Tag: DB Cargo
Board examines cuts in freight transport
Freight station in Halle/Saale Of 144 train formation facilities, only ten could remain after 2024. (Photo: dpa) Hamm On the board of directors of Deutsche Bahn (DB), rail freight boss…
Board examines clearcutting in freight transport
Freight station in Halle/Saale Of 144 train formation facilities, only ten could remain after 2024. (Photo: dpa) Hamm On the board of directors of Deutsche Bahn (DB), rail freight boss…
“The number of attacks from Russia is increasing”
Berlin Only a few days in office and already in alarm mode. Claudia Plattner is the new head of the Federal Office for Information Security (BSI). The 49-year-old is taking…
Deutsche Bahn: works council fights against split plans
Hamm The employees of Deutsche Bahn (DB) are resisting new demands to separate the rail network from the state-owned company’s operations. “If the integrated group were to be split up,”…
The federal government and the railways are expecting disaster from Brussels
Freight wagons from DB Cargo Deutsche Bahn rejects accusations from Brussels that it received subsidies that distorted competition. (Photo: IMAGO/photothek) Berlin The federal government fears trouble from Brussels. According to…
Rail freight companies rebel against Transport Minister Wissing
Freight train near Stuttgart Transport Minister Wissing expects more freight trains, but calculates without new routes, criticizing the railway companies. (Photo: IMAGO/Arnulf Hettrich) Berlin. The rail freight companies in Germany…
EVG largely paralyzes traffic in Germany
EVG warning strike Many trains are likely to be canceled or delayed on Friday. (Photo: dpa) Berlin In the collective bargaining dispute at the railways, the EVG union has largely…
EVG strike largely paralyzes rail traffic in Germany
EVG warning strike Many trains are likely to be canceled or delayed on Friday. (Photo: dpa) Berlin In the collective bargaining dispute at the railways, the EVG union has largely…
Wissing relies on new truck drives instead of trains
coal train Because less oil and coal will be driven through Germany in the future, fewer heavy freight trains will be on the road, the Ministry of Transport expects. (Photo:…
Auditors advise breaking up Deutsche Bahn AG
Volker Wissing The Federal Transport Minister at the presentation of new ICE trains. (Photo: Reuters) Berlin With drastic words, the President of the Federal Court of Auditors, Kay Scheller, calls…
Deutsche Bahn: Code word “Infra-Go” – Dispute over leadership of the major project
Federal Transport Minister Volker Wissing The FDP politician – here presenting a hydrogen train – has made Deutsche Bahn a top priority and wants more action on the subject of…
Waterways & Co. challenge logisticians
Berlin. In view of the extreme low water on the Rhine, the federal government is becoming more aware of investing more in the waterways that are central to the economy.…
DB boss Richard Lutz expects higher profits and more unpunctuality
Richard Lutz The head of Deutsche Bahn is preparing passengers and corporate customers for additional delays because major construction sites will hinder operations. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf Bahn boss Richard Lutz…
Bahn subsidiary Schenker brings the group into the profit zone
freight train Only a billion profit from the logistics subsidiary Schenker brings Deutsche Bahn into the black. (Photo: dpa) Frankfurt A billion-dollar profit by the rail logistics subsidiary Schenker has…
Federal government pushes Getreidebrücke forward with guarantees and subsidies
Berlin The German agricultural traders are calling for concerted action by politicians and business to organize grain exports from the Ukraine at the beginning of the harvest season and to…
Industry expects damage in the billions
Dusseldorf A train passenger usually needs less than five hours from the Dutch border in Venlo to Kehl am Rhein, despite having to change trains three times. Rail transport companies…
Boss Lutz prepares for hard times
The boss of the highly subsidized state-owned company spoke of “growing pains”. The demand is growing, at the same time the network has to be renewed and expanded. His solution…
The Greens learn free trade with Robert Habeck
Celebrities who come to Davos for the World Economic Forum like to make two commitments: one for a better world, the second for free trade. But never before has anyone…
Ukraine war: Federal government plans “grain bridge”
Grain The federal government wants to transport up to 52 containers or several thousand tons of grain out of the Ukraine with each train. (Photo: dpa) Berlin, Frankfort Railway transports…
Deutsche Bahn Cargo warns of Easter chaos on the rails
freight train The most important freight transport route in the republic will be closed from Friday. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Even the cargo subsidiary of Deutsche Bahn AG couldn’t sugarcoat the…