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09/2024 A New Milestone for DB Cargo Czechia s.r.o. in Railway Transport!

After several months of preparation and thanks to the priceless support of our colleague Mrs Iryna Presniakova, we are very pleased to announce that the management of DB Cargo Czechia s.r.o. has signed a cooperation agreement with АТ „Укрзалізниця“ („Ukrainian Railways“) at the Čop/Čierna nad Tisou railway border crossing!

It is a great honor for us to join a number of operators on this key route and thus  open a new chapter in DBCCZ activities. This partnership will allow us to expand our portfolio of rail transport services and offer our customers a wider range of options.

Many thanks to the Board of Ukrainian Railways UZ and their representatives for their support and the opportunity to finalize this pivotal contract during the InnoTrans International Fair in Berlin.

We are shaping the future of railway transport together!

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09/2024 Memorandum of cooperation with the University of Ostrava

On the 23^rd September 2024 the "Partnership Memorandum" between DB Cargo Czechia s.r.o. and Faculty of Arts of Ostrava University was signed.

Thanks to our cooperation, students and graduates of the University of Ostrava can use their excellent foreign languages knowledge ​​in the field of freight rail transport and to find their future employment in the DB Cargo Group.

As DB Cargo Czechia s.r.o. we are proud to be employers of two OU graduates – Martina Konkolská and Jan Bobocký – and one student Lucie Kynická. All three are successfully continuing their careers in various departments of the company.

Congratulations and from now we look forward to continuing development of our future cooperation!

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08/2024 Accredited training center

On the 1st of August 2024 the DB Cargo Czechia s.r.o. company successfully concluded the process of obtaining accreditation of its own training center. This opened the new chapter of development of our company, which now will be more focused on training and education of railway operating stuff.

In case of your interest about cooperation, contact responsible person from the list of company contacts view.

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06/2024 Rail Business Days 2024: Summary and Gratitude

In June 2024, the International Railway Fair and Conference took place in Ostrava. It was a time spent in a dynamic environment with interesting people, full of enriching information and news. We would like to thank everyone who participated in the fair and be a part of group preparing our stand. Special thanks to the company management, employees and customers. We can’t wait to see you next year!

04/2024 DB Awards for Excellence and Innovation 2023

The pillars of DB Cargo's development are: Innovation, Social-Environmental Responsibility, Partnership, and Professionalism.
As representatives of DB Cargo Czechia, we are proud to win the first prize in the Partnership category for our project in the DB Awards by DBCPL.

This project, achieving the Single Safety Certificate for 4 countries (🇨🇿, 🇸🇰, 🇦🇹, and 🇮🇹 border stations) and integrating management systems, involved employees from five countries and external partners.

We're proud that the recognition highlights not just the certificate, but also the cooperation and knowledge exchange between Group companies.
Thanks to the jury and all employees involved. Special thanks to our colleagues from DB Cargo Spedkol for their leadership and collaboration during the project's challenging stages.

05/2023 Changes within the Management Board of DB Cargo Czechia s.r.o.

We are glad to inform you about following changes within the Management Board of DB Cargo Czechia s.r.o.

Effective from 13.05.2023 Jan Rajnoch takes over the position as new CEO of DB Cargo Czechia together with Kamil Witkowicz as new CFO Board Member.

Jan Rajnoch accompanied DB Cargo Czechia since its establishment in 2015 and during the last 8 years he was responsible for various positions as Project Manager, Head of Sales and safety management incl. other strategic projects. Under his supervision company successfully entered the Slovakian and Austrian market and further developed international relations with business partners.

Kamil Witkowicz joins the company as new CFO with long years of experience as Head of Finance and Controlling within DB Cargo Polska Group. With his valuable know-how and expertise company gets great manager for further investment projects and strategic management.

Our former CEO Mr. Tomasz Iwanski leaves DB Cargo Czechia after almost 8 years of hard and successful business work. He managed to develop the company from a small start-up model in 2016 into the relevant rail freight carrier employing over 100 employees in three different countries under one integrated management system. Under his management company was granted with single safety certificate in May 2023 valid for Czechia, Slovakia and Austria approved by ERA for the next 5 years.

He leaves the company, which he prepared for the next advancements not only from the strategic and cultural point of view, but mainly as well due to his personal contribution as a great leader.

We wish All three gentlemen a lot of success within their new roles and good luck with further business endeavours!

03/2021 Enlarging the fleet

DB Cargo Czechia has expanded its fleet by two shunting locomotives. After many years of operation in Poland, the locomotives returned to their country of origin: the Czech Republic.

02/2020 International loco drivers

DB Cargo Czechia s.r.o. started operations with international loco drivers between Germany and the Czech Republic in February 2020. In cooperation with DB Cargo AG, we newly deploy not only the multi-system locomotives in cross-border transport, but also the international loco drivers with valid certificates in the Czech Republic and Germany.