DB Schenker Australia opens one of the largest multi-client contract logistics facilities
DB Schenker Australia is opening its new contract logistics facility in Hoxton Park, NSW. Size does matter to Schenker! With the size of the internal site being nearly 8 football fields which equals approximately 538,000 sq ft. and approximately 161,000 sq ft. external under cover area, this facility is a great addition to Schenker Australia’s Contract Logistics […]
DB Schenker Partners with Sauza® Tequila in Guadalajara, Mexico
DB Schenker opens a brand-new, 60,000-square-foot logistics facility for Tequila Sauza, a Beam Suntory brand, in Guadalajara, Mexico. At this dedicated facility, Beam Suntory will be using DB Schenker’s full scope of contract logistics capabilities to manage the export of its finished goods. (Markus Riepe – Contract Logistics Director DB Schenker Mexico, Enrique Valera – Managing […]
Expanding Our Global Contract Logistics Footprint
DB Schenker opens new Contract Logistics facilities in Malaysia, New Zealand, China & Guatemala DB Schenker is your international partner for complex logistics solutions along your entire supply chain and for defined areas of your logistics – from the supplier to delivery to the customer, from reverse logistics to aftermarket support. Contract logistics means more […]
DB Schenker (Cambodia) – Ready to do business
In a move to strengthen its foothold in the fast-growing market of Cambodia, DB Schenker announced the opening of its new company, DB Schenker (Cambodia) Limited effective January 1, 2015. With the creation of this new business entity, DB Schenker fully takes over the business and operations of its former exclusive partner in Cambodia, SGL […]
Sometimes Moving Massive Components Requires a Velvet Touch
by Lisa Cain How do you move a 175,000 lbs (79,400 kg) industrial kiln and two of its 15,000 lbs (6,750 kg) combustion chambers from their custom manufacturer in Germany to their final destination in Akron, Ohio? You hire the right logistics team. A DB Schenker customer for over 20 years, Rockwell Automation, Inc. is […]
DB Schenker in Canada Supports TO2015 Sport Equipment Fund
Schenker of Canada Limited is proud to announce the expansion of its partnership with the TORONTO 2015 Pan Am/Parapan Am Games. DB Schenker is supporting the TO2015 Sport Equipment Fund by planning and executing the efficient delivery of products to the National Paralympic Committees (NPCs). The TO2015 Sport Equipment Fund supports the development of Paralympic […]
Toronto 2015 donating specialised sports equipment to encourage Para-sport participation
Read “Toronto 2015 donating specialised sports equipment to encourage Para-sport participation”, Inside the Games – by Paul Osborne. The 27 Chef de Missions for the Games have been given access to sport equipment at a special marketplace set up for them by the Toronto 2015 at the Sheraton Centre Toronto. The marketplace provides specialised wheelchairs designed […]
Moving sensitive cargo, on time and damage free!
Introducing Mark Oldershaw, Sprint Canoe, Burlington, Ontario. It takes more than a strong will to be a National Champion and Olympian, and it takes more than a knowledge of Logistics to help world-class athletes get to the podium. Mark Oldershaw is a third generation sprint canoeist, winning Bronze at both the 2012 Olympic Games and […]
The art of staying in motion.
No one knows better than David Mulcahy how much faster the business has become in the last 25 years. Mulcahy is Operations Manager at Maxell Europe. His answer: exactly 1,716 times faster. In the late 1980s, the tape in a Maxell VHS cassette crawled along at a speed of 2.33 centimeters per second. Today, in […]
Trends in Global Freight Seems to Move Toward Near-Sourcing
A report from Global Freight Forwarding 2014 draws this conclusion. Manufacturers are focusing away from globalization and towards regionalizations resulting in freight forwarding strategy changes and new product solutions. For example, China is no longer the automatic location choice. New opportunities are opening up in Africa, the Middle East, South America. Emerging markets such as […]
