In line with earlier announcements, at the beginning of August, DSV opened a modern logistics center in Krefeld, which consolidated six of the operator’s dispersed branches into a single location.
The facility in Krefeld has combined all four DSV divisions – Road, Solutions, Air & Sea, and Shared Services – into one location. The first branches, including DSV Solutions from Neuss and Nettetal, Air & Sea from Düsseldorf, and Shared Services from Willich, moved to the new location at the end of July. The final branch, DSV Road from Neuss, moved on August 10th.
The modern warehouse and office complex is situated on an area of 168,000 sqm. The facility includes over 12,500 sqm of cross-docking space, 50,000 sqm of warehouse space (including 20,000 sqm dedicated to handling hazardous materials), and 7,000 sqm of office space, which currently houses over 400 employees.
– 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 in the NRW region and new cross-selling opportunities – explains Piotr W. Krawiecki, President of the Management Board of DSV Road.
The new logistics complex offers optimal working conditions, and its location in North Rhine-Westphalia is perfectly connected to motorways, airports, and seaports. The center in Krefeld is located 410 km from Hamburg, 370 km from Bremerhaven, and 225 km from Rotterdam, where seaports are located. It is only 20 km to the nearest airport in Düsseldorf, while the next ones in Cologne or Frankfurt are 80 and 245 kilometers away, respectively.