Visbeen is happy to help you in choosing a transport method that matches your wishes and requirements. Whatever method you choose, we will deliver your (express) shipments to your customer in time. Naturally, we bear cost efficiency in mind for all shipments.
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Visbeen and Post-Kogeko merge to become Daily Logistics Group
Visbeen and Post-Kogeko merge into Daily Logistics Group. With this merger DLG strengthens their market position in multimodal conditioned food transport in Europe.
Logical fit after 20 years of collaboration
After 20 years of successful collaboration, this merger of two strong family owned companies is a logical fit to further grow. There is a strong fundament for this merger on equal basis. Family values as well as continuity are being secured through this merger. The activities of Post-Kogeko and Visbeen complement each other. Together they further build synergies in the markets as well as in operations. Under the new company name of Daily Logistics Group, they are committed to strengthen their three strong brands; Visbeen, Post-Kogeko and Daily Fresh Logistics. Together they continue to develop qualitative solutions for multimodal transport of fresh, chilled and frozen products.
Win with customers
Joost Visbeen, newly appointed CEO of Daily Logistics Group: “This is an important step in the collaboration of Visbeen and Post-Kogeko to drive growth and gain efficiencies. Joining forces allows us to better serve our customers in the different markets. Our combined know-how of multimodal transport also allows us to strengthen ourselves with regards to the Brexit. We fulfil a directing role in the supply chain, providing customers with confidence and peace of mind to maximize their collaboration with us.”
Drive productivity and efficiency gains
“Our joined 150 years of experience and combined knowledge of multimodal transport enables us to drive efficiencies and leverage our scale. This offers possibilities to optimize our routes, processes and systems in a more efficient way. This merger also offers a broader and more diverse working package to drivers, both geographically and in type of work. In a tight market we want to remain an attractive employer” comments CFO Harald Lourens.
New Board of Directors
The new Board of Directors of Daily Logistics Group will exist of Joost Visbeen as CEO, and Harald Lourens as CFO. Nicole Visbeen and Marcus Post will join the Management Team. While the current director-shareholders of Post-Kogeko and Visbeen, respectively Dirk Post and Adrie Visbeen step down from their daily management roles.
Be alert for border crime
Despite strict measures, theft, smuggling, illegal migration and other types of crime still occur regularly at the border. Vehicle crime in particular is a common problem in Europe and causes enormous disruption in the dynamic transport world.
To protect transport companies and drivers against border crime, the British Border Guard has developed a toolkit in various languages. The toolkit contains an information booklet, a handy brochure and posters with advice on how to prevent theft and crime at the border. The toolkit can be downloaded from the links below.
Do not hesitate to share these toolkits with colleagues who also benefit from it. To ensure safety, Visbeen is officially accredited by the British Border Guard and is a member of the U.K. Border Civil Penalty Accreditation Scheme.
A day driving in a V8
Niels works as a Commercial Business Analyst at Visbeen Transport. He was influenced by his father and developed a passion for the transport world from a very young age. Recently he had the chance to drive a V8 for a day. He is happy and proud to share his experience here!
“After 26 years, it finally happened on 14th of July. I had the chance to drive in a V8 truck! The week before I drove a Volvo truck from a different destination in Sweden. Now it was time to drive the flagship from Södertalje. I have nothing against Volvo, though, because these trucks are great too. But an eight piper makes the adrenaline rush through your body. Unfortunately, the powerful sound is no longer the same as in my father’s stories about his loyal 143, but nevertheless it remains special.
The special ride started in Dinteloord, where a complete load of tomatoes had to be transported to Kent. I was there, together with our experienced driver Dirk de Heus. After just 30 minutes, the pallets were loaded into the trailer. I received many useful tips from Dirk and the trip could be continued to Hoek van Holland.
After unloading in Hoek van Holland, I drove with an empty trailer to Eindhoven to load at a well-known DAILYFRESH customer. I had never been there before and was impressed by the large building. After registration, it turned out that I was not booked until half past two. So I decided to wait outside and enjoy the sunshine. After waiting for 2,5 hours and talking to other colleagues, it was time to load again. At 4.15 pm loading was completed.
Now the time had come to bring the 520 horse power truck back on the road. After a smooth ride I arrived for the second time that day in Hoek van Holland, where I disconnected at the Killingholme boat. Hereafter, I went to DFDS in Vlaardingen for a loaded trailer. After a short quest, I found the trailer, which was – no surprise – not on the agreed spot. At Shell Buttervliet I supplied the Vabis with some fresh diesel and then disconnected at Nieuwe-Tonge. Here, around 8 pm, my day in a fantastic truck came to an end!
