Dutch Flower Group ( DFG ) has been transmit flowers for many years in sea containers from her growers in countries like Colombia and Kenya . Back in 2008 already , DFG companionship started to establish a commercial-grade route from Colombia to the United Kingdom , the Netherlands and other destinations . DFG has also acquired a great deal of expertness in transporting a variety of flowers from Kenya .
Jan van Dam , CEO of Dutch Flower Group , says that DFG has already expend decades better sustainability in the floriculture supply chain : “ We form with our growers to vest in affair such as sustainable transport , so that the supply chain to our customers is further optimise . ” DFG does this free-base on its mission of ‘ Together we make a happy and greener Earth . ’
“ Due to the large volume of sea container , we are also able-bodied to have an impact in terms of sustainability , ” says Marcel Zandvliet , CMO and CSO at DFG . “ By transporting flowers by ocean , we are able-bodied to achieve a diminution of our CO2 - eq emissions by 80 to 90 % compared to strain transport , depending on locations . ”
DFG companies were able to celebrate two milestones last calendar week when it comes transport flower by ocean .
10,000th container form Colombia - based grower Flores El CapiroFor many years , DFG companies have bring with favourite supplier Capiro to transport flowers like chrysanthemum and alstroemeria in ocean container . The 10,000th container from Capiro arrived in the Netherlands last week , packed with product for customers from various DFG companies like SuperFlora , JZ Flowers and The Floral Connection .
The container had been given a unique spirit for this special occasion . The procural team of The Floral Connection received the container on behalf of the DFG companies and , as expected , the flowers were once again of high quality .
First ' room access - to - doorway ' container from Nini Flowers in KenyaFor many geezerhood , DFG has been transporting between 4 and 7 sea container a week from various partners in Kenya . DFG has held shares in Nini Herburg Roses since 15 February 2025 and the first container , which had really been load up at the farm of Nini Flowers in Kenya , arrived in the Netherlands last calendar week . This help to create a fully conditioned supply chain of mountains from the farm to the customer . When the container arrived in Aalsmeer , Patrick van der Weg and Peter van Wijk from Nini Flowers celebrated its arriver together with Harry Brockhoff and Marcel Zandvliet from DFG . They were joined by other colleagues who had fiddle a role in ensuring this important milestone .
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