NDL / HIDC
Your logistics gateway to Europe
The Netherlands: your logistics gateway to the European market ... and beyond
The Netherlands is famous for its expertise in international trade, and excellence in transport and logistics. Whether it involves shipping tea and spices from Asia to Europe per wooden clipper, or the orchestration of just-in-time deliveries of microchips in a global network, throughout the centuries, the Dutch transport and logistics industry has proven its position as the logistics gateway to the European market.More information about the Netherlands?
Activities
Both in the Netherlands and abroad, NDL/HIDC keeps you up to date on the latest developments in the field of logistics and the advantages of the Netherlands as an establishment location, by organizing a range of conferences, seminars and workshops.
News
The Amsterdam port region: 2 percent growth in 2011
The ports of Amsterdam, IJmuiden, Beverwijk and Zaanstad have closed the year 2011 with a transhipment rise of approximately 2 percent. Total transhipment amounted to over 92 million tons according to the interim figures.
Port of Amsterdam is ready for biomass
The port of Amsterdam is ready to start unloading, storing and transhipping biomass. The sustainable energy feedstock is shipped onboard seagoing vessels arriving from countries such as Canada, the US and Brazil. Exponential growth of this cargo flow is forecast in the coming years.
Capgemini Consulting Global Trade Flow Index
Capgemini Consulting, the global strategy and transformation consulting brand of the Capgemini Group, today announced figures from the latest edition of its Global Trade Flow Index*. Capgemini Consulting’s analysis reveals a slight decline in global trade levels quarter-on-quarter (q-o-q) in Q3 2011 (1.3 percent), indicating declining global trade levels in Q3 2011 while local domestic consumption around the world is still growing slowly.
NDL/HIDC
NDL/HIDC (Holland International Distribution Council), which represents the logistics sector in the Netherlands, helps international companies make a smooth entry into the European market through the region's leading gateway, the Netherlands.
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