De Rijke Transportes & Logística España S.L. enters the ADR reefer cargo segment

 

De Rijke Transportes & Logística España, whose main activity is road transport, has expanded its niche as a logistics operator by entering the field of temperature-controlled dangerous goods. The Spanish subsidiary of the Dutch multinational already provided temperature-controlled services for non-hazardous goods and ADR goods at ambient temperature. The operator has added this new activity thanks to a purpose-built facility for storing temperature-controlled hazardous cargo, located at its platform in Santa Perpètua de Mogoda (Barcelona). The facility, licensed under APQ10, has a capacity of 18 tons and maintains a temperature between 8 and 20 degrees Celsius.

This is the first of a series of five units. The operator expects to complete the installation of all units at the same Santa Perpètua de Mogoda platform before the end of the year. De Rijke España is the first subsidiary of the multinational to have this type of facility, which the parent company also plans to implement in the Netherlands. This initiative responds “to the demand from existing customers for storage of hazardous products at ambient temperature who also work with temperature-controlled goods,” says Mike Schreuders, Managing Director of De Rijke. It is a type of service “for which there is little supply.” Evidence of this is that the company is attracting new customers exclusively for this activity.

De Rijke specializes in road transport and logistics operations for raw materials in the chemical and food industries. In road transport, the company is committed to expanding its own fleet. “Customers increasingly see us as a partner rather than just a supplier in the current climate of uncertainty.” And since “there is a shortage of transport capacity due to a lack of drivers, our strategy is to expand our own fleet to continue providing service and ensure increased capacity.” The company has grown from 15 to 20 owned trucks in just one year and plans to add 4 or 5 more units next year, in addition to continuing to work with dedicated fleets.