Vos Transport
Vos Transport Group is a family-owned Dutch road-transport and logistics company founded in 1947, operating an owned fleet of 480 trucks and 600 trailers plus 35,000+ pallet storage positions to deliver FTL, LTL, and groupage services across 35+ European countries, primarily serving enterprise and mid-market customers in food, retail, chemicals, and automotive.
- Company typePrivate
- Founded1947
- HeadquartersDeventer, Netherlands
- Headcount101–250
- GTM typeB2B
- OfferingServices
What Vos Transport does
Vos Transport Group is a family-owned Dutch road transport and logistics company founded in 1947 in Apeldoorn and now headquartered in Deventer, Netherlands. The company operates a fleet of approximately 480 trucks and 600 trailers plus roughly 50,000 m2 of warehousing (35,000+ pallet places, 45,000 m2 of cross-docking) across the Netherlands, with operations support offices in Cluj (Romania) and Kaunas (Lithuania). It runs FTL, LTL, and groupage services to 35+ European countries with around 150 daily departures, covering Scandinavia, Benelux, Germany, the UK, France, and Southern/Eastern Europe in transit times of 24-120 hours depending on destination.
The technology stack centers on owned-asset fleet management, a diversified sustainability platform (HVO100 biodiesel, eight new Mercedes-Benz eActros 600 electric trucks, Zepp.solutions Europa hydrogen-electric tractor units developed with Toyota Motor Europe and VDL Special Vehicles in the Dutch DreamH2aul consortium), intermodal road-rail-shortsea integration, and the VosPortal customer platform for 24/7 shipment tracking plus ISO 14083 verified CO2 reporting. The company holds ISO 9001, SKAL, BRC, TAPA, and GDPR certifications and has earned three Lean & Green Star awards for sustainability.
Vos generates revenue primarily through quote-based transaction fees on freight transport (FTL, LTL, groupage), with recurring warehousing revenue per pallet position or square metre and bundled value-added services (labelling, repacking, customs clearance). It serves enterprise and mid-market customers in food, retail, chemicals, automotive, and FMCG via direct enterprise sales with fixed contact persons, supplemented by a selective partner-carrier network. The company has operated independently for 75+ years under family leadership (Jules Menheere as Managing Director, Jerome Vos as Operations Director) and became part of Ewals Cargo Care in June 2026, continuing as a dedicated business unit within the Part Loads division.
Vos Transport firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- Vos Transport
- Legal name
- Vos Holding B.V.
- Website
- https://vostransportgroup.com
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 1947
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 101–250 employees
- Short description
- Vos Transport Group is a family-owned Dutch road-transport and logistics company founded in 1947, operating an owned fleet of 480 trucks and 600 trailers plus 35,000+ pallet storage positions to deliver FTL, LTL, and groupage services across 35+ European countries, primarily serving enterprise and mid-market customers in food, retail, chemicals, and automotive.
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
Vos Transport industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Road Freight Transport and Logistics Services
- NAICS
- Freight Transportation Arrangement (48851), Transportation and Warehousing (48-49), Support Activities for Road Transportation (4884)
- SIC
- Trucking & Courier Services (No Air) (4210), Arrangement Of Transportation Of Freight & Cargo (4731), Trucking (No Local) (4213)
- akta.pro primary industry
- Dry Van (General Freight) TL Carriers (TLADADAA)
- akta.pro secondary industries
- National/Regional LTL General Freight Carriers (TLADAEAA), Regional Next-Day LTL Carriers (TLADAEAB)
Keywords
Where Vos Transport is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Deventer
- HQ country
- Netherlands
- HQ region
- Europe
Offices7 records
Markets served
Vos Transport business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B
- Offering type
- Services
- Cost components
- Operations, Personnel, Infrastructure, Supply Chain, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales
Revenue model
- Transport services: Vos Transport Group earns revenue primarily through charging clients for freight transport services across Europe. Services include international FTL (full truck load), LTL (less-than-truckload), groupage, and national transport. Pricing is quote-based per shipment, influenced by distance, weight, type of goods, and route. The company uses its own fleet of trucks and trailers, and also outsources to charter carriers when needed.
