At the beginning of 2014 we have started a pilot offering an intermodal service. The containers arrive in the Netherlands via Deep- and Short Sea shipping . After their arrival in Rotterdam the cross docking takes place in Poznan in stead of in Mill. Six months after the start of this service we are proud to announce that the deliveries have been carried out successfully in Eastern Europe, especially in Poznan, Poland, and that this service will be launched on the market.
Intermodal transport is increasingly being chosen over road transport. The advantages of intermodal transport, such as avoiding the rising diesel costs, are a godsend for many companies that want to save on transport costs. However, the vulnerable part in intermodal transport is that there are several parties busy performing actions before the load has reached its final destination. On the other side there is the road transport, where one is sure that the same truck that is getting the load will arrive at the place of destination, without further handling.
Therefore, Boekestijn Transport Service provides a new solution, together with our partner ERS Railways providing rail transport from Rotterdam to Poznan.. The container arrives via Deep/Short Sea shipping in Rotterdam or the pre-carriaging is done from the Netherlands to Rotterdam by a transport partner in the Netherlands. Subsequently, ERS Railways takes care of transport by rail. Once arrived in Poland, we take care of the on-carriaging with our own drivers.
Boekestijn Transport Service now has 20 years of experience in transport in both Western and Eastern Europe and we already have 200 own trucks on the road. The extensive experience and the latest, broadest deployable equipment ensure you that your cargo will stay in good condition and will arrive on time at your customers in Eastern Europe.
An important side-effect is the emission of CO2. There is proof that a load from the Netherlands to Poland in the intermodal option has caused up to 70% less CO2 emission compared to road transport.
However, the costs of transport will in most cases be decisive. Recent cargo flows have shown that the transport price can be reduced up to 25%.
In today's 24-hour market speed comes first. This is often a bottleneck for intermodal transport. Through the various handlings in the entire process, the lead time of intermodal transport is lower than that of road transport. However, because our partner on the rail path, ERS Railways, leaves daily for Poland, this ensures that, for example, in the West of Poland a lead time can be offered of loading on day A, delivery on day C. As a result, there is hardly any loss in the lead time between road and intermodal transport.
In the past loss of loading space was linked to intermodal transportation. This does not apply for us. We use standard 45 ' containers which means that the loading capacity is as large as the loading capacity of a normal trailer.
In short, Boekestijn Transport Service now offers intermodal transport in the direction of Poland (in combination with road transport deep into Russia or even further), with the Dutch reliability, without loss of lead time or loading space, with saving CO2 emissions and remarkable savings on your transport costs.
When it comes to choosing the way to ship goods to customers, we offer LTL (less than full truckload) or FTL (full truckload)
In March 2018 we launched our own trucking management system, in collaboration with “Code Yellow”. Today we’ve reached our millionth activity. Each activity means another truck reached its destination.
“The New Year Conference on Transport and Logistics Poland was the setting for the award handover: “For the benefit of Polish transport”.
Since our establishment, we specialise in many areas of the logistics sector. We offer an all-in-one service and promise the highest level of standards, while limiting the cost.
This complete solution makes us stand out from our competitors
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All high value loads are transported under strict internal policies. It is standard working practice to have panic buttons, electro locking systems on our trailers, motion sensors, acoustic alarms, predefined routing and in-house 24/7 monitoring.
Multi Temperature means that you can divide your loading space into several temperature compartments with a different temperature range in each part - For example: The first half of the trailer is set up for 2-8 degrees, we put a wall in between, so the other half can be set up for 15-25 degrees
Yes, our drivers follow annual ADR training and our entire fleet is also equipped with the latest up-to-date ADR equipment
Boekestijn control tower is in operation 24/7 and is located in Poznan PL. The main language we use is English but our colleagues can speak various languages such as FR, DE, ESP, RU,UA.
Office employees as well as our drivers are obliged to have GDP training annually. This falls under the control of our Boekestijn Quality department and we use a Learning Management System.
We operate Double Teams in order to make our transit time shorter and to ensure the highest security standards. If the drivers need to take a break, approved secure parking is used.
