DB Schenker Logistics offers mobile shipment tracking on iPhone

DB SCHENKER Logistics has started offering customers mobile shipment tracking information on the Apple iPhone, a service that will be available in several languages.

A company statement said customers can retrieve the status of shipments being moved by land transportation, air and ocean freight worldwide. The application is available free of charge in the App Store under "DB Schenker" in English and German.

It said additional languages, such as Chinese, Czech, Spanish, Turkish, Portuguese, Norwegian and Swedish are to follow.

"With this application, we are one of the first logistics service providers worldwide to offer customers from trade and industry such a mobile shipment tracking system," said Dr Thomas Lieb, chairman of the management board of Schenker AG, who is also responsible for global air and ocean freight.

"We realise that innovation, particularly in the field of information technology, has become a decisive factor in the marketplace. For this reason, we are currently making significant investments in our global information systems," said Peter Schumann, CIO, Schenker AG. "Transparency, data security, user friendliness and easy availability of data are vitally important for our customers."

DB Schenker Logistics added that a solution for mobile shipment tracking is being prepared for other operating systems.
(Source:www.schednet.com)