Van den Bos Freshpartners has the expertise to offer clients a full-service solution. This allows (inter)national clients to partly or entirely outsource the logistic handling of products.
Fresh Logistics,
our profession
Optimal temperature and humidity control
Van den Bos Freshpartners has 3,000 pallet positions, divided across 25 different cold rooms. These are largely fitted with floor heating, for optimal temperature control ( from -3 °C to +20 °C) and humidity control. From vegetables, fruit and exotic fruit to bulbs and flowers. Every order is quickly shipped to the client, from one of the 18 docks. As freshly as possibly conceivable.
- 25 cold rooms
- 3,000 pallet positions
- -3 °C to +20 °C
- Floor heating
- 18 docks
- Separate re-packaging room
Quick and efficient handling
There is no time to lose, from grower to shelf. Freshpartners facilitates by means of a complete range of services for import, export and transport. We have been acknowledged as an inspection location for KCB, NVWA and BKD and are specialised as a type C customs warehouse. The AEO-certification allows for quick and efficient handling of customs formalities
- Type C warehouse
- Managing transport stock
- Douane-clearance with fiscal representation
- Douane-clearance direct representation
- AEO F-certification
- Import/export documentation
An acknowledged inspection location for KCB, NVWA and BKD
Freshpartners is an acknowledged inspection location for KCB, NVWA and BKD. This is important with regard to the import of products from countries outside the EU.
- Opportunity stop & go
- Import inspections and documentation
- Export inspections and documentation
Transport of containers and fresh foods
The shorter the chain, the fresher the products will remain. Through Freshpartners, 20 feet and 40 feet sea containers quickly and safely find their way across Western Europe. Directly from the ports of Rotterdam and Antwerp, to their own cooling facilities or your client.
- From ports in Rotterdam and Antwerp
- To destinations in Europe
- Efficient processing of customs formalities
Flexible stock management in the short and long term
If there is one vital aspect regarding fresh, it is quality. The Freshpartners’ quality team will be happy to take over that responsibility from you. Our specialists are familiar with any fresh produce and all quality protocols. A client-focussed approach will finish the job. Measurements (upon arrival, intermediately and during delivery) will be processed real-time in quality reports.
As such, you always know where you stand: from quality to stock position, from numbers to sorting.
- Quality control upon arrival
- Stock control
- Quality control during transhipment
Quality control of organic (exotic) agrifood-products
Ready for the shop shelf in one go
The last phase before the shelf: sorting and packing. Experienced hands give all the (exotic) fresh products the treatment they deserve, supported by efficient automation. Our employees are familiar with the strict food safety requirements and are knowledgeable about the high quality standards. At Freshpartners, we supply fresh food in any desired consumer packaging, labelled and all.
- Sorting of (exotic) agrifood-products
- Packing of (exotic) agrifood-products
- Re-packing of (exotic) agrifood-products
- Labelling of (exotic) agrifood-products
Expert in drying, packing and re-packing
It is a niche product with growth opportunity: ginger. It is a product though, that requires good care. For products from countries like China, Thailand and Peru, we ensure in-house storage, re-packing and drying, at our own location in Poeldijk. The temperature of the ginger is monitored continuously. The quality will remain optimal by assigning the entire process to one person.