Contargo Management

Jürgen Albersmann was born on 2 October 1970 in Steinfurt. After studying economics, he commenced his professional career in a logistics company in Osnabrück. In 2003 he joined a rail company as Key Account Manager, completing an Executive MBA in parallel, and subsequently working in the central strategy department and in international business development. From 2009 to 2013 Albersmann occupied an executive position with a port operator. In 2013 he joined the Contargo Group as Managing Director of Contargo Neuss GmbH.

Since 1 July 2018 Jürgen Albersmann has been part of the management team of Contargo with a focus on the Group’s terminal activities and corporate technics, IT software development, security and procurement. On 01.03.2023 Jürgen Albersmann was appointed Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Management Board. In this function he has responsibility for the areas of digitalisation, sustainability and communication as well as the strategic development of the enterprise.

Holger Bochow was born on 8 June 1973 in Wiesbaden. His first contacts with Rhenus were during his industrial engineering studies in Darmstadt, and subsequently when working with a consultancy. At the headquarters in Holzwickede he was responsible for information management in the Rhenus Port Logistics division. In 2005 Holger Bochow became Managing Director of the company that is now Contargo AG in Basel. In the meantime, he was also Managing Director of Contargo SARL in Ottmarsheim and Contargo Weil am Rhein GmbH. Since 2015 Holger Bochow has been a member of the administrative board of Gateway Basel Nord AG.

In 2023 Holger Bochow joined the management of Contargo, where he is responsible for all operative hinterland locations, container terminals and technology.

Thijs van den Heuvel was born on 29 December 1979 in Zeist, Netherlands. After studying Business Engineering at the university of applied sciences Hogeschool Utrecht, he began his career in logistics in 2002 as a shipping dispatcher with Bargetainer. In 2004 he changed to BCTN, working first as Terminal Manager of the terminal in Venray, then from 2007 as Sales Manager for all terminals, finally rising to Deputy Managing Director. In 2011 he continued his career as Cluster Manager Germany for APM Terminals and in 2013 moved to Bangkok (Thailand) for APM Terminals as manager of a rail terminal. In 2017 he returned to the Netherlands as COO of Combi Terminal Twente (CTT).

Since December 2023 Thijs van den Heuvel has occupied the position of COO Transport Network at Contargo. In this function he is responsible for network transports (barge, rail and direct trucking).

Uwe Storch was born on 6 May 1977 in Bensheim an der Bergstrasse, Hesse. After studying business administration at the University of Cooperative Education, Mannheim, he began his career in 2002 as a trainee in Rhenus Contract Logistics, initially in project management, going on to accounting and then controlling. In 2005 he took over in the Accounting/Controlling department as regional controller for Rhenus Contract Logistics Region Süd. In 2011 he went to Rhenus Automotive, where he supported the startup phase of the Chemnitz location. In 2012 he then switched to the Contargo Group as an authorised signatory and commercial manager.

On 01.03.2023 Uwe Storch was appointed to the management of Contargo, where he holds the position of CFO and is responsible for Finance/Controlling, HR and Corporate Services.