Safe machine transportation is important, but this partner goes a step further

An order does not stop when the machine is delivered to your home

At the Jan van Dam Group they rise to any challenge to transport machines efficiently and safely from the manufacturer to the end customer. Once the machines are ready, they take charge of the entire logistics: packaging, loading, transport and delivery, but also unrolling, putting them in the right place on the shop floor and even doing the mechanical installation. This specialist is also the right place for customs formalities and (temporary) storage of machines. In short: a single point of contact for complete transport projects.

Machine transportation is a real chore. Occasionally, machine builders and suppliers may install one at a neighbor's house, but usually that end customer is located much further away, even on the other side of the world. That's why they call on an outside specialist to assist them with the transport. The Jan van Dam Group, consisting of Jan van Dam Machine Transport and Jan van Dam Global Machine Logistics as freight forwarder, has built up a strong reputation over the years with its total concept for machine transport with customers in the most diverse sectors, such as machine construction, metalworking, steel construction, industry, engineering, as well as the food industry.

From manufacturer to end customer

The expert in machine logistics, headquartered in Oudewater, strives for long-term relationships based on qualitative and reliable handling of complete projects. He is a dedicated partner for both clients and their end customers. An enthusiastic and dynamic team of drivers and mechanics as well as the most advanced vehicles and techniques for transportation, loading and unloading are very important assets. The equipment includes trailers and semi-trailers, tractors and box trucks, truck-mounted cranes, compact cranes, forklift and aerial platforms, hoisting gantries, internal transport equipment and assembly buses. 

"Our job starts as soon as a machine is ready to be delivered, although we like to be involved in a project a little earlier so that we can make good preparations and avoid problems," says sales manager Kasper Kraan. "We pack the machine so that it doesn't get damaged during transport. Especially when exporting to distant and overseas destinations, sturdy packaging and additional protection with foil and wrapping are indispensable. Then the machine is loaded onto our trucks or into one or more containers for transport by road, sea or air. Finally, it is delivered to the doorstep of the end customer."

Can it also be a little more?

However, the Jan van Dam Group goes further to serve its clients. In an industrial relocation, a mechanic measures the entire installation, disassembles the machine and moves it. At the new location, the same technician reassembles and aligns the machine. The customer then only has to deal with the software for the control before he can get back to work. For example, they also specialize in the complete handling of container shipments: stripping or stuffing, unpacking or packing of goods, including the transport of all possible containers. They even arrange all customs and fiscal formalities and have several spaces for (temporary) storage in Oudewater, in the Rotterdam port area and in Bergen op Zoom.

"In most cases, an order does not stop with a home delivery. In consultation with the client and the end customer, we unroll the machine on site and also put it in its place. In doing so, our specialists look at how the machine can be transported as efficiently and safely as possible through production to its location on the shop floor," Kasper Kraan continues. "We are also increasingly being asked if we can include the mechanical installation of machines or production lines. Therefore, we have mechanics who can take on the mechanical installation together with a team from the manufacturer or even alone. In addition, we note that more and more companies are taking the step toward automation. This is why we now also assemble robots and other automation systems to machines. We really want to take care of our clients completely: from a to z."