Wallenius Wilhelmsen is expanding the scope and scale of its US Southeast operations with a 20-year lease agreement with the Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) for upgraded and enlarged Brunswick Port facilities. The company has options for up to 30 years.

“Our expansion and new long-term commitment in Brunswick strengthen our position as the preferred supply chain partner to North American automotive, equipment and breakbulk customers providing our complete package of market-leading end-to-end logistics services,” says Lasse Kristoffersen, CEO, Wallenius Wilhelmsen.

The Brunswick expansion will further enhance the company’s position for on-port and in-plant processing centres that handle vehicles, construction, mining, and agricultural equipment across the region.

Wallenius Wilhelmsen’s Brunswick footprint includes expansions and enhancements to its existing terminal and auto vehicle processing centre (VPC). An important addition is the new equipment processing centre (EPC) that can store, customize, assemble, exercise, and distribute machinery on behalf of equipment OEMs and their dealers.

“These state-of-the-art facilities allow us to work on our customers’ products in factory-like conditions that stand above any on-port setting,” says Mike Hynekamp, Chief Operating Officer, Logistics Services, Wallenius Wilhelmsen. “The upgraded facilities are purpose-built to allow for the safe and efficient completion, storage, inspection and distribution of our customers’ products without the need to dray to an off-site location,” adds Hynekamp.