BMW places major logistics order at DB Schenker
DB Schenker is setting up a mega logistics center in Leipzig to supply BMW automobile plants in China and South Africa
DB Schenker Logistics is about to tackle a new major logistics project. The logistics division of Deutsche Bahn is setting up a new logistics center in Leipzig to supply automobile plants in China and South Africa with components. Around 600 new jobs will be created. The 63,000 m² logistics centre in the north of Leipzig is scheduled to go into operation by the middle of this year. Working with an integrated data communication network, the facility will collect around 8,000 different components, which will then be packed and stowed in containers to match delivery requirements. The new building will also give the sheet metal parts protective treatment for ocean transport through different climate zones. Roughly 50 containers will leave Leipzig every day, most of them by ship to the South African city of Rosslyn and to Shenyang in China, although some will be transported by rail. We are fully aware of the enormous responsibility that this new order involves. It is one of the largest logistics projects we have ever acquired. Amongst other things, this success can be attributed to our strategy in the sector of contract logistics”, explained Dr. Karl-Friedrich Rausch, Member of the DB Mobility Logistics AG Management Board for Transportation and Logistics. DB Schenker has served as a partner for the automotive industry and its suppliers in Germany and other countries for decades. Quelle: LogEastics |