CAUTION FOR IDENTITY FRAUD
Identity fraud is a big problem and is getting more and more often in the news. In identity fraud, criminals abuse false or stolen identity data. For example, they buy things in the name of someone else without paying or use a false ID to enter.
Who can ask for an ID?
Did you know that only government agencies, banks, notaries, casinos, employers and life insurers can request a full copy of your ID? Other companies, such as a school, health care provider or the hotel where you want to stay overnight, are required by law to take a number of details of your identity document, but a copy or proof of identity is not required. The full list of companies that may also register data can be found on the website of the national government: www.rijksoverheid.nl
In the transport world we have a lot of problems with identity fraud. The drivers are regularly asked to hand in their ID before they can enter the grounds. Often you give your proof of identity in good faith, while you can also say no. You can show your proof of identity, but it is not smart to give it so someone else can make a copy of it. Make sure you always have a copy ready in the cabin to give.
Copy ID app
You can download a kopieID app at www.rijksoverheid.nl. With this app it is possible to easily make a copy of your identity document and shield some data such as your BSN number. Very useful to prevent identity fraud.
More info? Contact Jolanda Brouwer, driver coordinator, via 0187-607843.
It’s party: DailyFresh 20 years!
In wake of the 20th anniversary of DailyFresh We go back in time, to where it all started… Exactly 20 years ago in 1998, when two competitors-Visbeen transport and Post Kogeko-took a leap of faith to merge the service under the name DailyFresh to the UK, in close Cooperation with a third party: Norfolk Line. From the ABC Westland in Poeldijk, DailyFresh grew into a perfect collaboration.
From culture shock to a perfect formula
The first start-up day of DailyFresh still reminds many who were part of it. It was Ascension Day! On that day all customers of the three partners were merged and shipping took place from Poeldijk to the UK – a culture shock for most customers and carriers in the Netherlands. Everyone had to get used to the new situation. Afterwards, however, DailyFresh turned out to be the perfect formula.
The volume of the cargo grew explosively between 1998 and 2006. From 30 shipments a day to as much as 60 to 90! This enormous growth led to the idea of applying this formula to several countries in the EU. A turntable platform in Dunkirk would provide enormous added value here. From here the same activities were organized as in the Netherlands with groupage pallets from France. Thanks to a good start, more and more work was added. Dunkirk had to become the fruit hub of Francein the future.
DailyFresh also called as Daily Noise
In 2008 DailyFresh moved from Poeldijk to Maasdijk. DailyFresh went to work with Greenpack, who had built a brand new building on the new Honderdland business park. DailyFresh made a huge step forward: 22 docks and a beautiful office with a view over the greenhouses. The village of Maasdijk, however, was not fully prepared for the arrival of a new company like DailyFresh … Where in the past only a few trucks a day passed, DailyFresh now had more than with 100 trucks passing through. DailyFresh was therefore nicknamed ‘Daily Noise’.
The many changes
In 2009 DailyFresh took over the German branch of Visbeen Transport and expanded with a third location in Venlo. A year later DFDS took over Norfolk Line. Two years after the takeover, the focus of DFDS shifted and the partners Visbeen Transport and Post Kogeko decided to take over the DFDS share in DailyFresh. To date, DailyFresh has proven to be a nice collaboration between Post Kogeko and Visbeen Transport.
The German branch turned out to be a difficult market at the time and DailyFresh had to say goodbye in 2013. The German activities were transferred to Goes Transport. However, DailyFresh managed to win a new activity in 2014 for the winter season, namely the Canarian cucumbers and tomatoes! These products arrived every week in the port of Southampton. From 2014, DailyFresh became the logistics service provider of all the transport from that port for delivery throughout the UK. This is still a daily activity with a peak in winter.
When the economic crisis came, it was very difficult to maintain the activities in Dunkirk. What was to become France’s fruit harbor was still an empty plain with a huge DailyFresh building. Fortunately, DailyFresh managed to find a buyer in 2016 who took over the building plus the activities.
Fun facts in a row
Did you know that DailyFresh exported approximately 625,000 pallets to the UK in 2016? That’s about 30,000 shipments! Also from the UK about 111,000 pallets are loaded to the Netherlands.
As a result of the cooperation with Karsten in 2016, DailyFresh took over the entire cross-dock activity in The Hoek of Holland, where we now have approximately 9,000 pallets for cross-docking every year.
Did you also know that DailyFresh entered into a nice cooperation with World Horti Center in 2017? THE STATE OF DAILYFRESH can be visited there throughout the year to experience the feeling of being a real trucker.
