Malaysia – A.P. Moller - Maersk (Maersk) has officially opened its largest contract logistics facility in Asia Pacific, the Maersk Mega Distribution Centre (DC), boosting its warehouse footprint by more than 30% in Malaysia.
The Mega DC, which spans a total floor area of nearly 180,000 square metres, offers 100,000 pallet positions, and is a multi-client facility, purpose-built to handle a wide range of commodities including fast-moving consumer goods, food & beverage items, footwear and apparel.
Domestic consumption has been buoyant and we’re seeing increasing opportunities to support businesses across diverse industry sectors in Malaysia. With shared resources within this multi-client facility, we’re able to deliver enhanced cost-efficiency and operational agility—empowering customers to scale their warehousing and distribution seamlessly, especially during peak demand periods.
This facility marks one of Maersk’s most significant milestone investments in Asia Pacific and stands among our largest contract logistics sites globally. This hub reinforces our integrated capabilities to deliver reliable, flexible supply chains and modern, automated solutions that will help customers scale and reach local consumers more effectively.
Strategically located in Shah Alam, with direct connectivity to major highways—including the North-South Expressway (PLUS), ELITE Highway, and Shah Alam Expressway (KESAS) — the Mega DC enables seamless access to key industrial zones, urban centres, Port Klang and Kuala Lumpur International Airport, ensuring optimal transit times for customers. It is also around 340 kilometres from the Port of Tanjung Pelepas, which is Maersk’s key transshipment hub port in Asia.
Maersk’s new facility in Malaysia is an important hub for fast and reliable distribution across Asia Pacific. It connects cargo from overseas ports and airports directly to retailers and consumers through seamless warehousing and last-mile delivery. Daily trucking links major cities like Ipoh, Penang, Johor, Malacca, and Kota Bharu, while flexible options by sea, air, and land provide efficient access to East Malaysia and wider Asian markets.
The opening of this state-of-the-art facility will further boost the broader logistics and supply chain landscape in Malaysia. The connectivity of Maersk’s Mega Distribution Centre is critical to enabling efficient movement of goods across the country and the region, aligning with Malaysia’s Logistics and Trade Facilitation Masterplan and bringing us closer to making Malaysia the ’Logistics Gateway to Asia’.
Investing in technology for operational excellence
The facility is equipped with several state-of-the-art automation systems —Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs), Put-to-Light (PTL) technology, and an Automated Storage and Retrieval System (ASRS). These advanced solutions enable faster order fulfillment, shorter lead times, and improved order accuracy by minimising human error. This underscores our commitment to delivering high-performance logistics capabilities for our clients.
Other facility highlights:
- End-to-end transport management system in place provides oversight of real-time tracking and monitoring of shipments, enabling enhanced visibility and control throughout the shipping process.
- Bonded and non-bonded warehouse storage are available, with Customs officers available on-site, ensuring speedier import/export clearances, reducing dwell time for cargo and allowing for quicker release of goods.
- Wide range of value-added services are available, such as tagging, labelling, re-packing, palletising, returns management, quality control and product disposal.
- Equipped with Maersk’s Warehouse Management System (WMS) and Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) capabilities, providing customers with real-time inventory and transaction visibility, enhanced traceability and possibilities for technological integration with customers’ existing systems.
- Green Building Index (GBI) Gold and LEED Gold certified, with features to reduce energy and water usage including solar panel rooftop installations, smart LED lighting and rainwater harvesting solutions.
- Comprehensive safety features such as forklift safety systems to ensure correct positioning, enhance pedestrian visibility and reduce collision risks, robust fire protection and fighting systems and 24/7 CCTV surveillance.
About Maersk
A.P. Moller - Maersk is an integrated logistics company working to connect and simplify its customers’ supply chains. As a global leader in logistics services, the company operates in more than 130 countries and employs around 100,000 people. Maersk is aiming to reach net zero GHG emissions by 2040 across the entire business with new technologies, new vessels, and reduced GHG emissions fuels*.
*Maersk defines "reduced GHG emissions fuels" as fuels with at least 65% reductions in GHG emissions on a lifecycle basis compared to fossil of 94 g CO2e/MJ.
