DB Schenker News

Volocopter and DB Schenker perform joint logistics demonstration during the ITS World Congress 2021 in Hamburg • Electric VoloDrone conducts its first public test flight • Take-off for next generation logistics and eVTOL solutions

New DB Schenker unit to support ideas transforming logistics • Venture capital investments in early-stage business models and start-ups • Founder-centric venture studio together with MVP Factory • “We want to build a digital and climate-friendly future”

On July 1, the pioneer of urban air mobility (UAM), Volocopter, and international logistics leader, DB Schenker, announced that they have successfully conducted a joint static proof of concept (PoC) at Messe Stuttgart for VoloDrone ground operations in logistic centers.

As dozens of containers of goods arrived at the U.S. east coast, it has marked the successful completion of the first trial and its official launch of the "Land Bridge - China to US" rail-sea intermodal transportation solution.

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

DB Schenker and Volocopter team up to shape the future of drone logistics.

The affected warehouse is a neighboring facility and is NOT a Schenker warehouse.

Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation (HKSTP) has awarded a 10-year exclusive logistics services contract to DB Schenker, a global leading logistics service provider, to support the development of Asia’s first multi-industry advanced manufacturing facility, integrated with automated and smart logistics solutions.

This first CO2-neutral freight flight is made possible by a cooperation between DB Schenker and Lufthansa Cargo.