RBK, short for ‘Rotterdams Bevrachtings Kantoor’, is a Dutch transport company which is situated at the harbour of the Meuse river in Rotterdam. RBK is specialised in one-way container trucking. “We pick up full containers in the harbours of Rotterdam and Antwerp. Then we unload them at specific locations in Europe”, explains Pieter van de Graaf, Managing Director of
RBK. “Lastly, we bring empty containers back to an inland depot, instead of bringing them back empty to the harbour. That way, our clients only have to pay half the price they would pay if the container was taken on a round trip.”

Ensuring a quick response

“A shipping company that started using Avantida, recommended the platform to us”, says Pieter. The benefits soon became clear: “Normally, we had to call a lot of people to ask if we could deliver a container somewhere else, pick it up or re-use it. Now, it is all centralised at Avantida.”

According to Pieter, the big advantage of Avantida is their fast response. “When you ask them a question over the internet, they usually reply in 15 to 30 minutes. That allows us to continue with the things we need to do instead of wasting our time investigating other possibilities.”