- Warehousing and storage: Revenue is generated from providing warehouse storage services, including inbound and outbound logistics, cross-docking, dry storage, food storage, and customs warehousing. Storage is charged per pallet place or square metre, with value-added services such as labelling, repacking, and weighing billed additionally.
- Value added logistics services: Additional services including labelling, stickering, sealing, weighing, packaging, container stripping, serial/batch number registration, and customs clearance. These services are bundled with transport or warehousing contracts.
Pricing tiers
| Model | Billing | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Transaction based/ take rate | Pay-as-you-go | Custom quote per shipment based on route, weight, and cargo type |
Go-to-market motion1 record
Distribution channels2 records
Marketing channels5 records
Vos Transport product offering
Product offeringCore offering
Vos Transport Group is a Dutch family-owned logistics company providing international and national freight transport services (FTL, LTL, groupage) across 35+ European countries using an owned fleet of approximately 480 trucks and 600 trailers with 150 daily departures. The company complements its transport services with 35,000+ pallet positions of warehousing, value-added services such as labelling and repacking, customs clearance, and a sustainability-focused offering that includes HVO100, hydrogen-electric, and electric trucks, along with intermodal road-rail-shortsea solutions.
Product overview
Vos Transport Group operates as a family-owned Dutch transport and logistics company offering an integrated portfolio of services. The core offering consists of International Transport (FTL, LTL, and groupage throughout Europe), National Transport (Dutch domestic distribution), and Sustainable Transport (HVO100, hydrogen, and intermodal solutions). These transport services are supported by Warehousing capabilities including storage, value-added services, and customs warehouse facilities. The VosPortal platform provides customers with 24/7 shipment tracking and visibility. The company has expanded its electric fleet with Mercedes-Benz eActros 600 trucks and operates hydrogen fuel cell trucks as part of sustainability initiatives.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Brands
- VosPortal: Customer web portal for tracking shipments and managing transport orders, providing 24/7 insight into transport status
- DreamH2aul
Products and services
- International Transport Flexible customized road freight transport throughout Europe covering Scandinavia, the UK, Benelux, Germany, France, and Southern and Eastern Europe, offered as Full Truck Load (FTL), Less-than-Truck Load (LTL), and groupage, supported by composed daily routes and dedicated cross-border expertise.
- National Transport (Netherlands) Domestic transport within the Netherlands with daily service, full wagon loads, part loads, and groupage options, with typical 24-48 hour transit times.
- Sustainable Transport Low- and zero-emission transport solutions using HVO100 biodiesel, hydrogen-electric trucks, and battery-electric trucks, combined with intermodal road-rail-shortsea routing to minimise empty kilometres and carbon footprint, accompanied by ISO 14083 verified CO2 reporting for customers.
- Warehousing Full inbound and outbound warehousing across Deventer, Ittervoort, and Alblasserdam with approximately 50,000 m2 of space, 35,000+ pallet positions, and 45,000 m2 of cross-docking capacity, including temperature-controlled and customs-licensed storage.
- Storage (dry, food, and customs warehouse)
- Transport to Scandinavia Daily groupage, LTL, and FTL services to Norway, Sweden, Denmark, and Finland, including double-manned trucks, heated transport for cold climates, and 2-3 day transit times, serving retail, automotive, and FMCG customers.
- Transport to Norway Specialised daily groupage, LTL, and FTL transport services to Norway with 2-3 day transit times, double-manned trucks, and heated transport options for temperature-sensitive goods.
- Value-Added Logistics Services Additional logistics services including weighing, packaging, container stripping, quality checks, repacking, labelling, stickering, and sealing, bundled with transport or warehousing contracts.
- VosPortal 24/7 online customer portal providing real-time tracking, status updates, and visibility into shipments, enabling customers to monitor transport orders and access track-and-trace functionality.
