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Press 08/31/2023

Joint enterprise Contargo Combitrac Straubing-Sand will operate Straubing-Sand container terminal

A bidding consortium composed of container hinterland logistics network Contargo, SFI GmbH and the Ziegler Group has been successful in a Europe-wide call for tender for operation of the new bimodal container terminal in Straubing-Sand. On 30 August the bidders’ newly-founded joint enterprise, Contargo Combitrac Straubing-Sand GmbH, signed the business lease agreement for the terminal. The contract for terminal operation is expected to run from the second quarter of 2025.

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Press 08/01/2023

Contargo enlarges its management team

On 1 August Contargo GmbH & Co. KG is reorganising its management team: Holger Bochow, who has occupied various executive positions in the enterprise for many years now, will be the fifth Managing Director of Contargo GmbH & Co. KG. His colleague Uwe Storch already joined the management team on 1 March. Thomas Löffler will be successively reducing his commitments.

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Press 05/11/2023

Contargo receives 15 e-trucks from Volvo

Green supply chain “econtargo” gathers momentum: In a symbolic handover at the transport logistic in Munich, Contargo and Rhenus Trucking received a Volvo FH Electric truck from Volvo Trucks. This e-truck stands for a total of 15 vehicles of the same model that have already been delivered. As of now, they will enable Contargo to offer its customers throughout Germany a CO2e-reduced transport chain, formed by container transport by e-truck and rail, with trains driven by green electricity.

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Press 05/11/2023

Our new offering: econtargo, the CO2-reduced transport chain

As of now, we offer our customers a CO2-reduced transport chain. By booking “econtargo”, customers will not purchase mere compensation. They will be buying a combination of last mile by e-truck and main run by rail, using trains powered by green electricity. This will also give our customers an opportunity to reduce their own CO2e footprint.

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Press 05/11/2023

Contargo builds up the biggest private charging network for trucks in Germany

At the end of January, Rhenus Trucking GmbH & Co. KG awarded the biggest single contract so far for a private charging infrastructure in Germany to SBRS GmbH. SBRS is one of the leading suppliers of technology for electric charging infrastructures for road vehicles. In the course of this year, SBRS will install 33 loading points at 14 locations of Contargo in Germany. These will enable the trimodal container transport service provider to expand its fleet from the present count of seven e-trucks to 33 over the next few months.

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Joint enterprise Contargo Combitrac Straubing-Sand will operate Straubing-Sand container terminal

Contargo enlarges its management team

Contargo receives 15 e-trucks from Volvo

Our new offering: econtargo, the CO2-reduced transport chain

Contargo builds up the biggest private charging network for trucks in Germany