BLS Cargo Nord

BLS Cargo Nord is a Belgian rail freight company and a subsidiary of the freight operator BLS Cargo. It was formed in 2000 as Dillen and Le Jeune Cargo by Ronny Dillen and Jeroen Le Jeune and became the first private company to run freight trains in Belgium, breaking the monopoly of the state-owned operator. Its first container train, hauled for MSC from the Port of Antwerp to Aachen, ran in 2002, and a licence for the Dutch network followed in 2003. After a 2007 merger with Crossrail it traded as Crossrail Benelux, passed to Rhenus Group and LKW Walter in 2016, and was acquired by BLS Cargo in 2019. On 1 September 2025 it was rebranded BLS Cargo Nord and now operates BLS Cargo trains in Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany.