Dutch Flower Group (DFG) has been active for many years in shipping flowers by sea container from its growers in Colombia and Kenya, among others. As early as 2008, DFG companies began building a trade route from Colombia to the UK, the Netherlands and other destinations. DFG has also gained a lot of experience with different varieties of flowers on the shipping route from Kenya.

Jan van Dam, CEO of the Dutch Flower Group, says that DFG has been working for decades to make the floriculture chain more sustainable. :

“Together with our growers, we are investing in more sustainable modes of transport, among other things, to further optimize supply. chain to our customers. DFG does this based on the mission “together we create a more colorful and greener world”.

” Due to the large volumes of maritime container transport, we can also have an impact in the area of ​​sustainability. », declares Marcel Zandvliet, CMO and CSO of DFG. ” By shipping flowers by sea, we can reduce our CO2-eq emissions by 80-90% compared to air shipping, depending on location.”

Last week, the DFG companies celebrated two milestones in the development of flower transport by sea.

Container 10,000 from the producer Flores El Capiro from Colombia

With the preferred supplier Capiro, the DFG companies have been working for years in the transport of chrysanthemums and alstroemeria, among others, by sea container. Last week, the 10,000th container from Capiro arrived in the Netherlands, full of products for the customers of the different DFG companies, such as SuperFlora, JZ Flowers and The Floral Connection.

The container had been given a striking appearance for this special occasion. The Floral Connection purchasing team received the container on behalf of the DFG Companies and, as expected, the flowers were once again of high quality.

The first “DOOR TO DOOR” container of Nini Flowers in Kenya

DFG has been transporting 4 to 7 sea containers of flowers per week from various partners in Kenya for years. DFG has been involved in Nini Herburg Roses since January 1, 2023 and the first container that was loaded at the Nini Flowers nursery in Kenya arrived in the Netherlands last week. The fully packaged chain from nursery to customer is a given.

When the container arrived in Aalsmeer, Patrick van der Weg and Peter van Wijk from Nini Flowers were present along with Harry Brockhoff and Marcel Zandvliet from DFG. Together with committed colleagues who worked to make this step possible, they received the container with a festive welcome.

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