Last tuesday, the 26th of August, the CityCinema theater in Venlo hosted the premiere of the short documentary GEBA Galibier. Under the watchfull eye of the people who were actually present during the climb, the twelve-minute long film, made by Halo Media Productions Venlo, was shown on a big screen. Full of admiration the cyclists and their partners, members of the board of the KidzBase Foundation and many more, watched intensly. Now the short film is online where you can watch it as well.
As a stakeholder in the Smart Logistics Centre Venlo project, we as GEBA Trans are proud of its recent official launch. The Venlo-Venray logistics hotspot will use this initiative to focus on four important cornerstones, ensuring that we will remain to be the number one logistics hotspot in Europe. These cornerstones are: Infrastructure, Employment and Training, Innovation and Public Relations. As an active member of one of the committees that manages this initiative, GEBA Trans will be closely connected to all developments.
From November 11th to November 13th, GEBA Trans will be present at the 2014 Transport & Logistics exhibition. And for the very first time, it will be combined with the international Intermodal Europe 2014 exhibition. A unique combination of exhibitions that will take place in Europe’s number one logistics hub, Rotterdam.
In the evening of June 24th 2014, the ‘Maaspoort’ Theater hosted the closing celebration of GEBA Galibier; a project conceived on a late evening that became the ultimate team building activity. The men of GEBA Trans conquered the Col du Galibier, the infamous 2,645 meter mountain known from the Tour de France. During this ride, our men learned new definitions of both agony and perseverance. But with their minds firmly set on the goal of raising money for children living in troubled domestic situations, they managed to complete their mission. Overseen by the cyclists and their supporters, the sponsors and the board of the KidzBase Foundation, GEBA Trans’s Managing Director and concept initiator Mr. Fred Spijksma awarded the check to Martin Frankort of the KidzBase Foundation.
We are proud to inform you that the Venlo-Venray region has once again won the first prize in the election for Logistics Hotspot in het Netherlands. It hardly seems a coincidence that our region has won this prize for the seventh consecutive time! Of the six criteria used to weigh all applicants, the Venlo-Venray region obtained the highest possible score in four of them, according to a panel of 25 experts. The second place was a surprise this year and went to the Tilburg-Waalwijk region, which finally surpassed its western neighbors in the West-Brabant region (Moerdijk-Roosendaal-Breda-Oosterhout). City councilor of Economic Affairs for the city of Venlo, Mr. Stephan Satijn, responded enthusiastically to the news that our region once again proved to be the best choice for logistics: “This is a great boost for Venlo, but also a reason to work even harder and expand our success.”