Volocopter and DB Schenker announce first blueprint for VoloDrone operations
News, Jul 1, 2021
Successful joint static Proof of Concept completed • Partners create efficient processes to manage personnel, payloads and automated ground vehicles • Tangible and operational data available to enter the way into the next dimension of transport
Premiere in Germany’s capital: VoloDrone visits Berlin for the first time
News, Jun 18, 2021
Volocopter and DB Schenker present innovative cargo drone at National Aviation Conference in Germany • Politicians and industry show interest in emission-free transport solution of the future • “Possible applications in logistics are limitless”
DB Schenker invests in autonomous mobile robotics pioneer Gideon Brothers
News, Jun 8, 2021
31 million USD Series A round to accelerate development of AI & 3D vision-based solutions • Xavier Garijo joins Board of Directors • Securing access to best-in-class intelligent material handling solutions for DB Schenker’s customers
DB Schenker signs partnership with SkyCell: Temperature-controlled containers for lifesaving medicine and Covid-19 vaccines
News, May 4, 2021
Milestone agreement for the lease of SkyCell’s hybrid pharma containers • Containers maintain constant temperatures for more than a week • Suitable for all Covid-19 vaccines on the market
For up to 30 million doses monthly: DB Schenker transports filling line to build up vaccine capacities against the pandemic
News, Apr 13, 2021
Antonov charter flight from Germany to the US • 82 tons of pharmaceutical equipment to set up a vaccine production line • Vaccine production aimed to support several countries
Countdown to zero: DB Schenker and Lufthansa Cargo launch regular CO2-neutral freight connection from Europe to China
News, Mar 31, 2021
Weekly cargo flight rotations from Frankfurt to Shanghai • 100% real carbon dioxide avoidance through Sustainable Aviation Fuel • 20,250 tons less greenhouse gases in the summer flight schedule • Mercedes-Benz, ZF and Merck among the first customers
Record capital expenditures to return DB to profitability • Pandemic-related losses extremely high in 2020
News, Mar 25, 2021
Pandemic causes sharp drop in passenger numbers, revenues and profits • DB CEO Richard Lutz: "Demand for train travel and freight transport will return – we are a vaccine for climate change" • DB expects to return to profitable business in 2022