Maersk launches largest warehouse in APAC
The facility in Malaysia spans nearly 180,000 square metres.
A.P. Moller - Maersk (Maersk) has opened its Maersk Mega Distribution Centre in Malaysia, its largest contract logistics facility in Asia Pacific that boosts its warehouse footprint by more than 30% in the country.
According to Maersk, the new facility spans a total floor area of nearly 180,000 square metres, offers 100,000 pallet positions, and is a multi-client facility, purpose-built to handle a wide range of commodities including fast-moving consumer goods, food & beverage items, footwear and apparel.
The warehouse is located in Shah Alam, with direct connectivity to major highways, providing easy access to key industrial zones, urban centres, Port Klang and Kuala Lumpur International Airport. It is also around 340 kilometres from the Port of Tanjung Pelepas, which is Maersk’s key transhipment hub port in Asia.
The facility is equipped with several state-of-the-art automation systems —Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs), Put-to-Light (PTL) technology, and an Automated Storage and Retrieval System (ASRS). These advanced solutions enable faster order fulfilment, shorter lead times, and improved order accuracy by minimising human error. This underscores our commitment to delivering high-performance logistics capabilities for our clients.
Its other features include an end-to-end transport management system for real-time tracking and monitoring of shipments, a wide range of value-added services such as tagging, labelling, re-packing, palletising, returns management, quality control and product disposal, and Maersk’s Warehouse Management System (WMS) and Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) capabilities, providing customers with real-time inventory and transaction visibility, enhanced traceability and possibilities for technological integration with customers’ existing systems.
“This facility marks one of Maersk’s most significant milestone investments in Asia Pacific and stands amongst our largest contract logistics sites globally. This hub reinforces our integrated capabilities to deliver reliable, flexible supply chains and modern, automated solutions that will help customers scale and reach local consumers more effectively,” said KS Chang, head of Maersk Contract Logistics Asia Pacific.
