GERMANY: CargoBeamer has reduced its management board from five to three members and appointed Markus Fischer as chief executive.
The changes took effect on 1 August and were announced on 20 August. He has been the Leipzig-based company’s chief financial officer since 2016 and keeps the finance portfolio alongside the new role. He succeeds Nicolas Albrecht, chief executive since early 2022, who moves to the supervisory board as its new chairman.
Robert A. Osterrieth, who had chaired the board since 2019, remains a member. Nicolas Albrecht joins it as representative of the company’s largest shareholder and will focus on capital strategy, expansion options, investor management and long-term governance, according to the announcement.
Board reduced to three roles
Tilman Apitzsch becomes chief commercial officer, replacing Boris Timm, who leaves the company by mutual agreement. Julian Hagenschulte, chief digital officer since the start of 2026, takes the expanded role of chief digital and technology officer.
He absorbs the board responsibilities of co-founder Hans-Jürgen Weidemann, who steps down from the board but remains with the company in a senior position.
Helrom assets passed to Greenbrier
Frankfurt-based operator Helrom, CargoBeamer’s competitor in the segment for non-craneable semitrailers, filed for insolvency a second time in May and is being wound down.
Its patented swing-tray wagons and the associated intellectual property passed to manufacturer Greenbrier Europe, which offers them for lease and sale.
Network and volumes
CargoBeamer runs its own patented horizontal transhipment system on connections in six European countries and operates three terminals, two of them under expansion. Volumes rose more than 30% in June year on year, after double-digit growth across 2025.
A new terminal in Kaldenkirchen is scheduled to open in early 2027. The Domodossola terminal is due to follow later the same year.