Warehouse and distribution

Maersk Contract Logistics in Europe

Make warehousing your competitive advantage.

Real-time visibility
Seamless connectivity
End-to-end integration

Scale at the pace of your ambition

Accessing your growth markets in Europe starts with being close to your customers. Our strategically placed warehousing and distribution facilities keep you right next to major ports, road networks, rail hubs, and airports — so you’re always ready to seize the next opportunity.

Add seamless connections across ocean, air, and landside to your contract logistics, and your entire operation becomes one coordinated flow, enabling faster decisions, tighter control, and fewer surprises.

Services

Warehousing and fulfilment services in Europe

From origin to destination, you can design smarter flows for every SKU with the agility to scale by season. Get the visibility to act early and reliability to protect your margins.

Consolidation and deconsolidation

Streamline product flow with consolidation and deconsolidation, including direct and delayed cross-dock options. Speed up or slow down to match demand, and direct cargo where it’s needed most: to distribution centres, retail stores, or straight to consumers with value-added services such as repackaging, labelling and quality checks along the way.

Fulfilment

Pick, pack and ship for B2B and B2C with inventory control across your supply chain. Operate true omnichannel fulfilment from our European sites with returns handling that scans items back to stock and accelerates refunds for a better end-customer experience.
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Bonded warehouses

Avoid double duty and VAT exposure while deferring customs payments with bonded storage. Supported by 24-hour security, flexible storage windows, and strategic locations for cross-border flows, it helps you minimise delays and maximise efficiency.

Value-added services

Beyond transportation, Maersk offers a comprehensive suite of value-added services designed to optimise your supply chain and reduce operational complexity. From warehousing solutions to specialised handling, we enhance every stage of your logistics journey.

Labelling & Compliance

• Bar code labelling
• Carton bar code labelling
• Labelling / Ticketing
• Compliance & testing
• Scanning

Packaging & Product Preparation

• Folding and packaging
• Re-packaging
• Product customisation
• Poitn-of-Purchase (POP) assembly

Kitting, Assembly & Value Add Handling

• Kitting & Assembly
• Cargo sorting
• Palletising, shaving and rebuild
• Re-palletisation

Digital Integration & Reporting

• Reporting
• EDI/ASN/Manifesting
• Warehouse management system integration

Return & Reverse Logistics

• Return management
• Product disposal
• Quality control and inspection

Yard & Warehouse Operations Support

• Yard management
• VGM weighing

Chilled/frozen

• Sorting and repacking
• Sealing / netting / ripening
• Picking / Packing / Palletising / Labelling
• Quality and phyto inspections
• Inventory management

Pharma

• Sleeve application
• Labelling, relabelling, tagging, or retagging
• Kitting and product customisation
• Co-packing
• Rework
• Repacking

Why Maersk Contract Logistics in Europe?

Flexible capacity, built to scale
Scale up or down and reconfigure quickly, with multi-use sites that adapt to your commercial plan.
Proximity that accelerates delivery
Reduce last-mile distance, time, and cost with facilities positioned near key European gateways.
Integrated logistics, end-to-end
Remove handoffs and risk by combining ocean, air and inland with warehousing for a single, orchestrated flow.
Integrated IT systems and visibility
Get real-time control and smoother exception management with connected systems unifying data and events.
Tech and automation
Speed up processing, boost accuracy, and keep your operations running efficiently at scale with advanced mechanisation and automated workflows.
Expertise leading to operational efficiencies
Enjoy a single point of contact with specialist teams, improving speed-to-market, operational efficiency, and margins.

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Proof is in the numbers

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facilities
14+
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8.8+
million sqm

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Drawing on insights from leading geopolitical analysts and hands‑on logistics practitioners, the report helps contract‑logistics leaders evaluate their operational resilience, understand where current models may be vulnerable, and identify the capabilities needed to stay competitive in a rapidly evolving global environment.

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Local warehouses

Explore our European network and find the locations that best connect your inventory to demand centres. View all sites and dive into details in each local warehouse page.

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