As early as August, six German DSV branches will be merged into a single, modern logistics center in Krefeld. The new location near Dusseldorf will house all three DSV divisions – Road, Solutions, and Air & Sea.
The new logistics complex will offer optimal working conditions, and its location in North Rhine-Westphalia is perfectly connected to motorways, airports, and seaports. The Krefeld center is located 410 km from Hamburg, 370 km from Bremerhaven, and 225 km from Rotterdam, where the seaports are located. It is only 20 km to the nearest airport in Dusseldorf, while the next ones in Cologne and Frankfurt are 80 and 245 kilometers away, respectively.
– The newest and largest DSV location in Germany was created to, on one hand, allow for the utilization of the enormous synergy between the previously dispersed road, air, sea, and contract logistics branches in one of Germany’s most important economic regions, North Rhine-Westphalia, and on the other, to realize our company’s key development strategy under the slogan One DSV – One stop shopping. For the first time, all three DSV divisions in Germany will cooperate on such a massive scale “under one roof,” which is exactly what will happen thanks to the shared location within a single logistics center in Krefeld. From the Polish perspective, this also means a significant strengthening of our groupage service to the NRW region and new cross-selling opportunities – explains Piotr W. Krawiecki, CEO of DSV Road.
The warehouse and office complex is situated on an area of 168,000 sqm. The facility will include over 12,500 sqm of cross-dock space, 50,000 sqm of warehouse space (including 20,000 sqm intended for handling hazardous materials), and 7,000 sqm for offices, which will house a total of over 900 employees. The DSV Group decided to build the complex according to the rigorous standards of the German Sustainable Building Council – DGNB, including facilities for the disabled. The DGNB develops and verifies, among other things, building construction methods, materials required for their execution, and space optimization, and subsequently awards the appropriate certificate. DSV is applying for a Silver Certificate, which assumes that most DGNB standards have been met.
Video about the new DSV logistics center in Krefeld: