Heavy Goods Warehouse

Description of heavy goods warehouse

Heavy goods warehouses offer ample space for particularly large machines and goods. Since heavy goods weigh a lot and usually have unfavourable dimensions, heavy goods warehouses are usually equipped with powerful crane systems. Thanks to a load capacity of several hundred tonnes, these can lift the heaviest elements and move them within the warehouse. Accordingly, sufficient free height space is required. The cranes are often positioned on the warehouse ceiling to save valuable space and benefit from maximum flexibility. Heavy-duty forklifts with capacities of several tonnes and equipment for assembling heavy goods are also common.

In addition, heavy goods warehouses are characterised by spacious gates to allow even the largest and particularly bulky heavyweights to be conveniently stored and retrieved. Heavy goods warehouses are oversized in area, height and width. Due to their contents and the handling of heavy goods, they require special safety measures to protect both the goods and the people working in the warehouse. In addition, depending on the warehouse contents, there are high demands on transport connections. After all, heavy goods often have to be transported via the rail network or at least via heavy goods transporters. It must be possible to ensure the problem-free delivery and removal of heavy goods in terms of height and width as well as weight and length. State-of-the-art heavy lift storage facilities are connected to the transport modes of water, rail and road.

Areas of application of the heavy goods warehouse

Heavy goods warehouses are indispensable for various companies that trade in or produce heavy goods. Logistics companies often provide their customers with heavy goods warehouse facilities in order to realise a wide variety of projects. Since many companies in the logistics sector do not build their own heavy goods warehouses for cost reasons, this service is in demand in many places. It is also possible to rent limited space in heavy goods warehouses from heavy goods logistics companies.

Depending on the needs, providers of this type of storage supplement their service with individual packaging, for example for sea or air freight, international heavy transports as well as complete management. The handling of logistical and logistics-related tasks within the customer's value chain is part of the services offered by numerous heavy goods warehouse operators.

In addition to the automotive industry, heavy goods warehouses are also used in the shipbuilding, road, rail vehicle and aircraft construction industries as well as in the construction machinery sector.

Advantages of heavy goods warehouse:

• Heavy goods can be stored without any problems thanks to ample storage space
• Depending on the warehouse, uncomplicated assembly and disassembly
• Packaging of bulky and oversized goods/machinery
• Fast assembly thanks to standardised construction elements
• Optimisation of delivery and removal
• Ideally, connection to all necessary modes of transport (optimised transport)

Disadvantages of heavy goods warehouse:

• High storage or rental costs
• Massive acquisition costs for storage equipment such as cranes and forklifts
• Sometimes immense organisational effort
• High land and space consumption