Vos Logistics

Vos Logistics is an independent European logistics service provider, delivering a wide range of transport and customer- specific logistics services. The company has four core activities:

• Cargo – consists of the transport of packed goods. Its operations comprises mainly of FTLs (Full Truck Loads), part loads and intermodal transport. The markets Vos Logistics serves include the automotive, consumer electronics, retail and construction industries.

• Bulk – comprises mainly the transport of dry unpacked goods (both granulates and powders). The products include chemicals, foodstuffs, animal feed, starch, minerals, ADR and waste. In the chemical industry,
  Vos Logistics is a specialist in freight management, steering goods flows from a variety of production locations. In addition, Bulk carries out EFTCO tank cleaning activities.

• Logistics Services – offers customer-specific logistics solutions: from forwarding, warehousing and value added services and distribution to full supply chain solutions in which Vos Logistics assumes the management of its customers’ goods flows in full or in part.

• Fleet Services – offers efficient transport and distribution solutions to companies with their own dedicated vehicle fleets: analyses of transport needs, fleet financing, replacement and sale of used equipment, preventive maintenance, fuel optimisation, insurance, management of seasonal influences, recruitment, training and management of drivers and planning tools.
   

With a network of 30 group-owned locations, Vos Logistics is active throughout Europe and in the bulk and volume transport markets ranks among the largest road hauliers in Europe. With 1,850 employees, the company operates a modern fleet of 1,200 mainly Euro IV and V vehicles, 2,500 loading units and 125,000 m² of storage space.
The strength of the company lies in its combination of innovative skills in both transport and logistics, a highly developed European network, advanced transport management systems (e.g. Lovos) and a sharp focus on quality and service. These qualities are reflected in the high degree of customer satisfaction, particularly with prompt delivery times, low loss rates and value for money.

Quality
Vos Logistics is ISO 9001:2008, ISO 14001, HACCP, GMP and SQAS certified. Vos Logistics is an active participant in the Responsible Care program, an initiative by the ECTA (European Chemical Transport Association). The company trains its employees at its own Vos Logistics Education Centre. The Mobile Quality Team, which monitors transport procedures and can be deployed throughout Europe, is also closely involved in driver training.

Profitable and sustainable
Corporate sustainability is an integral part of Vos Logistics' operations. In all its decisions the company takes account not only of the commercial aspects but also of health, safety and environmental issues. By means of quality management and behaviour-based safety, the company consistently applies and enforces strict standards, rules, codes and procedures in the field of safety and the environment.
Vos Logistics gives high priority to both clean and efficient transport solutions, such as an eco-efficient fleet, alternative fuel (LNG), Ecocombis and operational excellence through multimodal transport, the optimisation of loading capacity and the reduction of empty mileages and CO₂ emissions.

Flexible operation
Vos Logistics' strategy is directed at retaining the company's strong position in the European transport and logistics market.
With its international organization based on the flexible and efficient operation of both its own vehicle fleet and external capacity, the company can respond effectively to the rapidly changing demand for international transport in terms of both volume and destinations