Rhenus Logistics India Pvt. Ltd., the Indian arm of the globally valued Euro 4 Billion Rhenus Group, announced opening of second warehouse near Chennai, spread in an area of 55,000 sq. ft.
With opening of this warehouse, Rhenus now has two multi-user facilities, with about 1 lac sq. ft of warehousing space near Chennai. This new warehouse will exclusively cater to the chemical sector and boost the industry in Tamil Nadu.
Due to the risk involved in handling and storing of chemical products, the industry requires highest level of safety. The new warehouse would facilitate handling of chemical products with efficiency and safety.
The warehouse is endowed with modern equipments and in-house warehouse management software “Rhenus WMS” that takes care of inventory traceability and transactions. It has a capacity of 6,000 Pallet Positions (PP) with further scalability options, efficient Reach Trucks with the lifting capacity of G+7 racking systems for 1,100 kgs and Forklifts for floor management. It has prospects of fulfilling both JIT and Milk run concepts.
This warehouse has got clearance and approval from the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB).  With this, Rhenus is amongst one of the few logistics companies in India which has three PCB (Pollution Control Board) approved facilities for storage and operations of chemicals in India and they are also compliant with the HSE (Health, Safety and Environment) norms.
Rhenus is also one of the few logistics companies in India, who have their warehouses certified with quality, environmental and safety accreditations in place such as ISO 9001, ISO 14001 & OHSAS 18001.