Albert Willem Veenstra
Albert Willem Veenstra is a professor of Trade and Logistics at Rotterdam School of Management. He also works at the Erasmus University Center for Urban, Port and Transport Economics. In previous years, he has worked for the Dutch Institute for Applied Sciences, TNO, and for a funding agency for the Dutch Topsector Logistics, TKI Dinalog. In those years, he has been heavily involved in large scale European research projects on container security (INTEGRITY), and customs supervision innovation (CASSANDRA). He is currently (2024) the academic director of the Master of Science in Customs and Supply Chain Compliance. One of his main research interests is to innovate customs supervision approaches. His team is working on a new approach for large scale e-commerce supervision, based on advanced data analytics methods.
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Customs in the age of data: new challenges for customs professionals
“We are continually adding new competences and skills to the role of the compliance professional. This raises the question of how we ought to prioritise what is essential to learn,” says Albert Veenstra. Read Enrika Naujokė’s interview with the professor to learn more about the growing importance of data quality...
AI & Customs Series. Episode 4: on the future of customs professionals
We invite you to watch the interview between Enrika Naujoke, Director at CustomsClear, and Albert Veenstra, Professor Trade and Logistics at Rotterdam School of Management in the Netherlands. This thought-provoking discussion (continuing the theme of the first recording on the topic 'Future of customs professionals') explores how the future of...
Future of customs professionals
In this recording, Professor Albert Veenstra offers insights into the future of the customs professional and draws attention to the topics currently lacking in existing study programmes. His observations consider significant developments, including sustainability-related regulations (such as CBAM and EUDR), the EU customs reform, and the swift progression of technological...
EU Deforestation Regulation: impact on customs
Note from the CCRM editors: What can we expect from customs in the future? Professor Albert Willem Veenstra addressed this question together with other authors in the article ‘The changing role of Customs: Customs aligning with supply chain and information management’ (World Customs Journal). After participating in a webinar on...
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Customs in the age of data: new challenges for customs professionals
“We are continually adding new competences and skills to the role of the compliance professional. This raises the question of how we ought to prioritise what is essential to learn,” says Albert Veenstra. Read Enrika Naujokė’s interview with the professor to learn more about the growing importance of data quality...
EU Deforestation Regulation: impact on customs
Note from the CCRM editors: What can we expect from customs in the future? Professor Albert Willem Veenstra addressed this question together with other authors in the article ‘The changing role of Customs: Customs aligning with supply chain and information management’ (World Customs Journal). After participating in a webinar on...
AI & Customs Series. Episode 4: on the future of customs professionals
We invite you to watch the interview between Enrika Naujoke, Director at CustomsClear, and Albert Veenstra, Professor Trade and Logistics at Rotterdam School of Management in the Netherlands. This thought-provoking discussion (continuing the theme of the first recording on the topic 'Future of customs professionals') explores how the future of...