November 2023 - December 2026

Vrachtwagenheffing

Introduction of a truck toll (VWH ) in the Netherlands on July 1, 2026. From that date, carriers will drive with an onboard unit (OBU ) issued by a service provider.

The assignment comprises the project-based design and implementation of the truck toll system, with the aim of collecting tolls from trucks on Dutch roads. To this end, service providers (intermediaries between carriers and RDW ) are connected digitally to exchange large volumes of data asynchronously in accordance with ISO-12855. This data concerns subscriptions, toll journeys, and toll payments by the carriers affiliated with them.

Initiated and implemented process optimization for the automatic generation of the message specification (ISO-12855 ) shared with service providers. This specification is used to generate the code foundation for message exchange. Co-developed the architecture for processing large volumes of messages every day. Established fully automated CI/CD through to production, with zero downtime. Responsible for the technical integration of seven European service providers and their incoming and outgoing data flows. Set up automated certificate management for client certificates used for data security (signing) and transport security (TLS). Functionally and technically responsible for monitoring message conversations and mitigating incidents.

Result: VWH went live very successfully on July 1, 2026. Approximately 1.4 million messages are processed every day. More than €100 million in tolls is collected for the Dutch government each month. Since going live, multiple releases containing improvements and new features have been deployed daily for several VWH components, without downtime.