The Coronavirus pandemic has hit global supply chains with full force. Due to changing consumer behavior, stranded shipping containers are piling up in seaports with goods that can no longer be sold due to changing consumer behavior. In addition, growing consumer demand for certain goods, for example in the food or health sector, has led to an increase in production.
The lion starts to roar: Red Lion is our new regional logistics hub for high speed logistics
We successfully put our new flagship - and at 101 million euros, the largest investment in Schenker's history - into operation in Singapore this summer. The new 50,000 sqm logistics facility is equipped with the latest automation technology and provides first-class logistics services over five floors.
DB Schenker in Oman, one of the leading logistics providers and accustomed to managing hundreds of thousands of sea freight containers, engaged in a different kind of ocean experience for the third consecutive year.
Flights are being cancelled. Can you transport Coronavirus test kits?
#OurAnswerIsYES DB Schenker recently transported Coronavirus test kits on behalf of Korean pharmaceutical manufacturer SD Biosensor. The kits were transported by air freight to countries where the number of people infected with COVID-19 is particularly high, in order to quickly determine whether a person is infected or not. Despite the many flight cancellations, our Korean team was able to support SD Biosensor by shipping diagnostic kits to various destinations worldwide at short notice.
The Lausanne 2020 Winter Youth Olympic Games were held on January 9th to 22nd in Lausanne, Switzerland. The DB Schenker team were on hand before, during and after the games to provide logistics services to the organizing committee, its partners and select teams attending Lausanne 2020.
Start of warehouse operations for a renowned American healthcare manufacturer - a remarkable achievement from our Contract Logistics team in the Philippines during the current Coronavirus outbreak.
