2023 is a special year for United Container Transport BV, namely our 20th anniversary. This jubilee year, together with our colleagues, relations, family and friends, went unnoticed with a fantastic party in April. But here we first go back in time with the creation of UCT and where we are now, in 2023.

20 years ago, William van Beers and Erwin Deiman decided to take the big step to start their own business.

William and Erwin had been working together in the port for years, but because they could not develop further at their current employer, they took the joint leap into entrepreneurship. Together with the guidance and advice of John Curtain (then owner of United Container Terminals BV), they registered United Container Transport BV with the Chamber of Commerce in Rotterdam on January 01, 2003.

The name was chosen quickly. Because United Container Terminals B.V. had already acquired great fame in the port of Rotterdam and far beyond. This is the reason that United Container Transport B.V. (UCT) was chosen.

With a small number of trusted customers, William and Erwin started in a room on the Bunschotenweg in the Waalhaven-Rotterdam. With a self-made desk on boxes and with a shared telephone, she completed the planning together. A year later, in 2004, they moved to a larger office within the same building. Here Edwin Weidijk and other colleagues came to strengthen the planning.

The first 7 years of UCT's existence, so to speak, went full throttle. Everything that was touched turned to gold. But then came the well-known crisis. This made everyone realize that nothing comes naturally and nothing is forever. And from then on, 110% effort had to be given every day.

After a few years, the 2nd office on the Bunschotenweg became too small again and so the building was moved to an even larger office. Several new milestones were achieved here. For example, UCT experienced extreme growth in previous years, making the 50th charter for UCT a fact. Wife Astrid van Beers and daughter Laura van Beers also joined the company and UCT officially became a family business.

However, the office became too small in 2021 and so the move to Spijkenisse came. A private building at Faradayweg 2 with parking facilities and the possibility to expand further. At this location Andries Boeren on the planning and Carola van de Loosdrecht on the administration joined our team. Every day we still work with great pleasure on our planning and all the services that have been added in recent years.

After 20 years we can say that UCT is on the map in the port of Rotterdam. We have become a well-known and recognizable logistics player with +/- 50 cars that are ready for our clients every day. In addition, many of our cars can be recognized by the UCT advertising. At the office we have expanded from 3 to 7 operational employees and 2 employees in HR and accounting. The desks are no longer full of piles of paperwork because we have been working completely paperless for several years now.