A nice collaboration of 20 years
We are proud of DailyFresh Logistics and would like to thank everyone who contributed to the success of DailyFresh.
Visbeen on the road with Ortec
In the Logistics & ICT magazine, Joost Visbeen recently gave an interview about the implementation of the Ortec Routing and Dispatch planning solution (Ortec RD):
‘Over the years We have become the director of the supply chain for our customers’, explains the logistics director Joost Visbeen. ‘ We carry fresh and frozen products of our customers in our reefer Trailers (250), Huckepacktrailers (60) or reefer Containers (110) and seek the best suitable transport solution by road, water or rail or a combination thereof. We arrange the complete transport from origin to final destination. ‘
Dynamic Solution
In 2016 The planning was still manually performed. That took a lot of time from the planners and was sometimes cluttered and hectic. That’s why we started looking for a new, more efficient planning solution.
‘We were looking for a dynamic system that had to be able to cope well with our multimodal schedules’, Joost indicates. ‘In addition, we preferred a standard solution rather than customization. If necessary, we were prepared to adapt our planning processes accordingly.’
After an extensive selection procedure, the choice The Ortec Routing and Dispatch (Ortec RD) package of the Planning specialist Ortec.
‘This package best meets our needs. In 2016, the implementation of Ortec RD was started, coupled with our Kewill TMS. In 2017, the new planning solutions went Live.’
Implementation
Before we could make optimal use of Ortec RD, various processes had to be adapted. The biggest change was that the entire planning process was cut in three different parts: Route planning, capacity and resources, and execution. The route planning component defines the best appropriate routes and modalities; In the Capacity and Resources section, the trailers and/or containers are allocated to the goods flows and in the last step, the execution, the scheduling is organized, and any exceptions are manually scheduled.
Joost indicates that the implementation has been executed satisfactorily. ‘We have extended the time and a broad project group during four months of training in the new way of working. This has created a lot of support for the new system. That is very important.’
Efficiency
‘First, there is now much less manual work. This makes the work of our planners much more pleasant. and by Cutting up the planning process, the planning work is now clear, structured and efficient. That is why we have gained more grip on our supply chains.’ Also the cooperation with Ortec is very good. ‘They have ensured a thorough project approach. They also look ahead and think along with you. In the future we also want to include the data of our subcontractors in Ortec. Then we can increase the efficiency of the plans even further. The complete planning and Implementation is done within our Ortec RD package, which enables us to better inform our customers and to be able to serve them even quicker.’
Based on trust: how the relationship with DAF became ever closer
Recently this interview appeared with Adrie Visbeen in the DAF Dealer Magazine about the business relationship with DAF. Visbeen transport has been in existence for over 90 years and is slightly older than DAF, but the business relationship between DAF and Visbeen-which is based on trust-Is practically as old.
Adrie Visbeen (65) calls himself a ‘ flood child ‘ because he was almost four weeks old when the island of Overflakkee almost completely flooded during the flood disaster of 1953. ‘ You were almost drowned ‘ he was told by his parents. The Visbeen family survived the flood disaster, but the company didn’t have much of it. ‘ We had just ordered a new DAF, but we could not pay for it at that time. ‘ DAF management had confidence in Visbeen and delivered the truck with the possibility to pay in instalments. However, the relationship with DAF goes back even further, but it was precisely this event that ensured a very close relationship between the two companies.
The Visbeen fleet has 110 trucks, almost all of which have been delivered by the local DAF Dealer. A large part of the 200 charters also consists of DAF trucks.
New technique
Not only the purchasing of vehicles ensured a good Cooperation. ‘ We have tested new engines, gearboxes and other technical gadgets for DAF. Usually camouflaged trucks are used, in order to be as discreet as possible. ‘ Maintenance was also contracted out to the DAF Dealer. ‘ It has no Want to invest time and money in purchasing equipment and training of workplace staff if there is a reliable dealer locally. The DAF Dealer does not only carry out repairs and maintenance of the trucks, but also to other Getrokkand equipment, building and cooling engines. Our company is 24/7. If a problem occurs, often at weekends or at night, it should be corrected immediately. The DAF Dealer is equipped to do this ‘.
Visbeen trucks spotted during the Truck Run
On Saturday 16th of June the truck run was organized for the 30th time in a row by the Driver Association Flakkee.
The truck run is one of the longest convoys with trucks in the Netherlands and you can count on spectacular views. The visitors enjoyed a 40 minute long run. Also the drivers and their co-drivers had a blast. During the truck run the children with an intellectual disability had the chance to ride along in the cool trucks!
Do you have awesome pictures of our trucks during the truck run? Share it via Facebook or Instagram and who knows maybe your photo will get featured!
