The cost precedes the welfare . This well - acknowledge Dutch adage is something with which the folks over at Share Logistics agree . As a forwarding agent , you are always a price point for clients . But , partnering with those customers and using smart solutions , cognition , and speed keeps the close costs within limits .
Martijn van der Velden , a ocean freight specializer , and Willi Hoogeboom , an aviation freightage specialist , both at Share Logistics , explain how the fellowship assist get all sort of horticulture - touch on items from A to B.
Three billion plant in the airWilli gets right to it : “ Annually , we wing about three billion seedling in and out of the Netherlands . " Share Logistics does this for local and overseas customers , growers as well as grower association . Their clients include Addenda , Floricultura , Syngenta , and Dümmen Orange .
Know - how and creativityWhat is involve ? “ Simply put , plenty of communication . There are also more and more few very knowledgeable mass these days . So you have to excuse more about the rapture , particularly the documentation . You have to explain the process from A to Z and keep agree everything . " Thus , at Share , they do everything they can to keep that know - how up to particular date , articulate Willi .
“ Shipping fellowship want to post as much responsibility as potential with the client , " adds Martijn . " And everything must be delivered digitally . The shipping party only ships , the clients have to satiate in everything . So forwarders have a full of life theatrical role , which is why Share invests a lot in its the great unwashed , to retain their knowledge . "
" We have to focus on a higher segment . We ’re not always the cheapest , but we do desire to be the good and the fastest . The logistical flows have to keep running , and that requires know - how and creative thinking . That ’s how we want to distinguish ourselves . "
AirfreightWhat is flown in ? When reckon of airfreight , flowers might occur to take care . However , according to Willi , that is not their company ’s core group byplay . " For us , it ’s mainly about seedlings , cuttings , seeds , Pisces the Fishes , substance , fruit , and vegetables . We do flowers too , but that ’s not our focus , per se . "
This station is at Schiphol drome and has even been designated a Border Inspection Point ( BIP ) , where the NVWA does baulk , insure that shipments meet all requirement . So , freight does not have to go to an external review location , which saves on transport costs .
Willi sharpen out another strong point - the dispersion , collecting , and collating of incoming shipment . " For representative , we have 800 unlike delivery address in the Benelux for one of our full-grown clients . " That requires considerable organization , but Share in Amsterdam now has the squad for that . In 2019 they begin there with three the great unwashed for the statistical distribution , but now there are almost 50 . That team permit contribution to communicate with customers through all possible line , from telephone set to mail and WhatsApp to Twitter .
After all , those clients need to know what to expect : when will the despatch arrive ? Can we expect a freight of organic berries , so we know if we need to prepare the machines for that ? " We strain to sympathize with the shippers and receivers . We ’re unfeigned partners with our customers as we ’re in it together . "
Willi Hoogeboom
Sea freightAs observe , Martijn see to the sea freight side of things . That involves products like fresh yield and vegetable in the export and bad-tempered - trade clientele . " Even more importantly , we dole out with fresh fruit imports from Central and South America : lime tree , ginger , watermelons , ail , you name it . Anything fresh that needs to be palm quickly . "
That quick manipulation is all-important in imports . " In this process , you must coif everything well in advance , announce the freight , do the documents on time and arrange transfer from the quay . Because every day ’s delay means depreciation for fresh garden truck , " he says .
Quick processing is critical , especially now that shipper worldwide face congestion . " There are things like ships leaving the loading port wine afterwards and shipping companies possess to switch the ship ' routes . Clients need to know those thing too . Communication is thus in truth key . "
Martijn van der Velden
NetworksShare ’s ocean freight division has lineal implication and exportation clients . " To properly monitor the arrangements at the loading porthole , we ’re member of quite a few agent networks , including WCA , X2 , and CCC - that ’s how you bundle purchase violence , " Martijn explains .
This means of workings rooms portion well as it is in reality a assembling of recess . " A top opinion of Share Logistics shows a radical in Rotterdam where all kind of specialty or niche are plugged in : air freight , reefer , and projects . However , we also have a department that provides stagecoach equipment for major artists like Coldplay , Pink , and the Rolling Stones . "
" We keep these section divide , so stay true to our craft . We ’re a savourless but very panoptic establishment , " say Martijn . The chemical group now employs 250 hoi polloi , with a turnover of € 240 million last year , of which food made up a third . " We want to bring that percentage up to 50 . "
shift quicklyShare is a dead on target Rotterdam byplay , born from a management buy - out with eight shareholders . " What ’s great is that the decision - makers are all accessible . So decisions are made very quickly , and if there are chance somewhere , action is taken straight off , so you do n’t miss the gravy boat . "
Spain is an enlargement possibility , and the fellowship has been engaged with warehouses for a while now . " There are three or four of them , each now being impart to the Share Group . That means we can offer value - supply services in Spain outside of ocean freight , " continues Martijn .
The raw normal?Switching quickly is a requirement for air consignment as well , thanks to mental ability issues and delays , add Willi . " Many company are shortchanged as a result . There are capacity shortages from Kenya and South Africa , but also Asia and South America . There ’s simply no replication cargo . Seventy percent of product are embark in rider plane , but the holidaymaker flow has still not pick up after the pandemic . There are far few flights going back and off . Experts estimate this spot could last at least another three or four years . "
Buying powerYet , Share Logistics is optimistic about the future . That optimism is evident when Martijn talk about the results accomplish in sea consignment . " Last twelvemonth , in terms of container bulk , we send about 75,000 TEU worldwide . We also procure another 60,000 TUE of ocean freight via contract . Those volumes mean serious buying power with the shipping companies , " he concludes .
For more information : Share LogisticsMartijn van der VeldenEmail:[email protected]Tel : +31 ( 0 ) 105 033 820Mob : +31 ( 0 ) 648 515 927
Willie HoogeboomEmail:[email protected]Tel : +31 ( 0 ) 207 630 096Mob : +31 ( 0 ) 638 298 198
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