Con­tar­go focu­ses on sus­taina­bi­li­ty at the Trans­port & Logi­stics in Antwerp

Con­tar­go is one of the big­gest con­tai­ner logi­stics enter­pri­ses in Euro­pe. Over the past months the enter­pri­se has con­tin­ued to expand its net­work in the Bene­lux count­ries with the take­over of HE-Logistics, Trans­port Clyn­hens, Hon­koop Bar­ging and Ber­ry Logistics.

With the­se acqui­si­ti­ons, Con­tar­go is also streng­thening com­bi­ned trans­port, with the aim of making a signi­fi­cant con­tri­bu­ti­on to cli­ma­te pro­tec­tion in the trans­port sec­tor. Today, the enter­pri­se alre­a­dy trans­ports 69 per­cent of goods by bar­ge, 23 per­cent by rail and eight per­cent by truck. In 2020 Contargo’s trans­ports using all three trans­port modes gene­ra­ted 189,000 ton­nes of CO_2., whe­re­as the­se same trans­ports car­ri­ed out by truck alo­ne would have emit­ted 350,000 ton­nes of CO₂. Thus it was pos­si­ble to save 46 per­cent of CO₂ within one year, just by using com­bi­ned transport.

E‑trucks save CO₂

Howe­ver, that is not enough for Con­tar­go: for some months now, the ser­vice pro­vi­der has been offe­ring a trans­port chain with even lower emis­si­ons, mar­ke­ted under the name of “econ­tar­go”. Cus­to­mers who book this ser­vice are not purcha­sing mere com­pen­sa­ti­on – they are secu­ring com­bi­ned trans­port that uses e‑trucks for the last mile, and trains dri­ven by green elec­tri­ci­ty for the main run. With this low-emissions opti­on Con­tar­go offers its cus­to­mers an oppor­tu­ni­ty to redu­ce their own CO₂e foot­print.

Modern bar­ges

In future, bar­ges are also to be to be inte­gra­ted into “econ­tar­go”. From 2024, Con­tar­go will be com­ple­ting the electrically-powered sup­p­ly chain with low-emission bar­ges dri­ven by a com­bi­na­ti­on of hydro­gen fuel cells, modern Stage VI engi­nes and elec­tric batteries.

Con­tar­go will be pre­sen­ting the­se and other topics in Hall 4, Stand 4.122 at the Trans­port & Logi­stics in Antwerp.

With an annu­al trans­port volu­me of 2.1 mil­li­on TEU, Con­tar­go is one of the lar­gest con­tai­ner logi­stics net­works in Euro­pe. Con­tar­go inte­gra­tes con­tai­ner trans­port bet­ween the wes­tern sea­ports, the Ger­man North Sea ports and the Euro­pean hin­ter­land. Con­tar­go has 24 con­tai­ner ter­mi­nals at its dis­po­sal in Ger­ma­ny, France and Switz­er­land and addi­tio­nal loca­ti­ons in Ger­ma­ny, the Net­her­lands, Bel­gi­um and Pol­and. The enter­pri­se also ope­ra­tes its own bar­ge and rail lines. In 2022 the work­force of more than 1,200 employees achie­ved a tur­no­ver of 711 mil­li­on Euro.