Capespan is moving its European fruit storage and distribution activity from Vlissingen to Cool Port Rotterdam. The transition will be completed by the end of November 2017.
Cool Port Rotterdam is the newly built distribution centre of the Kloosterboer Group, located in Waalhaven, Rotterdam Port. The facility offers a 40 000 pallet capacity from cooling to deepfreeze, 38 dock shelters and a 7 500m² dedicated service area.
Under the same roof, Cool Port Packing BV, offers a wide range of added services for the more discerning customer. The new machinery will allow Capespan to repack its fruit into smaller consumer oriented packaging, as required by its customers. The punnet top seal machinery, flow wrap, girsac netting and labelling machinery can cater for customised customer requirements.
Situated on the water, Cool Port offers daily barge services from the deep-sea terminals to its warehouse. This waterside location also offers possibilities for distribution by shortsea to markets such as Scandinavia and the Baltic States. Cool Port is also directly connected to the main motorways and railways, offering Capespan multiple logistical solutions for distribution to remote European locations.
According to Danny Simons, Supply Chain Manager of Capespan, the decision is in line with Capespan’s focus to provide its customers with wider and more efficient service solutions.
“Capespan, in its pursuit to deliver an optimal service to its market and grower customers, has to continuously re-invent and refine its business model to remain relevant in an ever changing environment. It therefore remains focused on improving, streamlining and simplifying its service
offering to create more value for all its stakeholders”, says Leon van Biljon, CEO Capespan Fruit.
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