Van Merode Transport & LINQO: GPS tracking and tachograph management under one roof

Focused on consistency, built to scale

Van Merode Transport was built from a shared passion for logistics. Roy van Merode founded the company in 2017 alongside his father, Jos, bringing fresh entrepreneurial enthusiasm and generations of firsthand experience together. From two truck beginnings – the father and son each driving for separate customers – the business rapidly expanded.

Today, Van Merode Transport is a 40-person operation that delivers goods across the Netherlands with 20 truck units, 37 trailers, and 10 permanent charters. Its specialties include retail distribution, 24/7 shuttle services, and general cargo – all supported by a fleet fully certified for ADR (basic, packaged goods).

But with growth came the need for better tools to manage it all.

The challenge: more vehicles and more complexity

As Van Merode’s fleet grew, so did the challenge of making everything visible and compliant. Monitoring the vehicles in real time and managing tachograph data became more difficult and time-consuming.

“Due to our continued growth, we were looking for a way to see our fleet live and find a partner who could take over the tachograph administration.”

The solution: live GPS tracking and automated tacho management

LINQO offered a solution that matched the pace of the business. With LINQO’s live GPS tracking, the team is now able to track every vehicle in real-time – location, status, route history, stop times, and estimated arrival times – all from one platform. The solution offers:

• Turn-by-turn tracking
• Live vehicle status (driving, idling, stopped)
• Route history with precise time stamps
• Address-level location data for each truck

While all this is happening, Tacho Management deals with the rest – automating download, archiving, and compliance reporting of tachograph files. Driver card and vehicle data is securely and remotely retrieved, in compliance with legal retention rules and EU road transport regulation.

• Automatic remote tachograph file downloads
• Secure archive with access control
• Smart notifications for missing data or expiring files
• Full compliance with EU requirements

“What we value most is the fast response and the fact that GPS tracking and tacho are under one roof.”

Results: fewer clicks, more control

Before LINQO, keeping track of vehicle locations and tachograph data meant constantly switching between systems, checking files manually, and trying to keep planning on track.

Now, all of that happens in one place. The team at Van Merode Transport opens the platform. Within seconds, they can see exactly where each truck is, whether tacho files have been downloaded, and if anything needs attention – without jumping between tools or chasing information

“Overview, and space to keep everything else – especially planning – in order.”

That clarity has changed the pace of their day-to-day operations. Tasks that used to take time now take moments. Issues get spotted early. And decisions, from route adjustments to compliance checks, happen faster. Instead of working around the systems, the systems now work for them.

Your story starts here

Van Merode Transport isn’t slowing down – and now, neither is their data. With LINQO, they’ve simplified the complicated and made daily fleet and tachograph management smoother, smarter, and easier to scale.

If your team is growing – and your systems aren’t keeping up – now’s the time to start your own success story with LINQO.