DB extends co-operation with Kuehne+Nagel and Transwaggon
DB Logistics has extended its co-operation with Kuehne+Nagel, and Railion and Transwaggon are to extend their co-operative activities. (1/19/2007) Kuehne+Nagel and DB Logistics have reached agreement in terms of collaborating to strengthen the position of rail freight transport, especially with reference to single freight car transport. Ewald Kaiser, Kuehne+Nagel chief operating officer for Rail & Road Logistics, commented: “This agreement marks a strengthening and a further extension of a partnership that has always been good in the past. The aim is to transfer more goods from the road to rail, wherever doing so makes sense.” In other news, Railion and Transwaggon plan to co-operate more closely in freight car scheduling, especially in connection with single freight car transport. In their first joint project, Railion and Transwaggon are co-ordinating their freight car scheduling in international transport. The partners initial focus will be on Scandinavia. By avoiding empty runs