Samsung, H.Essers and GVT launch Netherlands – Poland services 03 October 2017

Samsung SDS, together with H.Essers and GVT, have made a breakthrough in the distribution of goods between North Brabant and Poland. Thanks to the development of a joint rail and road corridor, a reduction of 80.0% of road transport between Brabant and Poland has been achieved, bringing both economic and social benefits.

The bundling of goods and smart use of other modalities, a principle known as synchromodal transport in logistics, brings many advantages. This corridor offers speed to market, overcomes problems surrounding drivers shortages and, of course, a significant CO2 reduction. It is anticipated that a saving 5,500 tonnes of CO2 can be achieved, on a reduction of 3.8 million kilometres, of which 400,000 are across Dutch territory.

Next month, a second train will follow, and a third and later this year. This allows the savings to be multiplied.

Lean & Green Off-Road speeds up collaboration through the weConnekt app, a logistics matching app. Transporters and carriers can instantly enter volumes. This accelerates the matching between shippers and carriers for the development and upgrading of common freight corridors. Lean & Green Off-Road is active on a national level and has already entered into cooperation agreements in six regions: in Zeeland via the neutral logistics platform Zeeland Connect; in Brabant, Drenthe, North Brabant, Gelderland and South Holland via the NewWays platform and in Limburg LIOF is the facilitator. Through the national network at the end of 2017, all shippers and carriers in the Netherlands can choose joint-corridor off-road development quickly and easily. From each region, they jointly make a difference in availability, scalability, viability and accessibility.