{"id":17677,"date":"2026-04-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gruzingeo.com\/katoen-natie-is-strengthening-its-position-in-muuga-and-developing-a-logistics-hub-in-estonia\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T00:00:00","slug":"katoen-natie-is-strengthening-its-position-in-muuga-and-developing-a-logistics-hub-in-estonia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gruzingeo.com\/ru\/katoen-natie-is-strengthening-its-position-in-muuga-and-developing-a-logistics-hub-in-estonia\/","title":{"rendered":"Katoen Natie is strengthening its position in Muuga and developing a logistics hub in Estonia."},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Katoen Natie, one of the world\u2019s largest private logistics and engineering groups, headquartered in Antwerp, continues to expand its operations in Estonia, where it has operated since 1994. At the Port of Muuga, the company is developing one of the region\u2019s most specialized logistics complexes, located within a free economic zone and boasting over 63,000 m\u00b2 of warehouse space managed by a multilingual team. Muuga is also becoming one of Northern Europe\u2019s key logistics hubs thanks to its combination of deep water, multimodal infrastructure, and a free customs zone.<\/p>\n<p>Katoen Natie specializes in handling a wide range of cargo \u2013 from cocoa beans, coffee, nuts, sugar, and spices to petrochemicals, metals, paper, packaging materials, and industrial goods. In Estonia, the company has established a full logistics cycle, including container unloading, sorting, laboratory analysis, sampling, drying, palletizing, and long-term storage. A separate advantage is the ability to neutrally collect samples during trade disputes, as well as the region\u2019s unique Oxy-Low system, which ensures chemical-free cargo processing by reducing oxygen levels.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to commodity logistics, the company handles FMCG, automotive components, apparel, and project cargo, developing a multimodal model integrating sea, road, and rail transport with potential connection to Rail Baltica. Katoen Natie is actively implementing digital and environmental solutions, including solar power generation, participation in plastic pellet pollution prevention programs, and ISO and SMETA certifications. Together, this makes Muuga a strategic location for manufacturers and distributors seeking warehouse capacity, customs advantages, and integrated production and logistics in a single industrial hub.<\/p>\n<\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Katoen Natie, one of the world\u2019s largest private logistics and engineering groups, headquartered in Antwerp, continues to expand its operations in Estonia, where it has operated since 1994. At the Port of Muuga, the company is developing one of the region\u2019s most specialized logistics complexes, located within a free economic zone and boasting over 63,000 m\u00b2 of warehouse space managed by a multilingual team. Muuga is also becoming one of Northern Europe\u2019s key logistics hubs thanks to its combination of deep water, multimodal infrastructure, and a free customs zone.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17678,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17677","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-europe"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gruzingeo.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17677","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gruzingeo.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gruzingeo.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gruzingeo.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gruzingeo.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17677"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gruzingeo.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17677\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gruzingeo.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17678"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gruzingeo.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gruzingeo.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gruzingeo.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}