Maersk opens 560,000 sq. ft. Integrated Logistics Park in Pakistan

Maersk logistics centre

Maersk inaugurated its new Integrated Logistics Park at Port Qasim in Pakistan. With its six purpose-built sheds, the new facility makes Maersk the country’s largest logistics and warehousing provider, with a total footprint of more than 1.3 million sq. ft. across seven cities.

During COVID -19, Maersk’s end-to-end solutions ensured customers’ cargo kept moving. The warehousing facilities strengthened Maersk’s position by being able to store goods that were in lower demand and slowed down supply chains when needed.

Building on this background, Maersk Pakistan took the decision to invest in an Integrated Logistics Park that would act as a warehouse, including a consolidation & fulfilment centre and cold storage, at Port Qasim. Maersk Pakistan went on from acquiring a 26-acre land parcel to designing and constructing a six-shed facility spread over 560,000 sq. ft. that will answer all the requirements of its customers through a single location. 

The Integrated Logistics Park will cater to storage requirements of cargo from retail & lifestyle, Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG), automotive and technology sectors. Located within Port Qasim, the Integrated Logistics Park will be the perfect warehouse destination for customers to manage their import and export cargo with the least time delays while connecting to and from vessels.

It will come equipped with modern Warehouse Management Systems. With Maersk taking care of the movement of cargo – ocean transportation on one side and landside transportation on the other side of the warehouse – customers will experience lesser handovers of their cargo, leading to higher efficiencies, faster turnaround times, deeper visibility and better control over the cargo movement. All of this will result in better predictability of supply chains.

“At Maersk, our purpose is to improve life for all by integrating the world. With our state-of-the-art Integrated Logistics Park, we want to ensure that we play an important role in connecting and simplifying the supply chains for importers, exporters and traders of Pakistan. I am proud of this major investment in Pakistan and is a critical building block in the logistics infrastructure. It is also apt to recognise the unwavering support our customers have extended, with whom we could have meaningful conversations that helped us design a solution that creates value in their supply chains.”, says Hasan Faraz, Managing Director of Maersk Pakistan.

Source: Maersk