DB Schenker News

More than 15 years of experience in the region • Profound ocean freight expert • Multi-cultural leader comes from Kühne + Nagel

New Board member to join in September from Deutsche Bahn AG • Markus Sontheimer to leave Schenker on his own accord

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

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

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

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

Algorithm calculates the most efficient loading solution • Increase of capacity utilization by up to 10 per cent • Faster pricing and more transparent quotations • Efficiency gains towards more sustainable logistics

Milestone in DB Schenker’s Cloud Strategy • Big Data Analytics for enhanced supply chain performance • First cloud migration projects in realization

A brand name that’s synonymous with over the road (OTR) trucking, DB Schenker will be hitting the road in 2021 to showcase its trucking capabilities in the U.S. and North America.

In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, DB Schenker has extended its global flight network. For the first time in its company history, own-controlled flights connect America, Europe and Asia directly.