News / Maersk opens Rotterdam cross-dock facility to accelerate cargo flow

Maersk has expanded its container supply chain services to European shippers with the launch of a new cross-dock facility at its Maasvlakte II terminal in Rotterdam yesterday.

Starbucks is the launch customer, which will “accelerate the flow of cargo significantly from arrival on a vessel to the point of sale”, Maersk said.

After discharging containers from an arriving vessel, products can be unpacked, transloaded to conventional trucks and dispatched to their final destination within hours.

“What we want to do is to launch ...