More German rail disruption

Deutsche Bahn’s Supervisory Board gives green light to the sale of its logistics subsidiary, DB Schenker, to Danish transport giant DSV.

The Management Board of Deutsche Bahn signed an agreement to sell its subsidiary DB Schenker to Danish company DSV for € 14.3 billion.

BVS Cranes, the largest crane manufacturer in Türkiye, has secured a contract with Deutsche Bahn to manufacture four RMGs for DB’s terminals in Germany.

Strikes at the state-owned rail company Deutsche Bahn are likely to cause significant disruption to cargo flows both within Germany and with its neighbouring countries over the next few days.

The European Commission has fined three railfreight companies €48.5M for operating a cartel moving blocktrains on certain crossborder routes between production facilities and ports. The lion’s share of the fine is for Deutsche Bahn

Nothing is official, but there is again speculation that the Board of Deutsche Bahn AG is considering offering its DB Schenker multimodal forwarding business for sale