Welcome to Royal Wagenborg
Founded in 1898, Royal Wagenborg is an international maritime logistics conglomerate. The family owned and managed company offers a variety of maritime services with regard to shipping, ports & terminals and offshore services. Managed out of the Delfzijl (NL) headquarters, Wagenborg has built a global commercial network. With about 3,000 employees Wagenborg serves clients predominantly in the Baltic, northwest Europe, the Mediterranean, the Americas and the Far East.
Making our business more sustainable every day for future generations
In line to be the leading multi-purpose shipping company, Wagenborg renewed her long-term sustainability objectives, which we aim to achieve by 2030. The objectives support the UN Sustainable Development Goals to which we can most contribute and will help to guide us in prioritizing our sustainability-related effort and work.
Our history
1898
Founding father Egbert Wagenborg settled ashore and started a small, but successful concern in the area of shipping, towage and passenger services.
1953
With a large fleet of coasters and difficulty to find inspiration for new ship names, Wagenborg decides to name the ships after rivers with the extension "borg" added on.
1988
A change of management takes place as the fourth generation Wagenborg are appointed directors of Wagenborg.
2003
With the establishment of an office in Malmö and Montréal, Wagenborg is globally expanding.
2015
The walk to work vessel ‘Kroonborg’ was awarded Ship of the Year.
1924
Wagenborg completed the first charter: a cargo of roof tiles.
1966
Wagenborg introduced box-shaped holds to respond to the entry of the timber package trade.
1998
In the anniversary year, Wagenborg was awarded the designation “Royal”.
2014
Wagenborg completes an important period of 15 years of shipbuilding at several shipyards resulting in over 100 vessels between 8.000 and 21.000 DWT with the highest Finnish Ice Class.
2017
Wagenborg won the Maritime Shipping Award with her vessel type EasyMax, a leader in terms of sustainability with a load capacity of 14,300 DWT and a very low fuel consumption.
Read our latest case
Staying sustainable at sea
“Wagenborg was one of the players we were using for the spot deliveries, and we noticed they were very punctual – delivering in the right place at the right time. They also have a modern fleet and a strong focus on sustainability, so it was a logical partnership for UPM.”
Matti Tamminen
Head of Pulp Logistics UPM
Statement COVID-19
We all feel the impact of the Corona virus on our society. Your and our industry, are vital in many ways for supplying and producing consumer goods. As indicated by governments the transport of cargo should continue and we do our best to ensure this happens.
Latest News
Contact us
We are happy to help!