Forecast of volume growth of the transport and logistics industry Netherlands 2020
Total road and waterway freight
The total road freight transport in the Netherlands slightly decreased in 2012, before increasing steadily again in the period between 2013 and 2018. In 2012, the total freight transported amounted to approximately 680 million tons. By 2018, roughly 760 million tons of freight was transported by road in the Netherlands. Observing the total inland waterway freight transport, it slightly increased from 311 million tons of freight in 2016 to 313 million tons in 2018. The highest waterway freight transport volume was reached in 2014 with a total of 316 million tons of freight that was transported by ship.
Largest transport companies in the Netherlands
Raben Group, a Dutch logistics group, had a revenue of roughly 1.14 billion euros in 2017. Therefore, the company was the largest transport company in the Netherlands based on revenue. Ewals Cargo Care had a revenue of 600 million euros, whereas Den Hartogh Logistics generated over 450 million euros of revenue 2017.