H.Essers, the Genk-based family logistics group (one of Belgium’s largest 3PLs, with chemical and healthcare specialisation), has put electric trucks into service on its Benelux network — joining EUTRACO, Van Moer and the multinational 3PLs in building the region’s named-fleet evidence base.

The significance is archetypal: H.Essers is the profile of company that decides European mid-market electrification — large, private, conservative, route-diverse, with chemical-industry customers whose scope-3 reporting pressures its subcontractors. When such groups move from pilot to service, it’s because the TCO closed on their own numbers, in the region where the CO₂-graded toll now pays them €0.166/km of differential to find out.

For other Benelux family groups (the Ninatrans profile — publicly sceptical pending TCO proof), the region’s evidence is now dense enough to benchmark against directly: EUTRACO’s 54 trucks on 14.4 MW, Van Moer’s deployments, H.Essers’ entry, plus the multinationals’ local fleets. Our Belgium case study and country guide compile the evidence; fleet visits are our planned next step.