Our founder on Dutch logistics: the 2025 Outlook on the Bloc Logistics Network

15 January 2025By Jan van den Herik
Insight

Our founder, Jan van den Herik, wrote an industry analysis on the Bloc Logistics Network: "2025 Outlook for Dutch Logistics: Shipping, Freight, and Beyond."

The gist

  • Rotterdam stays the gateway — projected to handle around 16.65 million TEU.
  • Digital is the differentiator — smart containers, IoT and AI in the port.
  • E-commerce keeps pulling — around 84% of Dutch consumers shopping online.
  • Sustainability is now a cost driver — dozens of cities pushing zero-emission delivery zones.
  • Infrastructure is the bottleneck — road, rail and airport constraints push costs up.

Why we share it

This is the world Nexportal is built for: the same forwarding work — handled by Nexport Logistics, connected to the global Bloc Logistics Network — but digitised, so quoting, booking, customs and warehousing live in one portal.

Read the full article: 2025 Outlook for Dutch Logistics — Bloc Logistics Network.