U-Freight has opened a new warehouse in the Netherlands — adding to its existing airport facility — to support the company's growing e-commerce logistics operations.

The new e-commerce fulfilment centre adds 684 sq m of space plus 124 sq m of offices to U-Freight’s Holland’s portfolio and will enable it to expand added value activities such as pick and pack for e-commerce, including shoes imported from the Far East.

“E-commerce from the Far East and South East Asia is booming, so we need the extra space,” said Robert Rens, who was recently promoted from operations manager to operations director.

In a statement, U-Freight said alongside the Amsterdam office, which caters for airfreight, U-Freight Holland has a long-standing relationship with Independent Freight Service in Rotterdam, which operates under the U-Ocean branding.

It said this ensures that U-Freight in the Netherlands can offer a complete portfolio of multimodal services.

Meanwhile, the U-Freight Group in the Netherlands also implemented a restructuring in its management team at its headquarters in Amsterdam.

Rens was promoted to operations director and will take responsibility for work undertaken by current managing director in the Netherlands, Cas Scheij, who has reached official retirement age but will remain in the post on a part-time basis.