About Us
History
All important events recorded from our beginning until today.
2012
Opening of new offices in Jiangyin and Yunfu.
2011
Opening of new offices in Baoding, Hohhot, Jiangmen,Jinan, Shaoxing, Taizhou, Urumqi, Yiwu and Weihai.
Shanghai offices acquired ISO14001.
Received TOP 100 China Logistics Enterprises Award.
2010
DB Schenker was awarded “Airfreight Forwarder of the Year 2010” at the 2010 Supply Chain Asia Logistics Awards.
Opening of offices in Heifei, Huizhou, Jinan, Lianyungang, Nantong, Qinhuangdao, Taiyuan, Zhaoqing and Zhengzhou.
2009
Opening of offices in Changzhou, Jiaxing, Kunshan, Nanning, Taicang, Wenzhou and Wuhan.
2008
Legal integration of DB Schenker and BAX Global in China in March.
Successful provision of logistics services to the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, Hong Kong and Qingdao.
Opening of offices in Changsha, Quanzhou, Nanchang, Pingxiang, Wuhan, Harbin, Langfang and Yantai.
2007
Schenker becomes founding member of the Hong Kong SCIC.
Legal integration of Schenker and BAX Global in Hong Kong and Macau in June.
2006
New structure at DB Logistics.
Acquisition of BAX Global.
Schenker enters into joint venture with StarTrans International, Hong Kong.
Opening of office in Chongqing.
Schenker China Ltd. becomes the Official Freight Forwarding and Customs Clearance Exclusive Supplier of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.
2005
Establishment of Schenker China Ltd.
Opening of a new Multi-function Logistics Centre in Beijing at the Airport Area (16,000 sq.m.).
Opening of offices in Foshan and Zhuhai.
2004
Opening of offices in Shantou, Zhanjiang and Zhongshan.
Establishment of a new Multi-function Logistics Centre in Shenzhen at Futian (19,750 sq.m.) and in Shanghai (15,000 sq.m.).
Opening of a new Hong Kong Logistics Centre in YKK Building, Tuen Mun (17,000 sq.m).
2003
Official Supplier to the IOC for freight forwarding and customs clearance services for the Olympic Games (Athens 2004, Turin 2006, Beijing 2008). Established the International Technology Cooperation Centre (BITCC) an A-Class licence logistics joint venture in Beijing.
Acquired ISO 9001 certification, after successfully implementing ISO 9002 for 8 years.
2002
Deutsche Bahn takes over majority stakes of Stinnes.
Schenker acquires 25% equity stake in Shanghai Expotrans Ltd.
Opening of office in Dongguan.
2001
Establishment of logistics warehouses in Shanghai and Hong Kong.
Inauguration of the Advanced Warehouse Management System.
Implementation of e-LOG, to enable customers to check cargo status and place bookings via Internet.
Deployment of Schenker E-business Strategy for online price requests and cargo tracking.
Opening of office in Shunde.
2000
Launch of the Schenker Hong Kong homepage (www.schenker.com.hk) to facilitate online shipment booking and cargo tracking enquiries, as well as provide up-to-date corporate information.
Opening of office in Fuzhou.
1998
Schenker Hong Kong launches Internet-based Customer Information System (CIS).
Adoption of High Availability Strategy, using UNIX cluster and Service Guard Software to provide reliable IT services to customers.
1997
Schenker looks back on 125 years of history.
Created partnership with Lufthansa German Airlines and Schenker Travel becomes the exclusive Lufthansa City Center in Hong Kong.
Opening of offices in Shenzhen and Wuxi.
1996
Opening of office in Changchun.
1995
Schenker Hong Kong successfully acquires ISO 2000 certification for Air, Sea, Fairs, Removals and Project services.
Implementation of PC and TCP/IP Local Area Network. Opening of Chengdu and Xian offices.
1994
Opening of offices in Macau, Qingdao, Nanjing and Ningbo.
1993
Opening of offices in Tianjin, Shijiazhuang, Hangzhou and Xiamen.
1992
Opening of Dalian office.
1991
Stinnes AG acquires a majority stake in Schenker from the German railroad company Deutsche Bundesbahn and divides the business into Schenker International (air and ocean freight) and Schenker Eurocargo (European land transport).
1989
Launch of SWORD (Schenker’s Worldwide Online Real-time Data Network) and EDIFACT standards for worldwide electronic data transfer.
1986
Opening of office in Shanghai.
1984
Establishment of Travel Division.
1982
Opening of office in Beijing.
1981
Opening of Guangzhou office.
Schenker becomes one of Hong Kong’s first freight forwarders to embrace advanced computer systems to handle daily shipping operations and documents, and provide up-to-date cargo information to customers.
1979
Establishment of Schenker fairs and exhibition service, and developed into a multimodal freight forwarding and logistics company.
1975
Starting of regular charter flights from Hong Kong to major European countries.
1972
Schenker becomes the official freight forwarder for Munich Olympics.
Coinage of JETcargo, SEAcargo and Eurocargo as trade marks for bulk transportation by air, sea, rail and road.
Establishment of ocean freight and project services in Hong Kong.
1968
Opening of first Taiwan office in Taipei.
1966
Establishment of Schenker Hong Kong as an air freight forwarder.
1947
Subsidiary established in the U.S. internationalization and air freight are pursued on a large scale.
1931
Schenker is acquired by the German Railways.
Launched first ocean freight container shipments.
1922
Launched first air freight shipments in Germany.
1901
Gottfried Schenker passes away in Vienna and is succeeded by his adoptive son Dr. August Schenker-Angerer.
1874
Established branch offices in Budapest, Hungary, Bucharest, Romania, Prague, Czech Republic and England.
1873
Launched first consolidated rail consignment from Paris, France, to Vienna, Austria.
1872
Gottfried Schenker findss Schenker & Co. in Vienna, Austria.
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Last modified: 17.04.2012
