DB Schenker announces Christoph Hemmann as Head of Airfreight for Region Americas
News, May 11, 2021
Christoph Hemmann is promoted to Air leadership position with a decade of global airfreight experience, the last two as the SVP Global Revenue Management Air Freight, DB Schenker.
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
DB Schenker optimizes capacity utilization with new BinPACKER algorithm
News, Mar 11, 2021
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
DB Schenker’s Golden Truck is Primed and Ready to Tour the U.S. in 2021
News, Jan 21, 2021
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.