DB Schenker News

DB Schenker, a leading, global integrated logistics provider, announced today the launch of its connect 4.0 shipping portal allowing customers a more user-friendly interface for booking and managing shipments around the corner or the world. This new portal will go beyond DB Schenker’s current online platform – eSchenker, offering shippers the ability to get a quote for an air or ocean shipment, book and track the shipment from pickup to delivery.

Leading global logistics provider DB Schenker has appointed Hessel Verhage, 47, as new CEO for the Region Americas effective August 1, 2019. Verhage will report to DB Schenker CEO Jochen Thewes and will be responsible for 24 countries in North, Central, and South America.

Deutsche Bahn to showcase innovations that will transform logistics • Innovative and digital infrastructure for reliable rail transport

Start-up challenge at Paris innovation fair Vivatech: Complete supply chain to be connected to better integrate customers and increase convenience and quality

By blending robotics, automation, and artificial intelligence into the warehousing environment, DB Schenker is finding new ways to offset long-standing challenges such as the shrinking labor market and the demands of high-velocity e-commerce business models.

Two Industry leaders team up to foster innovative technologies in a real-life environment.

Deutsche Bahn has joined in March 2017 the Science Based Targets initiative (SBT) of CDP, the UN Global Compact, the World Resources Institute and WWF.