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Law Firm in the Netherlands specialised in Transport & Logistics

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The Dutch transport sector is of great importance to the Dutch economy because of the need for a competitive logistics system, and in doing so, the logistics sector can make an important contribution to a sustainable and circular economy. The transport sector distinguishes between maritime shipping, inland navigation, road transport, rail transport and aviation, and has nearly 50,000 companies employing 447,000 people.

Legal trends & developments within Transport & Logistics

The transportation and logistics sector is constantly changing. The CMS Mobility sector team combines years of experience with Mobility issues, within the transport sector, with up-to-date knowledge and experience of the latest legal trends and developments. There are various current developments and social ambitions that have an impact on Transport & Logistics, such as electrification (replacing combustion engines with electrically powered vehicles), investments in the development of (semi-)autonomous vehicles, connectivity, investments in sustainability and environmental friendliness (reducing CO2 emissions and using environmentally friendly materials), ESG, nitrogen issues, XXL-DCs, dumbing down, urban logistics and offering the sharing economy for the transport of goods, whereby transport capacity is shared between different companies.

Our Transport & Logistics areas of expertise

Within Transport & Logistics, part of the Mobility sector group, our sector team has the expertise in logistics real estate, data security & privacy and transport law. This makes us the right partner for logistics service providers in a digitally connected logistics chain.

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