DB Schenker News

Lettering of a Boeing 777F draws attention to CO2 avoidance through Sustainable Aviation Fuel

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