DB Schenker - Articles and news items

European rail freight history made as DB Schenker delivers first Poland to UK service

Rail industry news / 11 November 2011 /

European rail freight history was made at 0100 on Friday 11 November when DB Schenker delivered on-time the first of a regular new weekly container train from Poland to the UK.

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Drax Power agrees new three year contract with DB Schenker Rail UK

Rail industry news / 8 July 2011 /

Drax Power, operator of the UK’s largest power station, has awarded rail freight operator DB Schenker Rail UK a new three year contract to haul coal and limestone to the Drax Power Station in Yorkshire.

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DB Schenker Logistics invests more than €45m in Greater Helsinki

Rail industry news / 14 September 2010 /

With an investment volume of more than EUR 45 million, DB Schenker Logistics is building its new hub and corporate office for Finland in Vantaa, near the airport, in the northern suburbs of Helsinki. In addition, logistics facilities are being built for the capital of Finland in neighboring Kiila. The location to date, Metsälä, does not offer any room for further expansion and is to be converted into a residential area by the local government. (more…)

DB Schenker Rail to invest approx. EUR 410 million in new rolling stock

Rail industry news / 3 September 2010 /

DB Schenker Rail, the Deutsche Bahn freight operator, will invest approx. EUR 410 million primarily in new freight cars and locomotives throughout Europe this year. “This is a record amount which we plan to invest at exactly those points where there is increasing customer demand for our transport services and where modern equipment is required,” explained Dr. Karl-Friedrich Rausch, Member of the Management Board of DB Mobility Logistics AG, responsible for Transportation and Logistics. The fleet modernization process currently concentrates on freight cars for the coal and steel sector and for the chemicals and automotive industries. (more…)

UIC Sustainability Award 2010 handed out at the 11th Sustainability Conference in Madrid

Rail industry news / 18 June 2010 /

The second edition of the UIC Sustainability Awards Ceremony was held at 11th edition of the Sustainability Conference organised by the International Union of Railways (UIC) and the Spanish Railways Renfe in Madrid on 16 –17 June 2010.

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DB Netze weathers the economic crisis

Issue 2 2009, Past issues / 26 March 2009 /

Substantial sums are being spent on upgrading the German rail network. The German government has long held plans to introduce private capital into the holding of Deutsche Bahn AG (DB AG). This part privatisation has been postponed on account of the world economic crisis, but DB has been reorganised to make it easy to do so when conditions are more favourable.

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A stronger European rail freight network

Issue 6 2008, Past issues / 3 December 2008 /

EWS, the British rail freight operator, is soon to start trading under the name of DB Schenker. Who? DB Schenker might be a new name to the rail market in Britain, but throughout the mainland European rail network it is a major global logistics player.

DB Schenker is number one for rail freight transportation in Europe, and number one in land transportation in Europe. It is also the number two player in airfreight worldwide and number three in ocean freight worldwide.

It has global revenues of €17.9 billion (April 2008) and employs over 88,000 people worldwide. Put simply, the transportation and logistics services delivered through DB Schenker reach every part of the world.

When EWS and Deutsche Bahn announced earlier last year that they were exploring ways of working closer together, the objective of both companies was to help facilitate the formation of a stronger European rail freight network. The strategic discussions built on the EWS success story in France.

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