Contargo for Future_EN

An important generator of impulses

Follow the green line to learn more about various trends related to neo-ecology and what Contargo is already implementing.

Find out here what low-emission solutions Contargo is already using and what solutions are planned in future. To read on click here.

The most influential megatrend

Click here and follow the stations of the Connectivity megatrend to learn more about the ongoing increase in networking and the resultant new trends.

Minimising risks

Click here and follow the red line to the stations in the field of tension between security and effective functioning.

Focus on people

Start from here to read about the various trends in a changed work culture and what form they take at Contargo.

Democratisation of knowledge

Click here and discover along the blue line the impacts of this megatrend on enterprises, and how the knowledge culture at Contargo is changing.

The world is getting smaller

Along this line you can read about the chances for enterprises from globalisation and how Contargo is adapting to this megatrend.

Contargo wants to be climate neutral by 2050. You can read here about which stages have been achieved so far.

Read here about why Contargo promotes cycling.

Recycling Economy

In order to reduce the consumption of resources, regenerative models have to be increasingly used. This means that raw materials become products and products do not become waste, but generate new resources. This makes sense not only in ecological but also in economic terms. At Contargo, for example, old containers are passed on to aid projects. First they are used as transport for donated goods, and when they reach their destination they are given a new permanent use, for instance by schools or sports clubs. Contargo also often uses upcycled materials as promotion gifts, e.g. bracelets made from old fishing nets or car tyres upcycled into smartphone cases. In any case great efforts are always made to select only promotion items that are recyclable.

Green Tech

At many of its locations Contargo is already using technologies designed to avoid environmental pollution right from the start, or to reduce it – like electric trucks, hybrid reach stackers, electric shunting engines, LED lighting, heat pumps to heat the terminals, solar installations, speed-controlled cranes, diesel-electric hybrid barge technology and much more.

Post Growth Economy

With a slow-growing global economy, enterprises need business models that are independent of economic growth. Here Contargo is well positioned, because the enterprise offers customers and stakeholders solutions that are also socially and ecologically beneficial: more environmentally friendly transports using combined transport, regional commitment (sponsoring of sports clubs and social institutions), etc.

Nearshoring

The trend of offshoring, favoured for so long, is increasingly giving way to nearshoring. For Contargo nearshoring means being close to the customer. Contargo‘s closely-meshed hinterland network ensures proximity to the customer. At many terminals empty container depots are available to customers, and at some of these Contargo carries out container repairs on the spot. The short distances enable pre-carriage and on-carriage to be performed by truck.

Migration

In a globalised world some countries have continuous streams of immigrants and emigrants. For many Western European countries which have ageing populations and low birth rates accompanied by a big demand for labour, this can definitely hold opportunities. The challenge is to make creative, constructive use of the resulting diversity. At Contargo the integration of people with a migration background has been very successful so far, among other things because working together with other cultures is part of everyday life in an international enterprise.

With globalisation, new economic world powers and new transport routes emerge. Here you can read which of these are used by Contargo.

Lifelong learning

Everything is changing: work environments, job profiles, qualification requirements. Today, things once learned will not carry you through to retirement. Instead, lifelong learning is required. At the same time, many people also have the wish to learn something new or attain new professional goals. Contargo supports its employees with training, advanced courses, workshops and the acquisition of additional qualifications. Additionally, interested colleagues can find extensive information in the ContargoWiki, in Contargo’s internal magazine, and on the social media.

Talentism

The competition to acquire expert personnel is becoming fiercer. As young people no longer base their job choices on salary alone, Contargo also positions itself with its reputation, with further training possibilities, work-life balance, flat hierarchies and employee satisfaction. Wherever the enterprise does not find suitable applicants, it trains up its own next generation. On completing their qualifications, apprentices and graduates of dual study courses have excellent chances of being taken over by Contargo and soon being assigned their own areas of activity.

The question of who cooperates with whom is approached quite differently today. To learn more click here.

Company communication is now definitely no longer a one-way street. Click here to read more.

Enterprises that can be reached via many channels hear from their customers faster. Read more about this here.