The annual Visbeen-DailyFresh football tournament
On Saturday, June 2, seven teams competed against each other during the annual Visbeen-DailyFresh football tournament at football club NTVV. The different teams met in two groups. The winner received a beautiful Trophy awarded by none other than Adrie Visbeen himself.
The following teams have delivered a top bet; DailyFresh Logistics, Because Girls Care, Koornstra, Post.NL, Visbeen 1, Visbeen 2 and Post Kogeko. Thank you so much. We would also like to thank the volunteers for the good care. We are proud that together we have made the annual Visbeen-DailyFresh football tournament a success again!
Dun & Bradstreet Rating 1 certificate in the pocket!
Dun & Bradstreet Rating 1 is the best rating you can achieve as a company for the highest creditworthiness and minimum risk of bankruptcy. The two most important components at Dun & Bradstreet Rating are: the financial status of the company and the risk factor. To help companies make reliable credit and purchase decisions, Dun & Bradstreet annually awards the most recent Rating to organizations in and outside the Netherlands. So the performance ability of a company can be well assessed.
We are very proud to a part of the 18% of all Dutch companies that fall into this category with our Dun & Bradstreet Rating 1 certificate.
More information about Dun & Bradstreet Rating?
Visit www.dnb-nederland.nl.
From the head office located in Nieuwe Tonge, Visbeen is doing their utmost to release customers of any ‘transport burden’. Day in, day out – 365 days a year- we optimize planning processes and bundle trade flows. Collaboration and keeping control is the way to create a sustainable European transport and to save costs at the same time.
Our core values are:
Visbeen aims to make a strategic cooperation between shippers and customers of fresh and frozen products in a multi-modal logistics network. In this complex network Visbeen acts as the director. From the Cross Chain Control Centre, Visbeen is able to fully coordinate and direct your supply chain.
That concerns bundling and steering physical trade flows as well as information flows, financial flows and data management.
Visbeen has its own assets and has an international network of reliable and experienced partners. No matter what priority the customer has – sustainable, quick or affordable – we always present the optimal intermodal transport solution. In your supply chain we will allways look for multimodal solutions. Together, smarter and greener.
It is 1925, A. VISBEEN started as a haulier with his T Ford,. It is harvest time in the market gardening area of Nieuwe Tonge, in the province of South Holland. A . VISBEEN provides a unique solution to the growers in the region because in those days, no one had ever heard of a storage or a trans-shipment company. The harvest was stored in so-called storage wells.
A.Visbeen was transporting the harvest from one end of the country to the other to store the produce in these storage wells. Because all the equipment was requisitioned during the Second World War, the second VISBEEN generation had to start from the beginning again. The company flourished until it was struck by tragedy when in 1953 everything was destroyed by the disastrous floods.
Recovery began again with the provision of transport between the islands of South Holland and Zeeland, and towards the end of the 1950s transport began to and from the produce auctions in the Netherlands. It was at one of these auctions that the observant VISBEEN entrepreneur noticed another gap in the market. No one was providing consolidation and groupage services. VISBEEN started the first groupage service to England in 1965. Initially, produce in crates was grouped and loaded in customer delivery consignments later that became palletised.
In the 1990s the third VISBEEN generation worked on optimising processes and services. In order to guarantee continuity of services and in order to service a wider delivery network throughout Europe and the UK, partnerships were established. The partnership with DailyFresh Logistics dates from 1998 and with Coolboxx from 2006. This “partnership and strategic alliance” concept continues to be a core strategy and since 2012 Visbeen coordinates the logistic activities of a market leading customer Lamb Weston Meijer throughout Europe from its Control Centre.
From the Cross Chain Control Centre, Visbeen is able to fully coordinate and direct your supply chain.
This involves consolidating, planning and managing logistical flows as well as creating transparent information flows, financial flows and data management. Make Visbeen your central point of contact for operational and tactical logistics services in order to:
The increasing demand for quality, speed and service, necessitated Visbeen and some other logistic service providers in 1998 to launch a new concept: DailyFresh Logistics. Ever since, we have joined forces with Post-Kogeko to carry vegetables and fruit on a daily basis into the UK market. In this concept the network, the knowledge, the facilities and experience are converged to create transport flows of part load and full load trucks of fresh products.
In 2013, Lamb Weston / Meijer entered into a strategic alliance with us for the distribution of its frozen and refrigerated products in the Benelux, Great Britain, France, Ireland, Spain, Portugal, Andorra and Scandinavia.
Meanwhile Visbeen is active throughout Europe with its multi-modal services for refrigerated and frozen products.
