Ikea banks on barges in Paris
Having won a bid for project sites organised by Haropa-Ports of Paris, Ikea France is setting up a logistics warehouse at Limay. The publicly owned site, approximately 160,000 sqm, will enable the Swedish retailer to develop a customer distribution centre covering around 72,000 sqm.
From this location to the west of Greater Paris, city centre shops will be restocked and online customers’ orders will be delivered. The region of western France will also be covered from this facility, which is scheduled to ready for operation by 2026.
The multimodal approach, given the warehouse's proximity to the River Seine and the A13 motorway, includes river-based deliveries and electric vehicles for last-mile traffic. River delivery avoids urban congestion and also offers zero-emission solutions. Since September 2020, similar solutions have already been trialled from Gennevilliers warehouse in cooperation with Haropa-Ports of Paris. (cd)