Kuehne + Nagel Opens New Logistics Hub
Published:04-November-2009
By Staff Reporter
A multifunctional facility that provides 44,000 sqm of warehousing and handling space
Kuehne + Nagel has opened a new logistics centres in Obergeorgswerder to the south of Hamburg with a total investment of E55m.
Reportedly, the new complex of buildings comprises of five warehouses and two office facilities. The multifunctional facility that provides 44,000 sqm of warehousing and handling space.
The company said that with the opening of its new logistics centre in the Hamburg area Kuehne + Nagel is meeting the continuous demand for cost efficient integrated logistics solutions. The location is of particular importance for national and international overland traffic.
Consolidating the activities of contract logistics, overland transport, seafreight import and export, sales and management under one roof allows for efficient processes and the generation of synergies. In Obergeorgswerder Kuehne + Nagel currently employs a staff of 450, of which 20 people work in newly created jobs.
Klaus-Michael Kuehne, chairman of Kuehne + Nagel, said: "After our new German head office in the HafenCity and our logistics terminal in Altenwerder, the completion of this large-scale facility in Obergeorgswerder marks the third major investment in the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg within six years. This underlines the outstanding importance of Hamburg as a logistics location for the globally operating Kuehne + Nagel Group."