Because we believe in thinking differently, Visbeen continually looks for an innovative range of logistic concepts. And we have to – after all, the world around us is changing continually. The available information is growing, the demand for sustainable solutions is increasing to an ambitious level and the safety aspects have converted from request into requirement.
Transport Solutions
Busy European roads are a fact, while demand for transport is on the increase. Our unique huckepack P400 reefer trailers, with an internal height of 2.70 meters and a width of 2,50 meters, have a larger load capacity and the dimensions correspond with those of standard trailers on the European roads. Thanks to this multimodal approach, Visbeen combines transport by road, over water or by rail. This allows us to guarantee efficient transportation of temperature-sensitive products. Additionally it reduces CO2 emissions, unburdens the road network and increases transport flexibility. We supply transport solutions with a future!
To Visbeen, quality also means caring for the environment. As logistic service provider we take our responsibility seriously. We continually invest in economical and sustainable equipment and facilities. This is why we are collaborating with our partners in the chain to achieve socially responsible objectives. We share our knowledge and experience with other parties. We also request our suppliers to make effort to improve the balance between people and the environment.
‘Because we care’ is our motto and one of the reasons why we have existed for as long as 90 years.
Visbeen’s activities are practically limited to conditioned transport. Particularly fresh products, frozen products or a combination in the same shipment.
Our entire fleet is equipped with Track & Trace equipment. We follow our cargo continuously in order to ensure unloading in due course.
Customers are immediately informed in case of an incident.
Be Lean, Be Green: Visbeen takes sustainability in logistics seriously. We optimise load rates, use modern equipment and new transport modalities.
With over fifteen years of experience in partnerships, we understand that give and take is a pre-condition for the continuity of a partnership.
Visbeen coordinates and directs the entire flow of goods, information, finance and data. The control center keeps the overview.
Always looking for the smartest combination of transport by road, water and rail. Efficient, flexible and sustainable.
Visbeen is always open to new ideas and developments.
“In 2011 we chose Visbeen as strategic partner for our road and multi modal transport. By entering into a multiple year agreement and thus being able to create the Cross Chain Control Center, for us the opportunity arose to serve the European market through a single point of contact in consolidated flows. We also have access to a multi modal platform, which enables us to bring our frozen goods to our customers in the most efficient way. For us, reliability and service are key in achieving our strategic goals, as well as transparency in cooperation. All these aspects are met in our partnership with Visbeen, because they care.”
“Dawn Foods required an efficient solution for frozen distribution providing high quality, with the capability of a speedy throughput to meet their customers’ demands across Europe. Via their Chain Control Center, Visbeen is serving Dawn’s needs very well since 2013. They’re clear in what they promise and act accordingly or even better, very much equal to Dawn’s own slogan: ‘Under promise, over deliver’. Visbeen does have a real ‘can do’ mentality and customer orientated mind set. Because of this they differentiate themselves considerably from other logistic providers. They’re always thinking in solutions instead of problems. Visbeen: because they truly care!”
“With its European network of cold storage warehouses, Lineage is one of the largest logistics service providers for the frozen food industry. The services provided by Visbeen Transport and Lineage fit seamlessly into each other, which enables us to collectively raise the Supply Chain of our customers to a higher level. Efficiency, sustainability and quality are values that Lineage looks for in its partners, and these values are being more than fulfilled by Visbeen Transport. For high-quality distribution Lineage therefore relies on the services of Visbeen.”
“DailyFresh Logistics coordinates temperature-controlled logistic chains, thereby guaranteeing the delivery of fresh produce 52 weeks a year. Without Visbeen Transport, DailyFresh wouldn’t have been born in 1998. Sometimes numbers say more than words: a thriving family business of 90 years, which is a fantastic achievement. Thanks to this impressive family business DailyFresh is able to deliver quality service to its customers day in day out.
In its 90 years of existence, Visbeen has developed into a reliable and reputable carrier of both fresh and frozen products within the Benelux, Great Britain, Ireland, Germany, France, Spain, Austria and Scandinavia.
Facts:
Langeweg 20
3244 BH Nieuwe Tonge
P.O. Box 2
3244 ZG Nieuwe Tonge
+31 187 607 800
+31 187 607 839
personeelszaken@visbeen.nl
+31 187 607 875
sales@visbeen.nl
+31 187 607 870
frozen@visbeen.nl
+31 187 607 891
+31 187 607 892
+31 187 607 893
planning@visbeen.nl
+31 187 607 820
forwarding@visbeen.nl
+31 187 607 840
administratie@visbeen.nl
+31 187 607 850
wagenpark@visbeen.nl
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