DB Schenker

DB Schenker is a division of German rail operator Deutsche Bahn AG that focuses on logistics. The company was acquired by Deutsche Bahn as Schenker-Stinnes in 2002. It comprises divisions for air, land, sea freight, and Contract Logistics.

DB Schenker
Logistics, freight transport
PredecessorSchenker Stinnes Logistics
Headquarters
Essen
,
Germany[1]
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
  • Jochen Thewes
    (CEO)
    Oliver Seidl
    (CFO)
  • Thorsten Meincke
    (COO Air & Ocean)
  • Christian Drenthen
    (COO Land Transport)
  • Xavier Garijo
    (Board Member Contract Logistics)
  • Markus Sontheimer
    (CIO/CDO)
  • Thomas Schulz
    (CHRO)
ProductsTransportation and logistics
Revenue€16.4 billion[2]
Number of employees
72,000[3]
ParentDeutsche Bahn AG
DivisionsLand Transport, Air Freight, Ocean Freight, Contract Logistics, Lead Logistics
WebsiteDB Schenker
See also: Schenker AG

History

In his biography, then CEO of Deutsche Bahn Hartmut Mehdorn justified the acquisition of international logistics companies with customer demands. In 2000, analysis had shown the 200 largest customers ship up to 60% of their freight abroad.[4] Since the core operating territory had been Germany, customers were lost to competitors with a more compelling international offer. There was no time to grow organically in such markets.[5] This analysis led to the acquisition of Stinnes AG and the associated brand name Schenker. Since December 2007 DB Schenker has been the freight logistics subsidiary of Deutsche Bahn. DB Schenker combines all transport and logistic activities of Deutsche Bahn (except rail cargo), employing over 72000 staff spread across about 2,000 locations in about 140 countries.

Organization

Schenker AG and its many subsidiaries handle worldwide logistics operations including Land Transport, Air and Ocean Freight as well as Contract Logistics/SCM, and is part of the DB Schenker organization. Since 2016, rail freight business no longer operates under the brand DB Schenker Rail. Instead, it operates as a standalone business unit under the brand name DB Cargo in Deutsche Bahn Group.[6]

Key Customers

DB Schenker serves many global and local firms across all industries. Notably, DB Schenker manages large and complex supply chains for multinationals such as Apple[7], Procter & Gamble[8], Dell[9], ASML[10], BMW[11] and many more.

Controversies

In 2016, DB Schenker was convicted for consecutive cases of corruption in St. Petersburg, Russia, bribing local customs officials from 2010 to mid-2012. At the time, DB Schenker involved a Russian agency for enabling the rapid flow of shipments to carmaker Ford’s St. Petersburg facility. DB Schenker had to pay a penalty of €2m.[12]

In September 2015, then and current CEO Jochen Thewes slapped and pushed a cab driver, who refused to pick up a drunken Thewes, in downtown Singapore. He also kicked the car and caused damage. Thewes was eventually sentenced to a fine of S$1000 and two weeks of jailtime in Singapore.[13]

In 2020, DB Schenker was accused of unfair price dumping during the Coronavirus recession and related market turbulences. Using its status as a state-owned company (as subsidiary of Deutsche Bahn), it offered prices below its own production costs for some European land routes via the freight exchange Timocom.[14]

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See also

References
  1. "About DB Schenker".
  2. "Key Figures 2017 Deutsche Bahn IR". Deutsche Bahn AG. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
  3. "About DB Schenker".
  4. "Geschäftsbericht 2001 (p. 13)" (PDF). Deutsche Bahn IR. April 23, 2002. Retrieved May 7, 2019.
  5. Hartmut Mehdorn: «Diplomat wollte ich nie werden». Hoffmann und Campe, Berlin 2007, ISBN 978-3-455-50047-9, p. 114.
  6. "DB Cargo". Deutsche Bahn IR. Retrieved 2019-02-17.
  7. "DB Schenker to manage new Apple distribution centre in India - Lloyd's Loading List". www.lloydsloadinglist.com. Retrieved 2019-05-06.
  8. "Procter & Gamble is latest to take over Inland warehouse, shifting 500-plus Schenker staff". Press Enterprise. 2019-03-04. Retrieved 2019-05-06.
  9. "Hoxton Park Grand Opening". DB Schenker. Retrieved 2019-05-06.
  10. "Grand Opening of ASML's TSS Center operated by DB Schenker". DB Schenker. Retrieved 2019-05-06.
  11. "DB befördert 2016 über 40.000 Container zwischen China und Deutschland". DB Schenker (in German). Retrieved 2019-05-06.
  12. "DB Schenker Convicted of Bribery". CargoForwarder Global. 2016-11-06. Retrieved 2019-05-06.
  13. "CEO gets jail for slapping cabby". The Straits Times. 2016-09-15. Retrieved 2019-05-06.
  14. Rathmann, Matthias (2020-04-08). "Frachten weiter unter Druck: DB Schenker lockt mit Billigpreisen". Eurotransport (in German). Retrieved 2020-04-16.
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