Dutch exceptional road transport specialist Van der Vlist is expanding in its home country with a new office and workshop to facilitate the company’s growth. 

The company bought the new terrain of 20,000 square meters in Schelluinen-West, close to its headquarters in Groot-Ammers, back in 2017. Since then, several of Van der Vlist’s business units have used temporary office spaces and portacabins to continue their work while the area was being further developed.

This week the expansion entered a new phase when a team of general managers and managing directors drove the first pile into the ground of what will become one of the new heavy transport facilities. The new office and workshop are expected to be finished by the end of the year and, once finished, will accommodate Van der Vlist Special and Heavy Transport, Van der Vlist Modular Transport and Vander Vlist Logistics. The new workshop will be occupied by Van der Vlist Technical Services, which services Van der Vlist’s 250 truck and trailers and other equipment.

When the company acquired the new terrain its aid it neede the space to accommodate the growth of the company. Next to its new office and workshop, Van der Vlist is also expanding its workforce.

Van der Vlist was founded in 1930 and specialises in transport solutions for out-of-gauge cargoes. The company transports a lot of heavy construction machinery and parts for the on- and offshore wind industry. The company is headquartered in the Netherlands but also has offices and terminals in Belgium, Germany, the UK, Spain, Poland and Russia.