When Your Own Space Runs Out
Overflow and Short-Notice Storage
Warehouse capacity is sized for the average, and trade does not run at the average. A container arrives three weeks early, a season peaks harder than forecast, or a customer defers a delivery - and suddenly there is stock with nowhere to go. Overflow storage is space taken for exactly as long as the problem lasts, across our three Dubai warehouses.
When It Is Used
Typical Overflow Situations
The common thread is that the requirement is real, urgent, and temporary.
- Seasonal peaks that outgrow your own space
- Shipments arriving earlier than planned
- Deliveries deferred by a customer
- Stock builds ahead of a launch or promotion
- Space freed up during a site move or refit
- Unexpected volume with nowhere to put it
What Makes Overflow Different
Overflow storage is judged on how fast it can absorb a problem, not on the rate per pallet.
It has to be available now
An overflow requirement is already urgent by the time it is raised. Three sites means space is usually findable at short notice.
It should not lock you in
The requirement is temporary, so the commitment should be too. Short terms rather than an annual contract - see storage terms.
Goods still need handling
Overflow stock is not dead stock. It can be counted, picked and released like anything else we hold.
Getting it there is half the job
Space is no use if the goods cannot reach it. Collection runs on our own fleet.
While It Is With Us
Overflow Stock Stays Usable
Stock in overflow should not become invisible just because it is off site.
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Counted and tracked
Overflow stock is recorded like any other, so it stays on your books accurately. See inventory management.
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Available for release
Goods can be drawn down in parts and delivered as needed rather than only returned in one movement.
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Returned when you have room
Stock comes back to your own site, or goes on to a customer, on our vehicles when the space frees up.
Why Cannata
Three Sites, Short Notice
Overflow is a capacity problem with a deadline. What matters is whether someone can take the goods this week. Handled at Umm Ramool, minutes from the airport, which is what makes short turnarounds possible.
Three Dubai facilities
Deira, Umm Ramool and Jebel Ali Free Zone, so there is more than one place for the goods to go.
Collection included
We can collect the stock as well as store it, which is usually the urgent part.
Still fully handled
Overflow stock is counted, tracked and pickable rather than simply stacked and forgotten.
Rate Request
Get a price for this shipment
Give us the route and the cargo and we will come back with a rate, usually within one working day.
Our FAQs
Frequently Asked Questions
What customers ask about overflow storage.
