Press release In 2022, DB Schenker celebrates its 150th corporate anniversary. Building on extensive experience in supply chain management, the Germany-headquartered company has long become one of the world’s leading logistics service providers. Today marks the kick-off into an anniversary year with a multitude of external and internal festivities, underlining DB Schenker’s vision of advancing businesses and lives by shaping the way the world connects. On July 1, 1872, Gottfried Schenker … [Read more...] about From carriages to drones: DB Schenker’s 150 years
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DB Schenker extends charter contract with Atlas Air
Atlas Air last week announced the extension of its partnership with Schenker Flight Services GmbH (DB Schenker), to provide air cargo charter flights for transpacific shipments. Atlas Air will provide charter capacity for shipments on the forwarder’s transpacific network. The new arrangement extends the dedicated capacity secured in 2020, which Atlas offers on multiple flights each week. Also read: DB Schenker starts air charter service to three continents “The timely and reliable … [Read more...] about DB Schenker extends charter contract with Atlas Air
Top European companies team up on carbon-free air freight
Last week German companies DB Schenker and Lufthansa Cargo announced that they will extend their weekly CO2-free freighter flights between Frankfurt and Shanghai throughout the entire winter flight schedule until March 2022. Coming on board is Finnish telecommunication network provider Nokia which has signed up to the initiative and pledged to reduce its emissions through the use of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) in a bid to create a greener supply chain. The fuel requirement for … [Read more...] about Top European companies team up on carbon-free air freight
Aramex, DB Schenker team up to tap market opportunities
Dubai-based freight forwarder Aramex and German logistics leader DB Schenker are looking to feed of each other's capabilities in Abu Dhabi and the wider Middle East and Africa region after the two companies signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU). The deal aims to drive forward synergistic opportunities in supply chain solutions across multiple critical industries to and from Abu Dhabi and the wider MEA region. The move comes as Aramex looks to expand its freight forwarding service … [Read more...] about Aramex, DB Schenker team up to tap market opportunities
PLA Global Wrap: Week 26
In this week's global wrap, we look back at B2B updates from week 26, including more recent commitments to adopt SAF and recent developments in unmanned air cargo delivery, with Dronamics and Hellmann announcing drone transport services as early as next year and DB Schenker and Volocopter conducting a joint static proof of concept for VoloDrone. Of course, we have the latest industry updates from the world's top airlines, airports, cargo handlers, forwarders and express operators, … [Read more...] about PLA Global Wrap: Week 26
PLA Global Wrap: Week 23
In PLA's week 23 global wrap, we feature DB Schenker's investment in robotics and AI startup Gideon Brothers, as well as the latest numbers from IATA for the month of April. We also feature orders and deliveries for Boeing and Airbus, along with the latest industry and B2B updates from carriers, forwarders as well as MRO and leasing service providers. Click here for week 22. DB Schenker bets on autonomous mobile robots DB Schenker is set to invest in Croatian robotics and AI … [Read more...] about PLA Global Wrap: Week 23