2006
It started on the road to Scandinavia.
CargoFlex begins as a trucking company.
CargoFlex history: twenty years on the road, and still changing
2016
Gas goes into the tank.
The first LNG trucks join the fleet.
2021
More trailers, more ways to move.
A bigger trailer fleet lets freight change between road, rail and sea.
2022
Red becomes green.
The new colour shows where the company is heading.
2022
Then the energy shock.
The war in Ukraine shakes supply chains and LNG prices. Resilience becomes part of sustainability.
2023
Bio-LNG from European sources.
Lower-carbon gas for the road, next to rail for the long distances.
2026
Twenty years. Two traffic centres, one team.
Lübeck and Riga now plan together directly: shorter information chains, faster quotes.
Today
69 trucks. 2.6 million km in six months.
53 of them can run on gas. Distance read from the trucks' own telematics, April to September 2026.
2027
Planned: the first electric trucks.
Also planned for 2027: a new site with warehouse space and better facilities for drivers, and about 200 more trailers.
The road ahead is still changing.
Twenty years on the road, and still changing.
From Scandinavian trucking to a measured, multimodal European network.
Every stop on the road
Each milestone with its source. Plans stay marked as plans until they happen.
2006
CargoFlex begins
A trucking company focused on transport to Scandinavia.
Source: CargoFlex, “From trucking to a partner for green logistics: 20 years of CargoFlex” (LinkedIn). Read more
2016
Into LNG
The first gas trucks join the fleet: the first step towards lower-emission road transport.
Source: 20-year retrospective (LinkedIn). Read more
2021
The trailer fleet grows
More trailers mean freight can move between truck, train and ship without waiting for the same tractor. The trailer travels on; the truck is free for the next job.
Source: 20-year retrospective (LinkedIn). Read more
2022
Red becomes green
The new colour is a visible sign of the ESG strategy and the focus on sustainable logistics.
Source: 20-year retrospective (LinkedIn). Read more
2022
The energy shock
The war in Ukraine shook supply chains. At times CargoFlex paid up to €5.19 for a kilogram of LNG. Sustainable logistics has to survive price shocks too.
The price as stated in our 20-year retrospective on LinkedIn. Read more
2023
Bio-LNG
Bio-LNG from sustainable sources, produced in Europe. Next to rail for the long distances, the road leg can now run on lower-carbon gas as well.
Source: 20-year retrospective (LinkedIn). Read more
2023
More trailers again
A second large expansion of the trailer fleet for transport across Europe.
Source: 20-year retrospective (LinkedIn). Read more
2025
ISO 9001 and ISO 14001
CargoFlex GmbH is certified for quality management and environmental management.
Announced on LinkedIn. The exact date and scope are on the certificate. Read more
2026
Twenty years
Celebrated with the team at the Lübeck traffic centre. Structures, technology and markets changed; the people who keep CargoFlex moving did not. One colleague has been part of it for fifteen years.
Source: CargoFlex, “20 years of CargoFlex. And far from finished.” (LinkedIn). Read more
2026
Lübeck and Riga, one team
Management and the Lübeck dispatch team work on site in Riga to coordinate directly between CargoFlex GmbH and CargoFlex SIA, without anyone in between.
Source: CargoFlex, “Greetings from our hub in Riga” (LinkedIn). Read more
Today
A fleet that reports on itself
69 truck tractors, 65 of them with telematics. 2,597,173 km in April to September 2026, read from the trucks' own odometers and GPS.
CargoFlex truck sheet and Mapon telematics. See the fleet
2027
The road ahead
- A new company site with warehouse space and better facilities for truck drivers.
- About 200 more trailers.
- The first electric trucks join the fleet.
Announced in our 20-year retrospective on LinkedIn. Plans can change. Read more
Two traffic centres. One operating team.
For years some of the coordination between CargoFlex GmbH in Lübeck and CargoFlex SIA in Riga ran through third parties. Now the two dispatch teams plan together directly.
For customers that means shorter information chains, quicker answers to transport requests, and shipment updates that arrive without detours.
- Distance driven in Germany
- 1,489,325 km
- Distance driven in Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia
- 412,930 km
- Truck-months on both sides of the Baltic Sea
- 45
Mapon trip data, April to September 2026. Trucks that work on both sides cross the Baltic Sea by ferry; none of them drove through Poland. Trailers also go by train between Duisburg and Kaunas.
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