The third largest European country in terms of international road freight transport is... the Netherlands! Its companies, which are mainly internationally oriented, have developed a surprising economic model, fuelled by the largest European seaport, but surprisingly resistant to the international opening of the road freight market despite its high costs. These costs are probably offset by high productivity, even if this is not always clearly evident.
The TRM in the Netherlands therefore deserves close attention. This is what Laurent Guihéry, lecturer and researcher at the Transport Economics Laboratory, set out to do, in collaboration with the CNR.