Monday 15 July , Co van Es passed away at the age of 59 .
Co ’s entrepreneurial career started in 1982 , when he took over his father ’s garage . He did this until 1991 , but he wanted to go into logistics . Based in Rijsenhout , close to Aalsmeer , a conveyance fellowship in flower gardening was an obvious choice . A.A. van Es Transport was born , together with his brother Bert . Growing from 1 to 60 trucks and almost 200 stave , the company was betray in 2009 . After a brief stop as co - owner at Flowerport Logistics , as an atmosphere cargo handler of flowers , fruit and veg , Co took clip to think about what his next business would be . Intrigued by logistics and stir by abroad operations , he decided to enter the sea container transferral business . First as an intermediary between lading forwarder and client , then establish Milestone Fresh in 2012 , together with Juri Falandt . Over the years , Milestone Fresh has maturate into a leading name in oversea transportation of flowers , plant , fruit and vegetables . In 2021 , it decided to immix with Shypple , in gild to be futurity - quick as a digital forwarder . Co remained involved in this until his last weeks , although he said goodbye in December 2022 due to illness , he never really let go and was involved with the companionship , colleagues and customer until the last mo . After all , Co ’s work and being an entrepreneur was his indistinguishability and superbia .
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Omar Moghrani , who joined as a shareholder of Milestone Fresh in 2017 , wrote the In Memoriam:“It was with great sadness that we as a family said goodbye to Co van Es last Monday , sadness for his passing and also great gratitude for his spirit .
Co was many thing to me , a gaffer , associate , admirer , uncle and above all a second father , a man out of thousands . The best affair about Co is that he was exactly the same person in all these roles , never profess to be different , Co was as he was , himself . He instruct us to be generous , to be firm , to talk up , to keep your word , to be quick for others , to be train , to never give up , to enjoy life and to believe that the day will get when we will see each other again .
We know that Co was a special person to many , some have fuck him for a long time , others for a shorter time , he always made an impression . We would therefore wish to give you the chance to say goodbye to Centennial State , this can be done during the condolence and/or during the church service . Co ’s capital regard was for the church building to be filled with beautiful flowers and full of people to honour his sprightliness . Therefore , once again the amiable invitation to pay him this honour .
Dear Co ,
It was a beautiful journey and a great honour to have known you and been able to hang out with you , we will never forget you , and you will always travel with us in our hearts .
Thank you for everything and see you shortly . "
