In November 2020 our international tank- and dry bulk transport company exists 100 years. Together with you we’ll look back on the past and look forward to the future in the blogs of “The futur

Albert Keijzer started already at an age of 14 working in different jobs, taking a good look around. In those times many of the domestic transports were done by ship, but changes were coming.

In 1922 the horse cart shows its limitations as well, so Albert Keijzer buys his first T-ford for the astronomical amount of 1.700 Dutch Guilders. The inventive entrepreneur in heart and soul aims

In 1927 Jacob Keijzer is born, known to many as Co. When in 1930 the crisis years start, choices must be made to ern some money.                                 

When in 1940 the Germans invade the Netherlands, the consequences for Albert Keijzer are soon noticeable. The transport of goods declines quickly and trucks are confiscated.     

At first, Co’s father does not allow him into the business. Albert had only finished elementary school and had worked from the age of fourteen.                    

In the 1950s the transport of wood no longer yields the largest turnover. On one of the drives abroad Co Keijzer is introduced to tankers, which were unknown in the Netherlands at the time.    

For the Wester Sugar Refinery Albert Keijzer drives liquid sugar to, among others, Hero in Breda. The new challenge is to find out of sugar can also be transported in crystal form.         

Nearly sixty years ago, the government decided to add fluorine to drinking water to prevent dental decay.                           

When Bruijnzeel moved to Bergen op Zoom in the mid-seventies and the local hauliers in the region took over the transports, it was time for Albert Keijzer to change course.             

In 1972, 2 years after the 50th anniversary of the company, Albert Keijzer dies. A huge blow for Co: “My father and I had an exceptionally good relationship, both businesswise and private.    

According to Co, the disappearance of the European borders in 1993 offers not just opportunities, but also threats.                     

In the 1990s we have witnessed a lot of changes in the transport branch.                                                                               

As a 19-year old technical student and boyfriend of daughter Ingeborg, Rob the Visser was asked by Co to join the company.                                               

How do you prepare for a 100^th anniversary if you would prefer to organise a grand party, but a virus is rampant worldwide?