The De Algemeene Postwagen Onderneming J.B. van Gend & Loos (General Postal Carriage Company J.B. van Gend & Loos) gradually expanded its network of diligence services, to transport passengers, goods and money.

Railway companies in their turn had trouble keeping up with the competition from motorised traffic, particularly trucks, vans and buses, in the 1920s.

The ATO was intended to transport break bulk cargo from and to the railway stations, which had been Van Gend & Loos' market.

The N.V. Expeditie Onderneming Van Gend & Loos switched to trucks, and grew significantly.

Van Gend & Loos was sold to Nedlloyd in 1986, with its main focus becoming the transport of packages and pallets within the Benelux area.