The restructuring events database contains factsheets with data on large-scale restructuring events reported in the principal national media and company websites in each EU Member State. This database was created in 2002.
Transportation / Storage 49 - Land transport and transport via pipelines 49.4 - Freight transport by road and removal services 49.4 - Freight transport by road and removal services
345 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
11 December 2008
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
Road transport firm Vos Logistics, has announced that it will lay off 345 employees in the Netherlands, France, Poland and Hungary. Vos Logistics is one of the largest transport companies in Europe. 145 jobs to be scrapped are in the Netherlands, and the remaining 200 are spread across France, Poland and Hungary. According to a spokesman, the negative effects of the recession on the transport sector are much larger than expected.
Sources
12 December 2008: Het Financieele Dagblad
Citation
Eurofound (2008), Vos Logistics, Internal restructuring in European Union, factsheet number 67639, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/67639.