The first time Cargo Magazine spoke with Pieter van Dijk of Cargo Screeners, the company had existed only 1.5 years. On 1 May this year, Cargo Screeners celebrated its first lustrum. Together with Pieter we look back at the developments the company has made in the past few years and look ahead to the great things that are on the horizon.

When Cargo Screeners started in 2013, the company was accommodated with BBV Logistics Support at Schiphol Zuidoost where immediately the first x-ray machine was placed. More than three years ago an x-ray machine was placed at handling agent Swissport in order for them to be able to improve efficiency for customers. After a recent thorough evaluation it appeared that the machine had not been fully utilised. At the same moment BBV, having moved to the Fokkerpark, requested an x-ray machine due to an increasing number of customers wanting x-ray screening. In April of this year the handling agent’s machine was moved from Schiphol Zuidoost to the Fokkerpark.

Pieter: “You could say that we have come full circle: five years ago our first machine was at BBV and anno 2018 we are once again working closely together. We will also probably deploy our commercial services out of the Fokkerpark later this year with regard to x-ray and possibly also our own EDD service (Explosive Detection Dogs) that we are now offering under the name Cargo Screeners Dog Security. We are training our dog handlers, 10 in total, to be x-ray operators. In this way they are multi-functional and their knowledge and skills can be used as efficiently as possible.”

Making choices
“Business is about making choices and adjusting your business plan whenever the situation so requires”, Pieter says. “Cargo Screeners Training and Consultancy had been a part of Cargo Screeners’ service package from the start. This branch has grown explosively. Where we previously had the illusion that we could do it ‘as well’, it quickly became clear that this area of expertise needed far more attention. At that moment, we had to make a choice: should we opt for 80% of the whole package including Cargo Screeners Training and Consultancy or should we focus 100%
on x-ray and EDD? We didn’t have to think about it for long and we chose for the latter.”

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