Al-Futtaim Logistics opens cold storage facility
Al-Futtaim Logistics, a leading integrated logistics and supply chain solutions provider, has announced the expansion of its services with the opening of a state-of-the-art cold storage warehousing facility in Dubai.
Located at Jebel Ali South Free Zone, the multi-temperature facility has space for more than 1,600 pallets with full temperature control ranging from +18°C to -22°C. The facility incorporates world-class warehouse management technology including capturing all the attributes of the products combined with double-deep storage which optimises space and enables high throughput. The new facility has been designed for piece and pallet picking for speed-to-market orders.
Customers utilizing the cold storage facility can also take advantage of Al-Futtaim Logistics’ value-added services such as barcoding, labelling, date coding which are compliant with local and regional GCC regulations and are in line with international standards of food safety storage.
The facility also offers a dedicated onsite office for local authorities thereby enabling fast-track inspections to ensure the products stored meet stringent standards.
Al-Futtaim Logistics has expanded its primary services into the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Oman and is set to extend the new warehouse facilities to its regional F&B customers.