Click here to find out why many cooks do NOT spoil the broth.

Contargo makes its own knowledge available to others. Click here to find out how and why.

Read here how Contargo helps its employees to keep their enjoyment of learning.

Collaboration

We understand collaboration as cooperation in teams, often via technical means. For instance, together with service provider Synyx, Contargo is developing its own software using the agile management method Scrum. This involves working together in temporarily formed teams made up of IT developers and practical logisticians. Employees with various positions at different locations also participate in the internal work and strategy groups at Contargo. Thanks to the in-house project management software, when forming the teams it is only necessary to ensure that the members have the time and the required specialist knowledge.

Corporate Health

Health management at Contargo goes beyond accident prevention, eye tests and ergonomic workstations. At some of its locations Contargo offers free mineral water, fruit, massages and flu vaccinations. Many employees take part with their colleagues in regional sports events or receive subsidies for a fitness centre subscription. On Contargo Health Day medical examinations and advice are offered.

Smart Devices

Items of equipment that are intelligently networked are known as smart devices. At Contargo these include, for example, the new reach stacker at the terminal in Neuss. The motor is connected by an app with the fleet manager in Neuss and the service technician, so that possible sources of errors and failures can be signalled and dealt with before they cause serious damage. Additionally, all data about movements and condition of the vehicle are transmitted to the screen of the fleet manager directly and in real time by the data telemetry system “RMS”.

Seamless Mobility

Thanks to digital networking fluent, seamless transfers for one transport mode to another are even easier to realise. Contargo aims at the interlinking of information flows and goods flows, and flexibilisation of transport processes in the sense of Industry 4.0. This means that transport chains become more flexible and can even be adjusted during the transport.

By clicking here, you can discover more about networking and interaction between digital systems at Contargo.

Work-Life-Blending

Wherever possible, Contargo tries to enable the intelligent combination of private and professional life, for instance by home office models and mobile office solutions. Instead of continuing the desperate attempt to balance two apparently separable worlds, Contargo is prepared to find solutions with parents and caregiving family members that are satisfactory for both areas.

Playfulness: Learning as play

Our world is complex, highly networked and is constantly changing. To find creative solutions, it is often helpful to take a ‘playful’ approach. Thus for events like management meetings and workshops, and in cooperations with universities, Contargo frequently adopts various formats like Barcamp, Speed Chatting, Roleplay, Mentimeter, Design Thinking or Future Café. In these activities the play approach is characterised by trying out new ideas with an open mind, by using trial and error, and by understanding failure as feedback. In order to develop a software program for crane automation, IT employees constructed a container crane model from 2,800 building blocks. Thanks to this model, programming success is immediately visible.

The term Business Ecosystems stands for the increasing networking of enterprises and sectors in the age of digitalisation. Click here to learn about an example at Contargo.

Service Economy

Time is money – a saying that applies more than ever today. So that customers can concentrate on their core tasks, Contargo offers a wide range of services: Contargo Network Service organises complex transport chains, and if wished will set down containers, transfer container contents and provide interim storage, stuffing, stripping and picking as well as customs clearance. At many locations customers can also leave the weighing of containers to Contargo. With IMTIS and the STAR app, Contargo offers its customers free services that help them to save costs, time and emissions.

In many areas today it makes sense not to wait for the perfect solution, but just to make a start. Here we show where Contargo has had the courage to take an incomplete solution as the starting-point.

Read here how Contargo resolves the conflict between security and agility.

Here you can find examples of the user-friendly features of Contargo’s IT solutions.

Digital Reputation

The question of a company’s standing and image is increasingly determined by its reputation on the social networks and the information that can be found about it on the internet. For this reason, Contargo monitors both print and online media as well as the social media. Contargo also posts its own information there in order to actively underline its own image.

How Contargo supports its own employees on the way to digitalisation.

Big volumes of data are already a valuable resource today. How does Contargo use Big Data?

How Contargo protects itself from criminal activities on the Internet.

Strategie 2030

The response to all megatrends has one aim in view: the Contargo Vision 2030. To access this directly, click here.