Quantifiable outcome
- Up to 90% CO2 savings achieved with HVO100 biodiesel compared to conventional diesel
- +3 more outcomes
Companies that use Vos Transport
Customer profileNamed customers3 records
Segments3 records
Ideal customer profiles2 records
Vos Transport technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed No
API detail
- Has API
- No
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
Integration1 record
Feature7 records
Vos Transport partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
Eight partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, core and minor.
- Ewals Cargo CareflagshipIn 2026, Vos Transport Group became part of Ewals Cargo Care through a merger. The two family businesses combined their networks, expertise, and infrastructure to build a stronger pan-European logistics organisation. Vos continues to operate as a dedicated business unit within Ewals Cargo Care as part of the Part Loads division. The merger accelerates Vos's strategic ambitions for LTL network expansion, sustainability leadership, and FTL growth across Europe.
- Wensink TruckscoreWensink Trucks, as Mercedes-Benz dealer, ceremoniously delivered eight Mercedes-Benz eActros 600 electric trucks to Vos Transport Group. The partnership is characterised by shared focus on quality, reliability, and long-term partnerships. Wensink Trucks supplies the electric vehicles enabling Vos's fleet sustainability transition.
- Toyota Motor Europe (TME)coreToyota Motor Europe supplies fuel cell technology for Vos's hydrogen truck, deployed in the DreamH2aul project and separately for Toyota Parts Centre Europe logistics in Diest, Belgium. Vos uses Toyota fuel cell systems to decarbonise its heavy-duty transport operations, supporting TME's goal of full carbon neutrality by 2040. The partnership includes VDL Special Vehicles as the truck builder integrating Toyota's fuel cell technology.
- VDL Special VehiclescoreVDL Special Vehicles partnered with Vos to build a zero-emission heavy-duty hydrogen truck for the European market. VDL integrated Toyota fuel cell technology into a truck suitable for long-distance logistics. The first demo truck was built in summer 2023, followed by Vos's truck tested on Toyota Motor Europe logistics routes in autumn 2023. The partnership aims to accelerate hydrogen truck deployment and improve TCO to make H2 vehicles competitive.
- Zepp.solutionscoreZepp.solutions, a Dutch fuel cell system manufacturer, developed the Europa hydrogen-powered truck for Vos Transport Group as part of the DreamH2aul consortium. Europa features a high-density hydrogen fuel cell with a range of over 700 km (350-bar) and over 1000 km (700-bar), compatible with standard ISO trailers. This is Europe's first hydrogen-powered, emission-free tractor unit with sleeper cab.
- TotalEnergies Marketing NederlandcoreTotalEnergies added a hydrogen refuelling option to its filling station at the A1 Deventer business park as part of the DreamH2aul project. The station provides exclusively green (renewable) hydrogen. This infrastructure is essential for operating the hydrogen-electric trucks deployed by Vos and BCTN. TotalEnergies is expanding its multi-fuel station network to include hydrogen as part of its sustainability mission in the Netherlands.
- DreamH2aul ConsortiumcoreDutch consortium including Vos Transport Group, BCTN Group, Zepp.solutions, TotalEnergies, and TNO, funded by the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management. The project developed and tested two 44-ton hydrogen-electric trucks and a public hydrogen dispenser at Deventer. Both trucks were expected to be operational in mid-2023. TNO compares the trucks' performance against diesel and battery-electric alternatives.
- BCTN Group of Inland TerminalsminorBCTN Group co-partners with Vos in the DreamH2aul project, each intending to deploy a hydrogen-electric truck in day-to-day operations. Both companies are active in the European Lean & Green CO2-reduction programme and are on track to receive the fourth Lean & Green Star.
Scale indicators10 records
Recent moves15 records
Expansion highlights5 records
Vos Transport competitors and assessment
Company assessmentBroad incumbents
- DHL Freight: Deutsche Post DHL's European road freight network offering domestic and cross-border FTL/LTL. Sets the competitive benchmark on service quality and sustainability investment in European road transport.
