85 years of delivering more

The grandfather of our owners, Jan De Boer, took over a transport company with two trucks and a pub, initially focusing on regional agricultural transport such as maize and livestock which were transported to the market.

Our company began transporting Amstel beer from the brewery in Amsterdam to district centres in Holland. From here the beer was delivered to local pubs.

Our services expanded and we started delivering 80 sea containers a day, handling all customs, from Heineken in Zouterwoude to the ports of Rotterdam and Antwerp. This gave us more visibility with other businesses in the ports, where we made strong new customer relationships. Back then container transport was considered pioneering.

De Boer Transport was the first company to operate an LHV (Longer and Heavier Vehicle) on Dutch roads. Following lobbying efforts by Transport en Logistiek Nederland (TLN), a pilot program was launched in January 2000. Later, De Boer Transport deployed these LHVs for Heineken.

Due to growth, we relocated to De Rijp, which became our headquarters.

Opening of our second branch in Echt and a focus on major European retailers — something that remains our focus to this day.

Our first new warehouse opened in De Rijp, measuring 2500 m2. This facility allowed us to refine and expand our logistics and storage services.

A second 2500 m2 new warehouse was opened in Born. This expansion was part of our growth strategy to accommodate increasing logistics demands. This year marked also the first step towards France. A warehouse was established in Lieusaint.

We moved to a new, larger 20.000 m2 facility in Born. Additionally we moved to another location in Lieusaint and opened a new warehouse, boosting our operational ability in Europe.

Leipzig operations began in Germany with a 5000 m2 warehouse, greatly expanding our reach and capabilities within Europe.

After Lieusaint we opened 2 new locations in France: Le Havre and Marseille.

A very significant year. We restructured our business creating different departments and formulising our one-stop supply chain positioning. A rebranding was implemented. De Boer Transport became G(lobal) D(e) B(oer) Logistics — a name that clearly refers to the company’s family roots while also reflecting the fact that GDB has grown into an international logistics service provider. We also constructed a new head office and opened more warehouses in Born. Born 1 with 20.000 m2, Born 2 with 12.000 m2 and Born 3 with 30.000 m2. Next to this we opened the location Charles De Gaulle in France.

This year our new headquarters will be opening in De Rijp and new offices in Lyon, Hamburg and Gliwice (Poland). We will also launch our new platform My GDB with even more insights in your supply chain.