A professional and self-operated family business

Within the Benelux, Zijderlaan has developed into a professional player in transport and logistics services. We are a family business, skilled, independently operating, innovative and proud of what we achieve together every day. Our employees have fun in their work, are well-trained and down to earth.

The core values of quality, safety, chain management, sustainability and environment are highly valued by us. As a result, our employees are regularly trained and/or retrained according to the latest laws and regulations. That is why our ideal candidates conform to these core values. Short, direct lines and an open working atmosphere have resulted in a pleasant working environment. By now, around 255 professional and motivated employees work at Zijderlaan. In order to maintain quality of service and reputation we expect the same positive and motivated attitude of the people who want to come and work with us.

Sustainable performance at a competitive price

Zijderlaan strives to do business sustainably. By taking deliberate measures that not only reduce costs, but reduce environmental impact at the same time, Zijderlaan is optimising its (sustainable) transport. Partly because of this, Zijderlaan has participated in the Lean and Green Connekt Programme in the last five years. For the coming years, Zijderlaan has prepared a CO2 footprint and related reduction plan to monitor and reduce CO2 emissions.

The CO2 performance ladder is a certified measuring instrument to provide companies with insight into their CO2 emissions. A part of the CO2 performance ladder is the preparation of a CO2 footprint and a corresponding reduction plan. This footprint maps the overall emissions of the organisation (per scope). The transparency means that the entire organisation can work to reduce its CO2 emissions.

Lean and Green is a network for efficiency and sustainability of mobility. The Connekt programme aims to make a concrete and pragmatic contribution to the sustainability of the logistics chain. After testing and approval by TNO and Connekt, Zijderlaan has been named the winner of the Lean and Green Award.

With the Lean and Green Award, Zijderlaan has demonstrated its active efforts to make its logistics process more sustainable. The Lean and Green Award is awarded on the basis of a plan of action. This describes how the company should reduce its CO2 emissions by more than 20% over a 5-year period, while increasing its profitability.

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Own workshop

The garage is a fully-fledged company within the group. In the workshop in Stolwijk, complete maintenance of 200 trucks and a large variety of semi-trailers and trailers is carried out in-house.

Qualified mechanics

Safety is one of our core values. Targeted maintenance programmes seamlessly connect to this. In addition to routine maintenance, in combination with regular maintenance overhauls, Zijderlaan carries out roadworthiness tests in-house. In doing so, our certified garage technicians use advanced technologies, such as Davie DAF and MAN-Cats by MAN, which can detect and solve electronic malfunctions independently.

There is an ever-increasing shift from analogue to digital controls. These include braking systems, weighing systems, digital tachographs, on-board computer applications and other vehicle management information systems. By training garage technicians, Zijderlaan has been able to specialise more and more in recent years. It makes them able to respond better and offer custom solutions.

In addition to the mechanical maintenance of the vehicles, the garage technicians have specialist knowledge about all kinds of electronics applications that are either standard on the vehicles or added as an application.

The garage also has a communicative and, if necessary, corrective function with regard to the figures for diesel fuel consumption, maintenance costs and tire usage. During driver meetings, improvements are discussed jointly and solution-oriented actions are taken.

A committed and independently operating family business for 85 years

Since January 2022, our company has been run by the third generation. Sabine (managing director) and Tim Zijderlaan (transport director), together with Leo Lokker (commercial and operational director), form the current board of directors. With the same standards and values from the past, we have a clear strategy in mind, with which we will continue to distinguish ourselves in the market and develop further in the areas of sustainability and digitalisation.

An important advantage of a family business is that short and direct lines of communication enable decisions to be taken swiftly. In this respect, a deal is a deal, with which we create mutual trust.

"We are proud that, as the third generation, we have been given the confidence to continue our family business. A great opportunity with great responsibilities. For 85 years, our people have been the driving force within our company. Each and every one of them passionate and professional employees who are prepared to go that extra mile for the customer. The well-known Zijderlaan mentality! This has helped Zijderlaan grow over the past 85 years into a professional, sustainable and committed logistics service provider."