Plimsoll and Europhia Join Forces in the Area of Executive Search

Plimsoll and Europhia Consulting have signed into a strategic partnership for Asia and Europe related to their respective offices in China, Singapore and the Benelux. Read more »

Port of Rotterdam throughput back on track

In the first half of 2010, 213 million tonnes of cargo were handled, 14.8% up on the same period of 2009. Read more »

Netherlands Has Lowest Tax Rate in Europe
Study Lauds Dutch Tax Incentives for R and D and Innovation

A recent study conducted by KPMG has shown that taxation of foreign companies in the Netherlands is the lowest in Europe, and third lowest in the world.
The Competitive Alternatives 2010 Special Report: Focus on Tax compared tax rates of 95 cities in 10 countries in North America, Japan, Australia and several European states. Researchers included several types of taxes, including those specifically levied on companies, local rates, and labor taxation.

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Amsterdam Airport Schiphol voted Europe's best airport on account of its cargo facilities

Amsterdam Airport Schiphol was one of the winners during the 24th edition of the annual Asian Freight & Supply Chain Awards (AFSCA) ceremony in Shanghai on 10 June 2010. This will be the 17th time that readers of Cargonews Asia voted Schiphol as 'Best Airport Europe'. The AFSCAs are highly respected in the Far East.

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NDL/HIDC attended 'Transport Logistics China’, Shanghai

From the 8^th to 10^th of June, NDL/HIDC and ten of its members exhibited at the Transport Logistic China exhibition  in Shanghai. Together with other representatives of the Dutch logistics industry; the Ports of Rotterdam, Amsterdam, Groningen and Zeeland, Amsterdam Schiphol Airport and logistics research institute Dinalog, they formed the ‘Holland Pavillion’. In this pavilion visitors were informed about the advantages of the Netherlands as a location for European supply chain activities.

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