including retailers and wholesalers, the one-stop shop they are looking for.”
According to Jan Maarten van Noort, is also in a position to link with customers in the Netherlands, Belgium and possibly even Spain and Italy. “Our strategy is to offer the total logistics and warehousing package from supplier to final consumer,” he said. “We’re creating something for dedicated clients which will mean they can benefit from having their own distribution platform all in one place.”
Mooy Logistics general director Willem Zonnevijlle said he felt the company’s ability to offer both warehousing capacity and transportation, as well as specialising in mixed loads and large volumes for major retail and wholesale customers, was key. “We bring the product in, complete the various value-added activities we offer and then either store it or forward it to the client,” he explained. “This is something which is essential to our future success, being able to offer a combination of warehousing and transport.”
