DB Consulting has expertise in the business of transporting freight by sea, rail, road and inland barge, including freight handling at seaports and inland terminals, temperature-controlled cargoes, depot operations, warehousing and value added logistics.

Based on decades of experience, accumulated knowledge and contacts across Europe’s transport sector, DB Consulting works with the client’s executive management on the basis of partnership to create, develop and implement logistics strategies to meet identified targets. Experience of the way transport and logistics organizations work means that recommendations from DB Consulting are logical, clearly understood and achievable.

With a 40-year track record in evaluating new service provision, routing options, asset management, acquisitions and mergers – not to mention P&L – DB Consulting can offer insights into anything from market trends, customer base and competitive landscapes to pricing policies or equity investment opportunities. Always focussed and on point, DB Consulting knows the European transport sector inside out.

As well as its vast experience in logistics, DB Consulting is distinguished by its depth of knowledge of markets served by multiple modes of transport. Insights into each link of the supply chain and a relentless focus on squeezing inefficiencies out of every potential logjam mean that no operational detail is considered too small for improvement.

Based on multiple roles at several of Europe’s leading transport companies, DB Consulting has extensive experience in the selection, trialling and implementation of new technologies which overcome key challenges facing the sector. In recent years, particular focus has been given to technologies which advance more sustainable shipping, and specifically to those which eradicate emissions and take care of ballast water management.

Transport companies do not operate in a vacuum and are often exposed to external factors, including regulations, social pressures and industrial relations. When challenges are longstanding or ingrained, organizations often benefit when project and/or advocacy work is conducted independent of operational imperatives. Few companies have comparable experience to DB Consulting in understanding and preparing for external challenges facing transport organisations today.

Change management has become a discipline in its own right, but it is vital that those offering advice understand the markets, operations and organizations on which they consult. Beyond cost control and procurement savings, managing change demands finding ways to transform cultures, support transition and identify opportunities by working with the people who define an organization.