Land Transport

In the U.S., the truck driver shortage is causing a lot of headaches for shippers. Not only is it forcing carriers to pay out higher wages and, subsequently, pass those increases along to individual shippers, but the trend is also creating capacity issues for anyone that relies on truckload (TL)...

As retail fashion goods makers around the globe come up with creative ways of reaching their customers, DB Schenker Brazil is stepping in to help them make those valuable connections. Both within the country’s five main shopping hubs of São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Recife, Brasília, and Minas Gerais, and...

Global supply chain expansion presents exciting opportunities for companies that want to take advantage of the world marketplace. There are new markets to explore, new business partners to work with, and new customer bases to tap. But when companies go global, their freight covers longer distances and more entities are...

DB Schenker and MAN set up a partnership for the use of high-tech trucks on the A9 motorway Parties sign Memorandum of Understanding. High-tech trucks on the highway: this is the first partnership between a logistics enterprise and a truck manufacturer to develop networked truck convoys and test their use...

Fourth quarter is here, which means it’s time to strategize for the year-end holiday season. A busy time for shippers, carriers, and logistics providers, the end of each year always brings its own set of challenges and opportunities. This year is no different. On one hand, getting the right products...

As global supply chains continue to expand and stretch around the world, a growing number of companies are maximizing the power of these chains and transforming the way they do business. By working with multiple business partners located in different countries—and in many cases to manufacture the parts and equipment...

DB SCHENKERroad connects key ASEAN hubs to the rest of Asia. DB Schenker has launched an integrated Asia Pacific overland services – DB SCHENKERroad to offer customers and markets, a seamless suite of domestic and international over-land transport solutions. Having been in the Asia Pacific market for over half a...

Canadian Shipper Magazine explores how shifts in technology, geography, demand, and trade negotiations will affect an industry that employs over 120,000 Canadians. Caroly Gruske interviewed Rodrigo Simones, head of automotive and industrial vertical markets for the Americas, DB Schenker, Sao Paulo, Brazil. Although Simones says the North American automotive market...

When Chinese authorities placed the U.S. on its Zika virus “watch list” in August, the move sent shippers in a quandary as they scrambled to figure out how to comply with and/or work around the country’s new restrictions on shipping. The new regulations required that a third party must declare...

DB Schenker today announced that it has opened a new facility in Laredo, Texas, with 30,960 square feet of logistics management space, including 1,874 sq. ft. of office space. The new warehouse, which is located in the Killiam Industrial Park near the World Trade Bridge, supports another 150,000 sq. ft. facility that DB Schenker...