HISTORY
Data and facts referring to 182 years of company history
The first three and a half decades of the company's history were characterised by steam shipping on the Rhine and an increase in Rhine-Sea shipping.
The takeover of various shipping agencies with connections to the seaports on the North Sea and Baltic Sea, the founding of the Neuss branch and the beginnings as a trade fair forwarding agent characterised this period.
The former forwarding and shipping company developed into a universal company for the shipping industry and organised transportation by ship, rail, lorry or plane.
Further branch foundations and the expansion of forwarding services to nationwide and European logistics networks in a partner network characterise the development to this day.
In 2016, Oliver Rüter, the fourth generation of the CretschmarCargo family, spun off L.W. Cretschmar Süd GmbH & Co. KG to strengthen the company's activities in Spain, which have been ongoing since 1968.