HGK Liquid Chemicals Shipping – using experience to reach our destination
Transporting liquid chemical products with or without any hazardous goods classification on about 60 company and chartered double-hull tankers has been the major focus at HGK Liquid Chemicals Shipping for many years. We are a long-standing partner of the chemical industry, providing reliable supplies and disposal for cargo such as acids, alkalis and many other liquid products. We transport about 6 million tonnes on the river Rhine and its tributaries as well as the North-West German canal region, to and from the chemical centres in the ARA region, Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands and France.
HGK Liquid Chemicals Shipping has been operating since 1922 and therefore has decades of contract-based customer relations and they are centrally managed from the Dutch town of Druten within the HGK Shipping Group. We transport sensitive liquid products using about 30 special ships that are unique in Europe; we provide some exclusive supply and disposal solutions for our customers and have the necessary quality systems to transport the goods in a reliable and safe manner.
In addition to our existing optimised cargo space for navigation routes and lot sizes, we are currently developing our fleet in the form of new vessels with innovative drive systems and payload capacity that is optimised for shallow-water levels.
