Special warehouse (logistics)

The special warehouse is a collective and generic term from warehouse logistics and describes warehousing - usually logistics properties - which, due to their construction or technical equipment, are suitable for storing articles and groups of goods with appropriate properties that are not or not with normal storage techniques and processes can be stored to a limited extent.

In particular, liquid, gaseous, theft-prone and perishable materials are stored in special warehouses.

Common are:

• Cold storage , storage of food
• Tank farm , reception of solid materials, also in the technical versions:
  • pressure vessel
  • Water tower
  • Natural gas storage
• Silos for bulk goods

Chemical and petrochemical substances in particular are often declared as dangerous goods and, in accordance with statutory provisions, may be stored separately in a dangerous goods warehouse .

In a broader sense - beyond classic operational storage - it also includes repositories ; see also u. a .:

• Nuclear waste dump
• Landfill
• Interim storage facility (nuclear technology)

Web links

• Special warehouse at www.lagerhallen24.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Baumann, Baumgart, Kähler, Lewerenz, Schliebner; Logistic processes - jobs in warehouse logistics; ISBN 978-3-44100360-1