- DSV: Global freight forwarder and road transport incumbent with dominant European road freight and Solutions division. Competes with Vos for mid-market and enterprise transport contracts at larger scale.
- Kuehne+Nagel: Global logistics incumbent with large European road freight and contract logistics business. Competes for the same enterprise B2B transport and warehousing RFPs that Vos targets.
Direct peers
- Rotra: Dutch/European road transport and logistics provider specializing in groupage, LTL and FTL with own hubs. Directly comparable in network design and customer segments.
- Ewals Cargo Care: Dutch family-owned multimodal logistics group and now Vos's parent. Offers intermodal road, rail and shortsea services across Europe with a heavy LTL/part-load focus — directly comparable network, customer base and sustainability positioning.
- Jan de Rijk Logistics: Dutch international road transport and warehousing group serving Western and Southern Europe. Comparable in size, fleet ownership and pan-European LTL/groupage positioning.
- Simon Loos: Large Dutch road transport and logistics provider with own fleet, warehousing and Benelux/Northern Europe coverage. Closest mid-market Dutch trucking peer with comparable own-fleet strategy and customer mix.
- H.Essers: Belgian family-owned logistics group offering road transport, warehousing and value-added services across Europe. Similar scale, family-business DNA and chemicals/automotive customer overlap.
- De Rooy Transport: Dutch family-owned transport and logistics company with own fleet, Benelux and Southern Europe coverage, and warehousing services. Direct mid-market road-freight peer.
- GVT Transport & Logistics: Dutch mid-market transport and logistics operator with groupage, FTL and warehousing services. Comparable own-fleet model and Northern/Western European lanes.
Market position
Strengths4 records
Weaknesses4 records
Competitive moat6 records
Key risks5 records
Key highlights6 records
Customer concentration
Vos Transport social profiles
Digital presenceVos Transport compliance and trust
Trust signalCompliance6 records
Vos Transport financial estimates
Financial estimateRevenue estimate
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Vos Transport leadership team
Management profileNumber of profiles
Profiles2 records
Vos Transport subsidiaries and ownership
Company hierarchySubsidiaries5 records
Vos Transport funding detail
Funding detailFunding overview
Funding rounds
Investors
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Vos Transport M&A and investment
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Frequently asked questions about Vos Transport
What does Vos Transport do?
Vos Transport Group is a Dutch family-owned logistics company providing international and national freight transport services (FTL, LTL, groupage) across 35+ European countries using an owned fleet of approximately 480 trucks and 600 trailers with 150 daily departures. The company complements its transport services with 35,000+ pallet positions of warehousing, value-added services such as labelling and repacking, customs clearance, and a sustainability-focused offering that includes HVO100, hydrogen-electric, and electric trucks, along with intermodal road-rail-shortsea solutions.
Is Vos Transport a public or private company?
Vos Transport is a private company. It is classified as family owned and is currently operating.
When was Vos Transport founded?
Vos Transport was founded in 1947. It employs 101 to 250 people.
Where is Vos Transport based?
Vos Transport is headquartered in Deventer, Netherlands, in the Europe region.
How does Vos Transport make money?
Three revenue lines are on record. Transport services are the primary driver. The others are warehousing and storage and value added logistics services.
Who are Vos Transport's main competitors?
Broad incumbents on record are DHL Freight, DSV and Kuehne+Nagel. Direct peers are Rotra, Ewals Cargo Care, Jan de Rijk Logistics, Simon Loos, H.Essers, De Rooy Transport and GVT Transport & Logistics.
Does Vos Transport have an API?
No public API is recorded for Vos Transport.
What industry is Vos Transport in?
Vos Transport's product category is Road Freight Transport and Logistics Services. Its primary akta.pro industry code is TLADADAA, Dry Van (General Freight) TL Carriers, with a secondary code of TLADAEAA, National/Regional LTL General Freight Carriers. Its NAICS code is 48851 and its SIC code is 4210.