At the start of 2017 the large transport company Brutra Logistiek B.V. definitively took over the transport activities in Eastern Europe over from fellow transporter Bastrans. Both companies are rolling out a lot of activities on the Eastern European market and they were meeting one another there more and more often. "We were kind of in each other's market," says sales manager Ralph Kleinpenning of Brutra, "But we saw the advantages of this. We had overlapping addresses in the Czech Republic, where we were both loading half a truck. This can be done better: if one drives back full, the other can do something else and we can both earn more. We have been doing this since 2015 and the takeover of all transport activities in Eastern Europe in 2017 was a logical, harmonious step."
The Eastern European market is a growing market. We know that from the growing export figures, which has its effects on the transport branch. Brutra Logistiek B.V., located in Doetinchem, has had a warehouse in the Czech Republic (to be precise Lysa-nad-Labem, just outside Prague) for a while, from which the breeding of flowers and plants is an important branch.
And chilled and frozen transport is a speciality. Brutra Logistiek B.V. now has a fleet of over 100 trucks - special transport as well as chilled trailer - but that doesn't mean that we're done. "On the contrary, we see enough opportunities to continue to grow," says Ralph. "There are new destinations in sight and there is enough demand of various existing routes to increase the number of journeys. There are also a number of internal investments: a number of trucks need replacing and there are some other new things coming."
Bastrans Holland was founded in November 2001 by Sebastiaan de Vreugd. In July 2002 the first new Scania R500 rig with a refrigerated semi trailer was taken into use. The activities originally mainly consisted of charter transport from Germany to England and for a long time of transport of fruit and vegetables from the Netherlands to Germany. In 2006, 2007 and 2008 the fleet and with it the transport jobs expanded considerably in a short time. They specialised in group transport of fruit/vegetables and flowers/plants to Scandinavia, France, Italy and Germany. As of 2010 the transport activities, "despite the crisis and competition", says Sebastiaan proudly, to Eastern Europe - Austria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria - have expanded. The number of trucks and trailers also grew.
The current transport activities in the form of Bastrans Holland consist of transport of flowers and plants to Germany. "Yet the mission," says Sebastiaan, "Remains as strong as ever: reliability, flexibility, speed and quality come first for our customers."
For more information:
Brutra Logistiek
Edisonstraat 39
7000 AK Doetinchem
T: (0314) 320860
F: (0314) 760050
E: sales@brutra-logistiek.nl
www.brutra-logistiek.nl
Bastrans Nationaal & Internationaal Transport
Jan Steenstraat 16
2231 BM Rijnsburg
T: +31 (0)71 – 408 22 31
F: +31 (0)71 – 408 22 32
www.bastrans.nl