Globe Express Services (Overseas Group) completes AED 35 million industrial warehouse and office in Jebel Ali

July 31, 2012 - Globe Express Services (Overseas Group), one of the world’s top 100 global logistics providers, has announced that it has recently completed an AED 35 million development project consisting of an industrial warehouse and accompanying office in Dubai’s Jebel Ali Free Zone that further expands its supply chain solutions covering warehousing and packing services, specialty handling and lifecycle management. The strategically located GES warehouse and office facility has an internal area of 67,449 sq. ft. with six loading doors and around 4,780 pallet locations.

The warehouse, which will commence operations tomorrow(Tuesday, July 31, 2012), is equipped with advanced warehousing security system and facility monitoring tools such as indoor and outdoor camera systems, digital video recorders and high-resolution IP cameras. It also provides a wide range of added-value services for clients, including easy access to perform their own stock inquiries or track the status of an order, which significantly minimizes the time spent on such tasks.

Ziad Korban, CEO, Globe Express Services (Overseas Group) said: “Our investments to build the Jebel Ali warehouse and office facility is a major step to serve our customers better and offer a much wider variety of supply chain solutions. It will strongly reinforce Globe Express Services’ stature as a premier logistics company and maintain our position among the world’s top 100 logistics providers. The warehouse is strategically positioned with its roadside location and an expansive yard that provides excellent external circulation. The timely completion of this project underlines the company’s total commitment to be responsive to evolving customer requirements and maintain the high level of quality of our services.”

The new warehouse offers warehousing and packing services covering container loading and unloading, short-term and long-term storage, consolidation, transloading, crating, packing, scan guns, placards and radio frequency relays. It also features specialty handling services including full service solutions for dry cargo, heavy equipment teardowns and equipment dismantling, safe rooms for storage of high-value goods and hallmarking services, on-site packing for oversized, sensitive or heavy cargo, and RoRo (Roll-on/roll-off) equipment.

Globe Express Services (Overseas Group) will also be offering lifecycle management at its Jebel Ali facility, providing a world-class Warehouse Management System (WMS) with open architecture and easy data integration, inbound (receiving), inventory control and accuracy (cycle counting), pick and pack, load planning, customizable UCC shipping labels, and outbound (shipping).

Globe Express Services (Overseas Group) specializes in out-of-gauge services, which is a core offering of the company’s Project Logistics and Management portfolio. In Logistics and Compliance Consulting, Globe Express Logistics offers its expertise in creative warehouse design, distribution, supply chain execution and material handling solutions for leading retail, wholesale, and consumer product manufacturing companies. Globe Express’ consultancy services also cover selection and implementation of supply chain execution software, including warehouse management systems, asset management systems and transportation management systems.