Private company

Katoen Natie

Logo: Els Vanhoof, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons⁴

Logistics services company

Katoen Natie is an international logistics service provider and port operator based in Antwerp, Belgium. The company is present in 36 countries in five continents and employs about 13,000 people worldwide.² Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

1854Founded¹

HeadquartersAntwerpen¹
Websitewww.katoennatie.com
Legal formNaamloze vennootschap³
LEI549300U0BLKP6Y8LPX16³
StatusActive³
LEI statusIssued and current³
Registered addressVan Aerdtstraat 33, 2060 Antwerpen, Belgium³
Registered withFederal Public Service Economy (Ministry of Economy), 0404778426³

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Katoen Natie is an international logistics service provider and port operator based in²

Corporate structure

Katoen Natie sits at the top of its group. 12 entities, 3 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Katoen Natie Antwerpen, Belgium
- Elia Stake · 9.3% · Brussels, Belgium
  - 50Hertz Transmission Berlin, Germany
    - 50Hertz Offshore Berlin, Germany
  - EUROGRID INTERNATIONAL Brussel, Belgium
    - Eurogrid Berlin, Germany
  - ELIA GRID INTERNATIONAL Subsidiary · Brussels, Belgium
  - ELIA TRANSMISSION BELGIUM Subsidiary · Brussels, Belgium
    - ELIA ASSET Subsidiary · Brussels, Belgium
      - 1 more
  - WINDGRID Subsidiary · Brussels, Belgium
- Terminal Cuenca del Plata S.A. Subsidiary · 80% · Montevideo, Uruguay

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

What it owns

What Katoen Natie reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.

Stakes and holdings (Wikidata)

Elia Group 9.3%

Things Wikidata records the company as owning, with the share when stated.¹

The story

Incorporated in 1854 as a cooperative in the port of Antwerp (Belgium), the original activities of Katoen Natie consisted of typical wharfinger activities: the reception and handling of goods on the docks, especially cotton – hence the ‘Katoen’ in the name- and other primary resources such as jute, coffee, cocoa, wool, rubber, aluminum. The wharfinger (Natie) traditionally formed the link between the stevedoring (loading and discharging of ships) and transport activities to and from the hinterland.

In the 1980s the range of sectors was expanded to include consumer goods (e.g. textiles, electronics, DIY articles, fast-moving consumer goods) and the petrochemical, chemical and automotive industries.

The 1990s marked a strong international growth for Katoen Natie. Today, the company is present in Europe, North America, South America, the Middle East, Southeast Asia, and Africa.

From Wikipedia’s article on Katoen Natie, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.⁵

Products and brands

According to the company Katoen Natie, it offers integrated logistics solutions, including warehousing and storage, packing and (re)packaging, transport and distribution, value-added services, cleaning and repair, projects & process engineering and port operations. Each business unit has its own set of services:

Petrochemicals

Katoen Natie offers a global logistic service for the petrochemicals' industry. The supply scope includes product related activities such as homogenizing, drying, sieving, deodorizing, grinding and dedusting plastics.

Specialty chemicals

The company provides a link between producers and end-users of specialty chemicals and high-tech plastics.

Consumer goods

It manages the logistics and distribution of fast-moving goods such as textiles, DIY, sporting goods, consumer electronics, preserved food, etc.

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Industry

The Industry business group offers supply chain solutions to customers in the automotive world, such as vehicle manufacturers, first and second tier suppliers and suppliers to the aftermarket. This business unit also offers solutions to manufacturers and distributors of industrial products, such as machinery, tools and semifinished products.

General cargo & commodities

This business unit provides logistics and engineering services. From transport and reception of general cargo and commodities to the conditioning, repackaging and distribution towards the final customer, among other services.

Port operations

Katoen Natie offers stevedoring and terminal services for containers, general cargo, rolling stock and forest products. It also provides container depots, maintenance & repair and warehousing services in ports in Europe and South America.

Processing & projects

This business unit is active in designing and building industrial processing lines and logistics terminals. Services offered range from process technologies, product handling, dosing, mixing, storage characteristics, process controls to total project management of green-field terminal/facility build: permit requests, civil and mechanical construction, utility analyses and tie-ins to local networks.