Annual Report 2006

new
locations
Even with the all the measures being
taken – buying back old sites; making
more intensive use of locations; restructuring
old sites; as well as applying
other innovative solutions such as
multilayer storage – it will be impossible
to accommodate future growth
within the current port area. The Port
of Amsterdam is therefore exploring
opportunities for developing major
port facilities in the Amsterdam North
Sea Canal Area.
‘I feel very much at
home in Amsterdam’
We process vegetable oils and fats brought into
Rotterdam from around the world. There the cargo
is loaded onto barges. In the next phase, the cargo
is put into trucks, which then transport it to our
current site in the village of Lijnden. Lijnden has
no rivers or canals, and there is no space for us to
expand. So we’re now moving to a 9-hectare site
in the Hornhaven in Amsterdam, which is just excellent,
all the more because of a major road being
built there – the Westelijke Randweg. We will be
located on the water, which will allow us to ship our
products in by barge. At the moment, we still
have to put in a huge logistical effort at a cost of
EUR 3 million a year. Moreover, thanks to the new
situation, we will be able to move other companies
that make up our group, to Amsterdam as well.
The Amsterdam location will provide enough space
for expansion – something that is impossible at
our current sites. Amsterdam has enough space
for storage Finally, we will be building a new biodiesel
plant, complete with a tank park – for the
exclusive production of compost, bio-diesel, biogasoline
(bio-petrol) and biogas. There’s a huge
demand out there for bio-fuels, which is driven by
the Dutch government’s objective of raising the
level of renewable energy consumption to 20%.
We’ve also taken a hard look at Rotterdam. But
Amsterdam has grown on me. I wouldn’t want to
be anywhere else.
Peter Bakker
Managing Director/Owner of a number of private
limited liability companies that make up Greenmills
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