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Deutsche Bahn

Deutsche Bahn AG is the national railway company of Germany, and a state-owned enterprise under the control of the German government. Headquartered in the Bahntower in Berlin, it is a joint-stock company.

DB Schenker launches railway logistics terminal in Romania

Constanța, Romania (PortSEurope) April 5, 2023 – DB Schenker Romania has opened a new intermodal terminal for the transfer of goods arriving in...

DB Schenker signs biofuel contract with MSC

Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) February 16, 2023 – DB Schenker has signed a contract to use 12,000 metric tons of biofuel component for all of its own...

Deutsche Bahn plans to sell DB Schenker

Berlin, Germany (Ports Europe) September 12, 2022 – Deutsche Bahn plans to sell DB Schenker according to press reports in Germany. DB Schenker is the...

Deutsche Bahn plans “grain bridge” from Ukraine

Hamburg, Germany (PortSEurope) July 21, 2022 – Deutsche Bahn is planning “grain bridge” trains to handle from Ukrainian grain. The plan is for DB...

Turkish and German railways discuss cooperation

Turkey State Railways (TCDD) and German DB Engineering & Consulting-DB E&C company officials came together on 07.07.2021 and exchanged ideas in order...

First dry port in Egypt to receive financing from EBRD and AfDB

Cairo, Egypt (Ports Europe) May 14, 2020 – The first stage of the first dry port in Egypt – Sixth of October (6th of October City), outside capital...

Cairo to start work on country’s first dry port

Cairo, Egypt (Ports Europe) February 13, 2020 – Egypt will soon start work on its first dry port to be located in the capital city of Cairo. It’s...

Prat Pier (Hutchison Ports BEST) & Madrid-Abroñigal lead intermodal rail traffic in Spain

News Release – Hutchison Ports BEST – January 10, 2020 The Annual Report of the Railway Sector prepared by the National Commission of Markets and...

Ukraine Ministry of Infrastructure and Deutsche Bahn sign agreement

Minister of Infrastructure Vladislav Krykliy has signed an Agreement of Intent between the Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine and Deutsche Bahn AG –...

DB, SBB and FS to enhance rail traffic on Genoa-Rotterdam Corridor

Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) June 6, 2019 – German railway group Deutsche Bahn (DB), Schweizerische Bundesbahnen (SBB) and Italy’s Ferrovie dello...

Porsche starts delivering vehicles to China by rail – the new Silk Road

Stuttgart, Germany (Ports Europe) May 5, 2019 – Porsche AG, a German automobile manufacturer specializing in high-performance sports cars, SUVs and...

TFG Transfracht starts new service for southern port in Koper

Koper, Slovenia (PortSEurope) May 8, 2019 – TFG Transfracht, a subsidiary of Deutsche Bahn AG, will start a new service for Koper port on May 10, linking...

Transfesa applies for launch of freight rail line linking Valencia port to France

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) August 2, 2018 – Spanish logistics and freight company Transfesa, in alliance with Valencia port...

Board of directors and the board of trade unions of Trieste Trasporti renewed

Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) June 22, 2018 – The board of directors and the board of trade unions of Trieste Trasporti SpA were renewed yesterday. Nn the...

Transfesa holds market share of up to 30% in Spain

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 20, 2018 – With a total of 1.13 million tonnes of cargo handled in 2017, Spanish logistics operator Transfesa (Transportes...

Spain’s Transfesa agrees payroll increase in 2018, 2019

Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) June 14, 2018 – Spanish logistics and freight transport company Transfesa (Transportes Ferroviarios Especiales SA) and trade...

DB Schenker names CEO of Iberian unit

Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) May 21, 2018 – Juan Carlos Moro has been named CEO of the DB Schenker unit in Iberia (Spain and Portugal), replacing Lluís...

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