Hyundai Glovis to build dedicated car-carrier terminal in Amsterdam as European supply chain hub

Terminal at Port of Amsterdam to handle storage, pre-delivery inspection and inland transport for import and export vehicles; 480,000-square-meter site can hold more than 20,000 vehicles; operations set to begin in January 2027

From left: Koen Overtoom, CEO of the Port of Amsterdam Authority; Lee Gyu-bok, CEO of Hyundai Glovis; and Klaas Koopman, CEO of Koopman (a Dutch logistics company), pose for a photo at a signing ceremony held at an office inside the Port of Amsterdam. [Hyundai Glovis]

Hyundai Glovis plans to establish a finished-vehicle supply chain hub at the Port of Amsterdam in the Netherlands. The company intends to set up a terminal dedicated to pure car and truck carriers, or PCTCs, and offer an integrated service covering vehicle storage, pre-delivery inspection and inland transport — a move aimed at strengthening its competitiveness in the European finished-vehicle logistics market.

Hyundai Glovis announced Thursday that it had signed an agreement with the Port of Amsterdam Authority to build a European finished-vehicle supply chain hub. The signing ceremony, held at the port in Amsterdam, was attended by Hyundai Glovis CEO Lee Gyu-bok, Port of Amsterdam Authority CEO Koen Overtoom and other officials.

Under the agreement, Hyundai Glovis will develop a dedicated finished-vehicle logistics base at the port. The secured site spans 480,000 square meters and will include berths capable of accommodating up to three PCTCs simultaneously, a vehicle yard with capacity for more than 20,000 vehicles, and a pre-delivery inspection facility. The company also plans to use rail access lines to enable efficient rail transport.

The terminal is set to open in January 2027 and will be operated by Hyundai Glovis Europe, the company's European subsidiary. It marks the first time Hyundai Glovis has secured a dedicated finished-vehicle logistics port base in Europe on its own.

Hyundai Glovis plans to use the Amsterdam hub to offer a one-stop logistics service connecting the port with inland destinations.

Imported vehicles will be unloaded and stored at the port, then undergo quality inspection before being delivered to dealers across Europe through the company's inland transport network. For vehicles exported from Europe, Hyundai Glovis will handle the entire process — from inland transport out of manufacturing plants to Amsterdam, through storage and on to maritime shipping.

An aerial view of the Port of Amsterdam site secured by Hyundai Glovis. [Hyundai Glovis]

According to the European Automobile Manufacturers' Association and European statistics agencies, the volume of vehicle imports and exports in Europe is projected to grow from 10 million units in 2025 to 11.4 million in 2028 and 12.4 million by 2030.

Germany and the three Benelux countries — Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg — together account for roughly 28 percent of total European vehicle sales, making the Port of Amsterdam a strategically accessible base. Hyundai Glovis plans to build on that advantage by strengthening its inland transport network to connect major consumer markets and dealer networks across the region.

"We plan to develop Amsterdam not merely as a port of call for vessels, but as a European finished-vehicle supply chain hub encompassing vehicle storage, pre-delivery inspection, release and inland delivery," said Lee Sang-jin, executive director and head of Hyundai Glovis Europe. "Through this, we will provide our customers with more stable and efficient integrated logistics services."

Meanwhile, Hyundai Glovis has been expanding its finished-vehicle logistics footprint around the world to strengthen its global automotive logistics capabilities.

The company built a dedicated vehicle terminal at Pyeongtaek port in 2018 and added a finished-vehicle yard at the Port of Philadelphia in Pennsylvania in 2019, giving it exclusive use of a site totaling 1 million square meters in the United States.

CEO Lee Gyu-bok has also been conducting on-site management visits abroad to support the stable execution of the company's strategy to restructure its finished-vehicle logistics network and expand non-affiliate cargo volumes. His current trip began in Vienna, Austria, on May 24 and includes stops in the Netherlands; it will take him through eight European countries — among them Germany, Greece and Turkey — through early June.

Hyundai Glovis first entered the European market in 2006 and has since expanded its local operations with a European headquarters in Eschborn, Germany. The company now operates 42 logistics bases across Europe, along with 12 major subsidiaries — including in Germany, Russia, Slovakia and the Czech Republic — eight branch offices and 22 field offices.

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