One Team Trippaers Transport !

Small enough to be personal,
big enough to be flexible!

Small enough to be personal

We are and remain a family business where all employees know each other, can get in touch with each other and who always look for (and find!) solutions for any kind of problems encountered. This approach works, considering the fact that the average driver has been with us for 8 years and around 50% of our drivers have been with Trippaers for more than 10 years. The driver with the highest number of working years on the clock is Yavuz, who will have been with us for 25 years in 2023. Congratulations, Yavuz!

We take the same solution-driven approach to our customers, consistently endeavouring to seek out the best transport solution for them. If the customer so wishes, he can simply send us the transport orders. But we also make a lot of calls to discuss transport orders over the phone, find the right transport modes or to pass on updates. We place a premium on the personal touch.

Big enough to be flexible

We have a sufficiently large and varied fleet to act in response to the customer’s wishes. In practical terms, this means that a customer can request 1 transport run on day one and 15 transport runs the next, for instance. We always find a solution.

We are equally flexible in terms of the types of rolling stock we are able to commit: we have standard tractors, but should a customer require more space (interior height up to 3 metres), we are able to assign mega tractors or even (mega) plateau trailers. In addition, we also have lightweight trucks that enable us to ship more weight and we even have trucks fitted with a compressor and/or PTO Hydraulics that allow us to blow or tip bulk shipments into silos.

For our trailer fleet too, we have standard trailers, which may or may not be fitted with a coil duct or tailboard, as well as mega trailers, container chassis, tipping trailers or tipping/rotor chassis. Some customers one day require a tractor with a chassis and a tractor with a trailer the next. Not a problem for us! If the customer prefers us to drive their trailers/chassis, we are happy to do so. In that case, our services are referred to as Trucking instead of Transport.

Earthquake in Turkey and Syria

It feels like a while ago since an earthquake hit the eastern part of Turkey and the northern part of Syria on 6 February. But the country, and especially those affected, have yet to recover. We have several drivers with Turkish roots and we are keen to support them and their relatives. We have also supported various projects, as we believe that the relatives of our drivers out there are also part of our transport family over here.

Lady driver in the picture

To mark International Women's Day, less than a month ago, we are happy to train the spotlight on our lady driver. Nicole Wouters is currently our only female driver. Even though we are confident that female drivers are every bit as good as their male counterparts, we hardly ever see any. In our +35 years as a company, only five lady drivers have passed through the ranks. Nicole has stayed the course however, and has been with Trippaers Transport since 2010. We have come to know Nicole as a safe, always punctual and professional lady driver who keeps her truck in mint condition and expects the same of the trucks assigned to her.

Nicole, what kind of jobs are you currently handling and which do you like best of all?

I’m currently on single day rides with mega truck and mega trailers for a regular customer. Back in the old days, when I just started out, I mainly did automotive assignments, spending an entire week away from home. But I’ve switched back to single day assignments in the last 2 years for family reasons. The switch was tough going at the outset, but I got used to it. Now I’m happy with the situation and I get to go home every evening.

Are there differences between male and female drivers?

I can't really see any differences, not in terms of the work. A female driver is definitely as good as any male driver and is perfectly capable of doing the same job. A lot of the time, you struggle to find a ladies’ toilet at car parks. But after a while, you learn how to deal with the lack of facilities by using the toilet at the customer’s premises or by stopping off at the right car parks.

Why did you decide on Trippaers Transport at the time and why do you still enjoy working for the company?

As a result of a restructuring operation at my previous employer’s company, who also happened to be a Trippaers Transport customer, I was able to join Trippaers and continue in the same line of work. I also knew Trippaers as I had been taking my previous employer’s trailers to the Trippaers workshop for servicing.

A lot has changed over the years, especially in terms of the nature of the job, but definitely in a positive sense. I’m very pleased with the kind of assignments I am given: there’s lots of diversity, plenty of variety, all things I enjoy. There’s also a fun workplace vibe, I have nice colleagues who look out for each other.

Trippaers Transport is always on the look-out for motivated lorry drivers. Do you know of anyone who may want to join our team?

Please, tell us!