Damco expands logistics capacity
Damco, one of the world's leading third-party logistics providers, has unveiled its expanded Southern Vietnam Logistics Center in Binh Duong province.
Damco recently unveiled its expanded Southern Viet Nam Logistics Center in Binh Duong Province. (Photo: Damco Vietnam)HCM City (VNA) – Damco, one of the world's leading third-party logistics providers, has unveiled its expanded Southern Vietnam Logistics Center in Binh Duong province.
Covering 37,150 sq.m and 141 loading bays, the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism-certified multi-purpose warehouse is equipped with the latest technologies such as a High Jump CFS management system, RF scanning, a sprinkler system and a digital CCTV system.
The new facility, an important pillar of a multi-year capacity expansion plan, "will enable Damco Vietnam's customers' supply chains to become more competitive by optimizing their logistics costs while ensuring that tangible reduction of their environmental emissions," according to a release from Damco Vietnam.
Together with the recent development of the Hai Phong warehouse in North Vietnam to 11,500 sq.m, Damco Vietnam's warehouse capacity stands at 73,000 sq.m across five sites.
Damco's growing Contract Logistics operation now has over 25,000 sq.m of space to serve customers in the industrial, retail, fashion, and chemical sectors.
"Noteworthy is the acquisition of our bonded license capability in Hai Phong and the possibility to perform activities such as metal detection and CNI (Certificate of No Impediment) and inner carton checking within our HCM facility," said Marco Civardi, Area Managing Director for Damco in Vietnam and Cambodia.-VNA
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