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Turnover goods transport sector marginally down
Turnover in the various branches of the goods transport sector declined marginally in the first quarter of 2012. The economic recession played an important part in this respect.
Slightly more jobs
In the fourth quarter of 2011, the number of jobs of employees was 31 thousand up from the same quarter of 2010, an increase by 0.4 percent.
Surge in bankruptcies in sector hotels and restaurants
In the first six months of this year, 3 thousand businesses and institutions (excluding one-man businesses) were declared bankrupt, a decline by 7 percent relative to the same period last year. The...
More goods transported in foreign lorries
Foreign hauliers are becoming more important in Dutch road transport. From each 100 tons of goods loaded in the Netherlands, 6.4 tons were carried by foreign hauliers versus 5.5 tons in 2005.
Marginal recovery transport sector in 2010
Turnover growth in the transport sector increased by nearly 3 percent in 2010 relative to the preceding year.
Transport industry recovers further in third quarter of 2010
Turnover of companies in the transport sector was 5 percent higher in the third quarter of 2010 than in the same quarter last year.
Turnover fall in transport sector slows down
Turnover in the Dutch transport sector was on average 1.4 percent lower in the first quarter of 2010 than in the same quarter last year. In all four preceding quarters the fall in turnover was more...
Turnover transport sector dramatically down in 2009
Loss of turnover in the transport sector was nearly 13 percent last year compared to 2008. Maritime transport, air transport, forwarding agents and inland shipping suffered most.
Macro-integration with inequality constraints - an application to the integration of transport and trade statistics
Macro-integration is the process of combining data from several sources at an aggregate level. We review a Bayesian approach to macro-integration with special emphasis on the inclusion of inequality...
Greenhouse gas emissions by transport companies considerably higher than in 1990
Greenhouse gas emissions caused by Dutch transport companies have increased by nearly 80 percent since 1990. This is largely due to the increase in international transport by Dutch companies and a...
Number of jobs plummets
The number of jobs of employees in the Netherlands was 72 thousand (0.9 percent) lower in the second quarter of 2009 than one year previously. A four-year period of continuous job growth has now come...
Turnover transport sector dramatically down in first quarter of 2009
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...
Greenhouse gas emissions higher than Kyoto figures suggest
According to the Kyoto Protocol, the emission of greenhouse gases was reduced by 4 percent over the period 1990-2007.