AMSTERDAM AIRPORT SCHIPHOL CARGO
it gets sent out to destination markets like Asia .
Strategic epicentre Schiphol is the third largest cargo airport in Europe after Frankfurt and Paris and its origins go back nearly 100 years . More recently it has focused on providing a full logistic hub facility to European industries . As a result , many multinational groups have their European distribution centres in the region . Logistics has always been part of the Netherlands ’ core competences : the largest number of specialist airfreight trucking companies are actually based in the country and there has been significant road infrastructure investment branching out towards the rest of Europe too . Schiphol is very close to the seaports of Rotterdam and Amsterdam , the first and fifth largest ports in Europe . This again strengthens the Netherlands ’ position as a strategic gateway , and supports Osinga ’ s belief that creating a national logistics hub helps grow cargo business .
It is a logistics-minded country ; geographically everything stands very close together so a major manufacturing company can bring in its goods both by sea or air and deliver them into the same distribution centre .
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Number of years the Airport has been in operation
An airport is the most critical part of the supply chain
Digital connectivity revolution Schiphol Cargo is now working very closely with numerous organisations to build a new total logistics information platform www . schiphol . nl 65