Warehousing Services

A private warehouse is normally built by retailers or companies to store their excess goods as part of their distribution channels. Only goods manufactured by the company will be stored within these facilities. However, due to the high cost of construction and land rights, most of the existing private warehouses are owned by large corporations.

Public warehouses also are known as duty paid warehousing storage that are open to leases from the public. Most of the leasers are usually small and medium enterprises (SMEs) who are unable to afford the cost of constructing their own warehouses. These facilities offer short-term distribution warehousing solutions and are usually regulated by the government.

Bonded warehouses are meant for imported goods which are not cleared by customs because of unpaid duty fees. The removal of these goods are not allowed until the duty fees are paid for but the warehouse may support the process of packing, labeling, grading and canning of the goods. These types of warehouses may be operated by the government or private entities (with licenses from the government) and will both be under strict regulation by custom officials. These warehouses also facilitate entrepôt trade – imported goods which are re-exported, as it allows importers to bypass the cost of custom duties.

Special Commodity

Sometimes, specialized warehouses must be constructed due to the nature of the goods. Examples would include, warehouses with oil tankers for the storage of petrochemicals and silos for agricultural products.

Climate-Controlled

In some cases, factors such as temperature and humidity must be controlled for the storage of selected goods. For example, frozen products need to be stored away in low temperatures to maintain the freshness of the food and the humidity of the warehouse must be kept constant in order to store sensitive electronic parts.