DB Schenker Perth held the official opening of their new cold store in Perth last week helping to extend their Perishables logistics footprint within Australia.
The event was exceptionally well attended with over 80 customers and service providers joining us to celebrate.
DB Schenker have had a continuous presence in Western Australia since the mid-1960’s and the company, which has a strong Perishables presence on the East coast of Australia and in New Zealand, has invested in this world class facility at their High Wycombe site. The site is conveniently located both near to the airport and the harbour at Fremantle and has been our home for the last ten years in Perth. The cold store boasts over 500 square metres of floor space with a large ante room, two chillers and a freezer. There is capacity to store product up to four pallets high and the site has an unbroken cold chain to maintain product integrity.
“We are thrilled to offer our services to the ever growing local and international Perishables customers in Western Australia who are looking for a world class facility to manage their goods and which deserve excellent handling to ensure it arrives in the best condition to all regions of the world”, says CEO of Schenker Australia, Ron Koehler. “The passion and dedication of our staff in this facility will assist us to achieve exemplary service to our customers.”
DB Schenker is involved in Perishables logistics in various regions around the world and expanding their Australian footprint is the next logical step. There is an increasing demand for high quality product into the Asia Pacific countries, food that has provenance and traceability, and this new facility adds the required integrity to the supply chain.
Paulo Gomes, the Perishables manager in Perth had this to say, “We are delighted to offer this state of the art facility to the market in Western Australia and look forward to welcoming our customers to the facility.”