Transportation and Logistics
Strengthening safety, quality and reliability across transport and logistics operations
Transportation and logistics organizations operate in a highly connected and increasingly technology-driven environment. They must meet complex regulatory and customer requirements while maintaining safe, efficient and reliable operations. At the same time, digitalization, sustainability targets, workforce challenges and changing supply chains are reshaping how goods are transported, handled and managed.
In the Netherlands, DEKRA supports transport and logistics organizations with independent auditing, certification, testing, inspection and expert services. Our specialists help organizations demonstrate compliance, identify risks and improve the quality and reliability of their operations.
Our services include the Transport and Logistics Quality Mark for road freight companies, certification of management systems, cybersecurity assessments, vehicle inspections, fleet and claims expertise, product testing and specialist technical inspections. By bringing together expertise from different disciplines, DEKRA helps organizations build trust with customers, partners, employees and authorities.
Our Approach
- Connecting independent assessment with practical sector expertise
- Safe and reliable transport depends on the effective interaction between people, vehicles, infrastructure, processes and digital systems. Weaknesses in one part of this network can affect operational continuity, compliance and customer confidence.
- DEKRA takes an integrated but independent approach. Depending on the customer’s needs, we assess management systems, vehicles, products, technical assets and digital security. This enables organizations to identify risks, demonstrate conformity and make targeted improvements.
- Our role is not to take over operational responsibility, but to provide objective evidence and specialist insight. In this way, DEKRA helps organizations strengthen their performance while maintaining the independence required for credible auditing, testing, inspection and certification.
Our Featured Services in the Netherlands
Transport and Logistics Quality Mark
The Dutch Transport and Logistics Quality Mark is intended for both large and small road freight companies. It enables carriers to demonstrate that they meet defined quality requirements and work systematically on continuous improvement.
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Management System Certification
DEKRA audits and certifies management systems against international and sector-specific standards. Certification provides independent evidence that an organization has implemented structured processes for managing quality, safety, sustainability or information security.
Vehicle Inspections and Valuations
DEKRA provides independent vehicle inspections, damage assessments and valuations for individual vehicles and fleets. These services provide objective insight into vehicle condition, damage, maintenance status and market value. They can support vehicle intake, sale, lease return, insurance assessment and remarketing processes.
Claims and Damage Expertise
When damage occurs during transport, storage or business operations, an independent assessment can be essential. DEKRA supports insurers, intermediaries and organizations with damage inspections, technical investigations, valuations and claims handling.
Cybersecurity services
Digital platforms, connected products and operational technology are becoming increasingly important within transportation and logistics. DEKRA supports organizations with cybersecurity assessments, information security certification and testing of connected products and systems.
Beyond the services available in the Netherlands, DEKRA operates through an international network of experts, laboratories and locations. Globally, the organization supports customers across road, rail, aviation, maritime transport, warehousing and connected mobility with services covering testing, inspection, certification, auditing, technical expertise, training and advisory support.
This international network allows customers with cross-border operations to access relevant expertise in multiple markets. The availability and scope of individual services may differ by country, regulatory framework and DEKRA entity.
Frequently Asked Questions
DEKRA certifies road freight companies against the Dutch Transport and Logistics Quality Mark. The scheme provides a structured framework for assessing organizational quality and continuous improvement.
The assessment considers areas such as leadership, strategy, employees, processes, customers and organizational results. This gives companies objective insight into their strengths and areas for improvement while allowing them to demonstrate their commitment to quality.
he most relevant standards depend on the organization’s activities and objectives. ISO 9001 focuses on quality management, ISO 14001 on environmental management, ISO 45001 on occupational health and safety and ISO 27001 on information security.
These standards can often be combined within an integrated management system, helping organizations manage related requirements in a coherent and structured way.
DEKRA assesses information security, connected products and digital systems. Depending on the scope, this may include management system certification, technical cybersecurity assessments, penetration testing or testing against relevant product and industrial cybersecurity standards.
These independent assessments help organizations identify vulnerabilities and demonstrate that cybersecurity risks are being managed systematically.
DEKRA offers services such as vehicle inspections, damage assessments, valuations, EV battery tests, end-of-term inspections and fleet-related expertise.
The specific service depends on whether the customer requires information about vehicle condition, damage, residual value, battery health, contract compliance or fleet performance.
Yes. DEKRA provides independent damage and claims expertise across multiple disciplines. Our experts can investigate the cause and extent of damage, assess technical and financial consequences and document their findings in an objective report.
The precise scope depends on the type of damage, the insurance context and the expertise required.