Imperial Logistics to operate Volkswagen Group packaging centre at Germany

Oct 23, 2018: Imperial Logistics will operate a new Volkswagen Group packaging centre in Wilhelmshaven, Germany, following the Group’s decision to dispatch parts for Volkswagen, Audi, and Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles via JadeWeserPort.

The work on the construction facility began in July and will be operational by April 2019. From JadeWeserPort, parts will be dispatched to over 25 locations in 15 countries including Mexico, China and the United States.

"The decision to locate the facility in Wilhelmshaven is of strategic importance for the Volkswagen Group. The JadeWeserPort is the only deep-water port in Germany. With this new packaging site, we will create a direct link to a port which enables us to transport parts using the largest vessels in the world," explains Thomas Zernechel, head of Volkswagen Group Logistics.

The packaging centre will include four halls with a total area of more than 40,000 square metre. Around 7,000 different Audi, Volkswagen and Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles parts will be delivered to the Willhelmshaven facility, and will then be loaded into some 250 containers per week; this corresponds to more than 12,000 40 feet high cube containers per year.

Remy Hoeffler, director of the automotive business unit at Imperial Logistics International added, "We are happy and proud to have been selected to manage and operate this new and important packaging centre for the Volkswagen, Audi and Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles brands. The contract complements our existing relationship with the Volkswagen Group at ten other locations in Germany, Poland, Hungary and South Africa, employing a combined workforce of 3,600. We look forward to this further new opportunity to support the global expansion of the Volkswagen Group with efficient logistics services."

The packaging centre will create approximately 500 new jobs at Imperial Logistics, which is staging a local recruitment drive.