01-12-2009Web magazine
In 2008, foreign lorries and articulated vehicles travelled 800 million kilometres on Dutch roads, a 2 percent decrease relative to 2007. If all types of vehicles are taken into account, the total distance grew by 2 percent to 127 billion kilometres in 2008.
26-11-2009Web magazine
In the third quarter of 2009, international road haulage rates were more than 4 percent down on last year’s third quarter. International courier services were 3.5 percent cheaper.
24-11-2009Web magazine
Total length of the inland waterway system of the Netherlands exceeds 6 thousand kilometres. Within the European Union (EU), the Netherlands takes up third place after Finland and Germany.
29-10-2009Web magazine
In the fourth quarter of last year, 132 million tons of goods were shipped to and from Dutch seaports, 6.5 percent down on the previous quarter. The downturn is more substantial than the 3.2 percent downturn in the fourth quarter of 2001 as a result of the 9-11 attacks in the US. If the entire year 2008 is taken into account, sea carriage still grew relative to 2007.
01-10-2009Web magazine
In the first six months of this year, turnover generated by courier service companies was nearly 13 percent down on the same period in 2008.
03-09-2009Web magazine
25-08-2009Web magazine
Dutch motorcyclists are growing older. While their average in 2000 was 39 years, this has risen to 45 years in 2009.
13-08-2009Web magazine
More than six in ten people in the Netherlands live within 5 km from a hospital. The Randstad region has the highest hospital density.
04-08-2009Web magazine
30-07-2009Web magazine
The overall value of bicycles manufactured in the European Union amounted to 1.9 billion in 2008. More than 30 percent were produced in the Netherlands, making it Europe’s largest bike manufacturer.
07-07-2009Web magazine
Turnover of the transport sector declined by nearly 12 percent in the first quarter of 2009 relative to the same period in 2008. Last year, the transport sector realised a turnover growth of 3 percent.
23-06-2009Web magazine
The number of hybrid cars registered in the Netherlands rose further in 2008. From 11.3 thousand hybrid cars on Dutch roads on 1 January 2008, the number more than doubled to 23 thousand one year later.
03-06-2009Web magazine
Prices in Dutch sea shipping were 15.5 percent lower in the first quarter of this year compared with the previous quarter. Shipping companies have substantially reduced rates for container transport in particular.
26-05-2009Web magazine
Most people live in the vicinity of their GP, but the road distance to the nearest out-of-hours GP centre is longer, in particular for people living in rural areas. The GP rate in rural areas is much lower than in major cities
29-04-2009Web magazine
The number of new commercial vehicles sold in the first quarter of 2009, was 30 percent lower than in the same quarter of 2008. Sales of second-hand commercial vehicles remained all but stable.
23-04-2009Web magazine
In the first quarter of 2009, lease car prices were 4.3 percent higher than one year previously. This is mainly due to a steep drop in prices for second-hand cars.
07-04-2009Web magazine
31-03-2009Web magazine
Most Dutch cars are either grey, blue or black.
19-03-2009Web magazine
26-02-2009Web magazine
The Dutch railway network is the busiest in the European Union.
22-01-2009Web magazine
The proportion of goods transported to the Netherlands by sea in containers has more than doubled over the past 15 years. Food products in particular are more often transported in containers.
