law. Takeover The company was reorganised in 1984. Railway transport of break bulk cargo was abandoned, and the company focussed on transport by truck. Van Gend & Loos was sold to Nedlloyd in 1986, with its main focus becoming the transport of packages and pallets within the Benelux area. Nedlloyd sold Van Gend & Loos to Deutsche Post (DP) in 1999. The three daughter companies of DP (Danzas, DHL Worldwide Express and Van Gend & Loos) were merged to form DHL in 2003, ending the almost 200-year history of Van Gend & Loos. See also Postal history Defunct companies of the Netherlands Logistics companies of the Netherlands 1809 establishments in the Netherlands Transport companies established in 1809 Dutch companies disestablished in 2003 Transport companies disestablished in 2003