The new complex will consist of six warehouses whose sizes will range from about 14,000 square metersto 22,000 square meters. The smallest sections to be rented out will be about 5,200 square meters. Moreover, the new complex will offer the possibility to create an uninterrupted warehousing area of 35,000 square metersor smaller.

Also on a risk-bearing basis, DHVG earlier developed a 100,000-square meter distribution center in the Port of Rotterdam. Called Districenter Seinehaven, the facility comprises various warehouses, the last of which was completed early this year. Over 85 percent of the space in the Rotterdamdistribution center has already been rented out.

DHVG has high hopes for the Port of Amsterdam- which is attracting evermore container traffic, sits almost in the middle of the world's biggest economic bloc with 500 million consumers and has got excellent transport links with the rest of Europe by air, sea, inland waterway, road and railroad. Clearly, the Port of Amsterdam is picking up more and more momentum. That is also reflected in the growth of almost 300 percent achieved by the Ceres Paragon Terminal in 2006. This terminal is expected to attract even more business in the future, given the limited container terminal capacity in Northwestern Europe.

What will also help DHVG's new distribution center is the absence of similar warehouses in this whole area. The only facilities on offer are sheds for storing semi-finished products and raw materials. The new Districenter Afrikahaven will now meet the demand for high-tech warehouses. The design of the new distribution center in Amsterdam will be comparable to the surprising architecture used in Rotterdam.

Construction work on the new facility is expected to begin in August 2007. The various warehouses will have ESFR Sprinkler installations,dock shelters, doors at ground level, an unobstructed stacking height of 10.5 meters, as well as a floor load of 4,000 kilos per square meter on the ground floor and 1,000 kilos per square meter on the mezzanines (intermediate floors). If so required, specific facilities for the storage of hazardous materials can be built.

The Port of Amsterdamis particularly pleased with DHVG's decision to develop this distribution center. This will make it much easier for logistics providers and companies' logistics departments to establish themselves in the Port of Amsterdam. In other words, the creation of DHVG's distribution center is an important breakthrough in the port's development and will create a lot of jobs.

In the near future, the Port of Amsterdamwill upgrade the whole port area's infrastructure. Moreover, in 2012, the Port of Amsterdam will have a direct connection to the A5 Highway and the A9 Highway (Westrandweg), which will further reduce transport time to nearby Schiphol Airport- Europe's fourth-largest airport.