Logistics services provider Longwin is joining forces with Finnish forwarding agent Wikestrom & Krogius to establish a supply chain centre for the marine and energy solutions company Wartsila in Shanghai.

The two companies have won a five-year contract to provide logistical and operational services to Wartsila, including the management, transportation and distribution of some 70,000 tonnes of power-related cargo a year from the Shanghai hub to destinations in Europe.

Logwin has assisted Wartsila in building a 3,100 sq metre facility that will provide comprehensive logistics services. The new centre will enable Wartsila to consolidate goods from multiple suppliers in China, including quality control and inspection of goods on their arrival at the centre to the repackaging of the cargo into full container loads for shipment to Finland, Italy and other European destinations.