Links

• Holland International Distribution Council
• Air Cargo Netherlands
• Netherlands Foreign Investment Agency

Testimonials

• Written testimonial Artesyn
• Video testimonial Ceres
• Written testimonial Kintetsu

Video

• AAA Logistics promotion video

Brochures

• Amsterdam Airport Area: European Logistics Hub
• Amsterdam Airport Area: European Logistics Hub summary
• Amsterdam Airport Area: European Logistics Hub Summary Chinese

Logistics

Attractive logistics location
The Netherlands is centrally situated in Western Europe and has ideal preconditions to optimize European logistics activities, such as a skilled, flexible and multilingual workforce, logistics expertise and favourable customs and taxation procedures. In the Netherlands Attractiveness Survey 2005 of Ernst & Young, results show that international executives regard the Netherlands as the most attractive location for warehouse/logistics centres. Half of all American and Asian European logistics centres located in Europe are in the Netherlands.

Excellent logistics performance
The Amsterdam Airport Area plays a major role in the total logistics supply chain. Amsterdam Airport Schiphol is the third-largest airport in Europe in terms of cargo (1.6 million tonnes in 2008). Growth in airborne freight and the high level of service offered by Amsterdam Airport Schiphol have attracted a cluster of high-quality distribution and logistics companies. Synergies are created by an interconnected Airport-Seaport complex: the Port of Amsterdam is an important port complex, the fifth-largest in Northwestern Euorpe in terms of transhipment tonnage.

New developments
Due to the ever-increasing growth in freight, new plans are being developed to improve transport flows further in the Amsterdam Airport Area. One of these new plans is a dedicated freight lane as part of ACT, in which transport via road, rail and air are brought together between Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, Aalsmeer and Hoofddorp.

What does Amsterdam Airport Area offer logistics companies?

• Best European Cargo Airport
• Logistics expertise
• Opportunity to outsource
• Skilled and flexible workforce
• Cooperative customs authority
• Relatively low supply chain costs
• Excellent access to markets that matter
• Multimodal hub
• Port of Amsterdam and Port of Rotterdam in close proximity
• Innovative/smart security concepts
• Network of established logistics-related companies
• 1,600 international companies already present in AAA
• Space for future growth
• Amsterdam Connecting Trade (ACT)

Established logistics companies in AAA include:
Nippon Express, DHL Global Forwarding, Rhenus Logistics, TNT Air & Ocean, VCK, VAT Logistics, Nissan, Menzies World Cargo, BAX Global, Kühne & Nagel, GE Power Systems, Boeing and many others.

More information:
For more information about logistics in AAA, please contact Paul van den Brink, International Marketing Director SADC at pb@sadc.nl or T: +31 (0)20 6544023