link2rail is driving the digitalisation of services at DB Cargo in leaps and bounds, which is why we’re publishing a brief series on it in the railways newsletter. In this issue, you’ll learn how to order new wagons using the Empty Wagon feature while still keeping an eye on the big picture.

Millions of face masks arrive in Germany from China

link2rail represents a major step towards the digitalisation of services at DB Cargo, so we are dedicating a short series of articles to it in the railways newsletter. Today's article explains how the Order function makes it easier to use and keep track of procurement processes.

Dr. Martina Niemann, Thorsten Dieter and Ralf-Günter Kloss appointed to Management Board • New board division established for service design

Railports are the gateway companies need if they would like to use the rail network to transport goods but lack their own private sidings. At its base south of the Bavarian city of Regensburg, haulage company Fichtl manages one of these railports and provides companies in a wide array of industries with customised solutions.

Best Logistics Brand 2020

The latest edition of railways is currently on its way to you, our customers and subscribers. Print copies of our magazine may be delivered to your desk, your work letterbox or a communal area at your company. However, you might be working from home right now, so here are three ways to read the digital version of the magazine so you don't miss out on the latest rail news.

Currently no restrictions at DB Cargo – Hotline for new customers

DB Cargo's digitalisation of services continues apace with the launch of link2rail, and we are running a brief series of stories in railways covering its roll-out. This piece is about link2rail's track and trace function, which allows you to access and manage information about the status of your consignments.

In the midst of the COVID-19 crisis, consumers' changing needs represent a challenge for the food retail sector and, by extension, for logistics companies. Until now, empty supermarket shelves had been an extremely rare sight in Germany. DB Cargo and DB Schenker are now transporting extra pasta from Italy by rail.

At the beginning of March, the trade press reported on an alleged "lack of functionality of composite brake blocks under Scandinavian winter conditions."

Our DB Cargo website has had a fresh new design since 31 March. You will find the information and functions you need faster than ever before.

DB Cargo is pressing ahead with the digitalisation of its services.

This week saw DB Cargo Logistics and its customer binderholz dispatch their first load of cross-laminated timber on its journey from Burgbernheim in northwest Bavaria to Sweden.

Fourteen sites and 1,500 employees: Sigrid Nikutta, the new Member of the Management Board for Freight Transport at DB, started her time with the company by criss-crossing Germany.

DB Cargo is a specialist when it comes to transporting heavy loads by train. The company recently completed two such projects.

A colourful locomotive will shortly tour Germany, illustrating the diversity at the country's largest rail freight operator.

Held every two years, the symposium of the International Forest Products Transport Association (IFPTA) for the pulp and paper industry will take place from 16-18 September 2019 in Tarragona, Spain.

DB Cargo has been operating on the New Silk Road for eleven years running now, with steady gains in cargo volumes. The boom shows no sign of ending.

Alexander Doll, DB Bord Member for Finance, Freight Transport and Logistics and SNCF Logistics CEO Alain Picard are calling for a mobility revolution in favour of rail freight transport.

Starting in February 2020, couples in Nuremberg can get married in a very special place: The DB museum is turning its historic waiting room into a part-time registry office.

DB Cargo Logistics GmbH has once again won the Europe-wide tender for handling Volkswagen AG’s materials transports to Russia.

From now on, a new rail freight shuttle will allow faster deliveries to Romania. The direct link sees DB Cargo expand its single wagonload network.

"Children for the Climate" – this is the slogan of the eye-catching Noah's Train as it travels across Europe sending a message of climate awareness. The freight train's next stop is in Oberhausen on 29 June.

Taking part in a company competition won DB Cargo's train drivers a prize of EUR 5,000. They donated their winnings.

From now on, our customer magazine – railways – will be available in electronic form whenever and wherever you want to read it. You can download the new railways app free of charge from the Apple and Google Play app stores.

Wood is one of the most sustainable raw materials available, so it makes sense to use the most environmentally friendly form of transport to move it. The timber ports created by DB Cargo Logistics are just one of the ways the company makes this possible. The latest such facility recently entered service.

DB Cargo Logistics has been transporting vehicle parts to Shenyang for years. Now, the agreement to supply the Chinese plant has been extended until 2022.

DB Cargo Logistics und die Bayerischen Staatsforsten bringen zusammen mehr Holz auf die Schiene

The fuel used to fire furnaces in Singen, a city in southwest Germany, travels through three countries to get there. Fuel coke has virtually disappeared as a means of heating homes, but it is still used to produce a range of modern materials in the industrial sector.

Interview with Thomas Kaspar on the status and new developments