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logistics center
Building space for intermediate storage and distribution of freight and commodities between source and destination.
A logistics center is building space used for the intermediate storage and distribution of freight and commodities en route between their source and destination.
Goods are held during an ongoing distribution journey. The center provides space for that intermediate stage before the goods continue toward their destination.
The definition concerns the building space used for these activities. It does not describe a transport company merely because that company organizes shipments.
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