Cargus to invest 40 million Euro in its Romanian network of lockers

Cargus announces that it will place 300 parcel lockers in Bucharest, this month, as the first step of its plan to invest in the out of home delivery solution, SHIP & GO. The lockers will be placed in retail networks, gas stations and also residential areas.

This will be by far Cargus’ major focus in the next period with an estimated investment of 40 million euro in the following 2,5 years, in extending the network in other major cities, the entire infrastructure and user experience tools.

The lockers are produced by SwipBox, an international supplier of automated parcel machines (APM) solutions, with a presence in over 60 countries.

“It is mandatory to take a step forward and adapt to the market’s new reality and demand – efficient, easy to use and sustainable way to deliver products. The launch of Cargus’ lockers represent an important milestone in our development strategy – they complete our national out of home network and offer an innovative solution to ecommerce businesses, local and international, and their customers. The next years will be a paradigm shift for Cargus and, I believe, for the entire courier market”, says Olivier Van Houtte, CEO Cargus.