Nolan Transport –building for the future

Brexit has seen demand for warehousing facilities and logistics services boom and the transportation company that celebrates 60 years this year, Nolan Transport in Co. Wexford, is ahead of the curve with the official opening of the new global Nolan Warehousing and Logistics Park. Phase one of five at the 35-acre site just off of the Rosslare road at Drinagh opened officially last month – a €12 million, 100,000 square foot warehouse facility

Nolan Transport officially opened its new 35-acre, €12 million Global Logistics Park last month at Rosslare Road, Drinagh, Wexford, creating 30 new jobs in the process.

The world has seen unprecedented demand for warehousing facilities caused by changes in customer needs and disruption in the supply chain stemming from Brexit and Covid. Recognising these disruptions and changes, Nolan Transport is putting itself and Wexford forward as a global leader for transportation and logistics services to its customers both locally and internationally.

Nolan Transport, founded by Jimmy and his wife Joan (christened Johanna) in 1963, celebrates 60 years in business this year. Starting in 1963 with a single truck and only the two of them working the business, today it has grown to provide the supply chain services of Transportation, Warehousing, Customs and Systems to its customers.

The company prides itself on being one of Co. Wexford’s leading employers with over 1,000 people and operating over 2,000 trailers and 700 trucks of owner asset-based fleet.

With its main hub already operating out of New Ross, on 11th of January 2023 the Nolan family opened the “Johanna 1 Building” named in honour of their dear mother Joan who sadly passed away suddenly on 16 December 2022. It has been specifically designed to facilitate its customers’ needs and is already in high demand with its global customers seeking out high-end warehousing requirements. The new €12 million 150,000 cubic metres high-bay warehouse facility is the first of five planned warehouses in the company's €50 million vision for the park over the next few years.

In addition to its two Co. Wexford locations, the company operates offices internationally in the UK, France and Spain, and last month also opened its new office in Holland with further expansion plans into other European locations planned over the next five years.

The new global logistics park in Wexford houses its warehousing services. The new warehouse facility has been constructed to meet international standards and offers a specialist wing for bioscience, clean room facilities and a containment wing. Additionally incorporating a sustainability plan, the building will be powered via solar roof panels coupled with in-built smart controls for energy. The company is also seeking to add on railway connections and on-site wind turbines in the coming years.

The ground floor measurement is 80,000 square feet with nine storeys of racking sitting within that space with 22,000 available pallet locations, and with a bespoke, state-of-the-art design, smart warehouse management system. This enables the company to offer a complete end-to-end logistics and warehousing solution to suit a range of occupiers from SMEs to large manufacturing and distribution companies and according to Noel Nolan, Director of the Warehousing Division, “We are delighted to have exchanged contracts with a number of international brands already.” He believes, “We are ideally positioned to unlock opportunities to deliver high-quality and sustainable ware- housing solutions, deliver more jobs and deliver more economic benefits for Wexford and the wider region, all the while working even more closely with Rosslare Europort with its new direct to Europe and its UK ferry operators.”

Nolan Transport is currently ISO credited and is status pending for Seveso licensing and full AEO customs status which enables the company to work even more closely with international operators managing high-value goods, and offer a bonded warehousing service.

For further details see www.nolantransport.com n