• European multimodal transport networks
• Competitive logistics facilities to meet your needs
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A major national logistics hub

• 100 million consumers within a 4-hour drive by truck
• 5,600 businesses and 58,000 professionals on hand
• Over 8 million sq.m of warehouse space (8.5% of French warehouses in just 2.3% of the total area of France).
• A vast range of local, national and international logistics services providers: DHL-Exel Supply Chain, Tibbet & Britten, Geodis, DHL, UPS, Maersk, Katoen Natie, TNT Mitsui, Gefco and more.
• Related services including banking, insurance, telecommunications, specialized training in logistics, turnkey contractors and providers of distribution warehouse such as GSE, Gazeley, etc.

Big companies that have chosen Northern France for their pan-European logistics centers include Columbia Sportswear, Ingram Micro, Brother, Babyliss, DaimlerChrysler, Morgan and Decathlon.

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European multimodal transport networks

• Road transport : over 550 kilometers of highways linked directly into the pan-European road system
• France’s densest rail network, offering an efficient freight and passenger-transport alternative with 1,512 km of rail track and 122 local freight stations
• High-speed rail service: Lille is at the heart of the TGV network serving Northern Europe
• Direct rail link to the UK via the Channel Tunnel
• High-performance inland waterway network serving Northern Europe (680 km / 422 miles of canals).
• Seven seaports in the immediate vicinity: Rotterdam, Antwerp, Felixstowe, Le Havre, Dunkirk, Calais and Boulogne sur mer
• Rail and waterways links with main ports in Northern Europe; complete forwarding service combining inland transport by barge and the shipping feeder

Competitive logistics facilities to meet your needs

• Over 5,000 hectares of land for industrial and logistics activities-immediately available
• Over 20 multimodal hubs including Dourges Delta 3 (300 hectares), Dunkerque DLI (190 hectares), Arras Magnapark (152 hectares) and the inland Port of Lille (300 hectares).
• 100,000 sq.m of warehouses immediately available and 500,000 sq.m of warehouse facilities in the process of being built
• Logistics costs among the lowest in Europe (rent, land, workforce, etc.)
• EDI and customs: computerized NSTI program enables shipments to clear all custom formalities while the containers are in transit. Example: inbound flows of containers with spare parts for Toyota