Tp Oversize Transport en Logistics BV from Duiven, operating in the heavy transport industry, was declared insolvent on August 6, 2025. Since then, both the owner and his vehicles have disappeared, likely beyond the country’s borders. The situation raises questions about responsibility towards leasing companies and the potential legal nature of the case.
According to the local newspaper De Gelderlander, there have been no traces of the owner of Tp Oversize Transport en Logistics BV or his fleet since the bankruptcy announcement. Curator Sander Drijber stated that the company’s office was completely emptied.
It seems the owner fled with all his assets,” Drijber said, as quoted by the newspaper.
Bankruptcy following lessors’ applications
The company’s bankruptcy was reported by a leasing company that supplied several trucks and trailers in 2022 but had not received payments for some time. Another leasing company that delivered one truck also did not receive payment. Today, the disappearance of the entire fleet raises serious questions about responsibility towards creditors.
Tp Oversize, specializing in heavy transport, had been operating since November 2021 and changed ownership in September 2023. The company only had an office at Geograaf in Duiven; the location of the trucks remains unclear. According to curator Drijber, the case has more of a criminal nature than typical insolvency. Affected leasing companies have been informed about the possibility of reporting the matter to the police to pursue their claims.
Belgian transport in crisis – more bankruptcies
The situation of Tp Oversize is not isolated. The Belgian transport sector has been struggling with a wave of bankruptcies in recent months. A notable case was the insolvency of the De Wolf group from Turnhout, which included five companies – including Red Line Service, Transport De Wolf & Berre, Red Line Logistic Service, and Transport Bellekens. Despite restructuring and changing the business profile, debts and a lack of sufficient orders led to the bankruptcy of the entire group, employing about 100 people, in August 2025.
In July 2025, Supreme Transport from Wommelgem, a company founded in 2018 by Yasin Özcan, ceased operations despite a fleet of 60 vehicles and investments totaling over 2 million euros. Losses from 2023 sealed the decision of the commercial court in Antwerp.
Record number of bankruptcies in the industry
According to the Belgian statistics office Statbel, 2024 was a record year for bankruptcies in transport and warehousing. The TSL sector recorded 724 bankruptcies, which is 11.7 percent more than in 2023 (648). The statistics clearly show that many companies cannot cope with rising operating costs and the challenging market situation.
The crisis does not justify the disappearance
Problems in the Belgian transport sector are a fact – more and more enterprises cannot withstand financial pressure and are dropping out of the market. However, even the scale of economic difficulties does not explain the situation in Duiven, where the owner disappeared with the entire fleet.
