 Wallonia is the first logistic region in Europe. This is the conclusion of a survey lead by Cushman & Wakefield and published by Logistics in Wallonia en AWEX.
The report makes a ranking of top locations for distribution and logistics in Europe, based upon macro-economic parameters. This is done by using a ranked-matrix method for 61 European regions and for the optimal location of a European Distribution Centre (EDC, not a regional logistics centre).
As in previous reports, published in 2004 and 2006 by the Flanders Institute for Logistics, several Belgian provinces come in the top of this ranking. Liège comes out as the number 1 location, closely followed by Limburg (B), Hainaut, and Nord-Pas-de-Calais. The main reasons for this top-ranking are :
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excellent access to the main European markets ( the core West-German markets like the Ruhrgebiet, the core Benelux markets like Randstad and the Antwerp/Brussels area , Paris/Ile-de-France and the greater London area) |
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a central geographic location that is optimal to cover a wide range of European markets |
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top transport infrastructure and volume, close to main ports or with good multimodal links to these ports |
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low costs for land, warehouses and labour |
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labour force that is available, highly productive, skilled for supply chain jobs and with a good language knowledge |
The top-15 consists of regions from Belgium, Northern France (Nord-Pas-de-Calais and Alsace) and Western Germany (Düsseldorf, Koblenz, Köln and Arnsberg).
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