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== Services ==
=== Service catalogue ===
The service catalogue of DB Cargo consists of a wide variety of basic, additional and special services.<ref>{{Cite web |language = de |url = https://www.dbcargo.com/resource/blob/4983928/6005b35d5950f2ba7d61dbbf854b435e/Leistungskatalog_2020-data.pdf |title = Leistungskatalog 2020 |publisher = DB Cargo |date = 27 November 2019 |access-date = 15 April 2020 |archive-date = 24 July 2020 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200724184037/https://www.dbcargo.com/resource/blob/4983928/6005b35d5950f2ba7d61dbbf854b435e/Leistungskatalog_2020-data.pdf |url-status = dead }}</ref> The company's core products particularly include block train and single wagonload transport services,<ref>{{Cite web |language = de |url = https://www.dbcargo.com/rail-de-de/leistungen/schienentransporte |title = Schienentransporte: Viel Zug für große und kleine Mengen. |publisher = DB Cargo |access-date = 15 April 2020}}</ref> the combination of rail and road, and carbon-neutral transport, for example for [[Audi]].<ref>{{Cite web |language = de |url = https://www.umweltdialog.de/de/wirtschaft/logistik/2018/Audi-faehrt-mit-DB-Cargo-deutschlandweit-CO2-frei.php |title = Audi fährt mit DB Cargo deutschlandweit CO2-frei. |publisher = Umweltdialog |date = 11 September 2017 |access-date = 10 January 2020}}</ref> The latter is becoming increasingly important given that rail transport currently has the lowest carbon emissions of all carriers and also achieved the largest savings in recent years (1995–2015).<ref>{{Cite web |language = de |url = https://www.dbcargo.com/resource/blob/5042780/d7df6d3e582f042ff7c1656cec82af26/praesentation_nachhaltigkeit-data.pdf |title = Umweltvorteil Schiene |publisher = DB Cargo |access-date = 15 March 2020 |archive-date = 24 July 2020 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200724181847/https://www.dbcargo.com/resource/blob/5042780/d7df6d3e582f042ff7c1656cec82af26/praesentation_nachhaltigkeit-data.pdf |url-status = dead }}</ref>

The company additionally offers a wide range of industry solutions, for example for the [[Chemical industry|chemicals industry]] and the [[Lumber|timber]] and [[building material]]s trades.<ref>{{Cite web |language = de |url = https://www.dbcargo.com/rail-de-de/branchen/chemie |title = Branchen / Chemie |publisher = DB Cargo |access-date = 15 April 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |language = de |url = https://www.dbcargo.com/rail-de-de/branchen/holz |title = Branchen / Holz |publisher = DB Cargo |access-date = 15 April 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |language = de |url = https://www.dbcargo.com/rail-de-de/branchen/baustoffe |title = Branchen / Baustoffe |publisher = DB Cargo |access-date = 15 April 2020}}</ref> DB Cargo is also active on an international level. Its global operations particularly focus on transport between Europe and Asia,<ref>{{Cite web |language = de |url = https://www.eurailpress.de/nachrichten/unternehmen-maerkte/detail/news/db-cargo-zehn-jahre-china-verkehre-neue-vertriebseinheit-db-cargo-eurasia.html |title = DB Cargo: Zehn Jahre "China-Verkehre" – neue Vertriebseinheit "DB Cargo Eurasia". |publisher = Eurailpress |date = 8 October 2018 |access-date = 10 January 2020}}</ref> where the company has an extensive network.<ref>{{Cite web |language = de |first = Sebastian |last = Reimann |url = https://www.dvz.de/rubriken/logistik/detail/news/alexander-doll-wir-haben-in-asien-eines-der-groessten-netze.html |title = Alexander Doll: Wir haben in Asien eines der größten Netze. |publisher = Deutsche Verkehrs-Zeitung (DVZ) |date = 14 May 2019 |access-date = 10 January 2020}}</ref> Its service portfolio also includes related services such as the sale and rental of locomotives and wagons.<ref>{{Cite web |language = de |url = https://www.wiwo.de/unternehmen/handel/verkehr-deutsche-bahn-will-mit-lok-und-waggonverkauf-rote-zahlen-verhindern/25354532.html |title = Deutsche Bahn will mit Lok- und Waggonverkauf rote Zahlen verhindern. |publisher = Wirtschaftswoche |date = 19 December 2019 |access-date = 10 January 2020}}</ref>

=== Key figures ===
In the 2018 business year, DB Cargo transported more than 255 million tonnes of goods in 2,686 [[Tractor unit|traction units]] and 82,895 [[goods wagon]]s. Leased or hired materials are factored into these totals. The company provided its services on around 4,200 sidings belonging to clients in Germany, Denmark, Italy, the Netherlands and Switzerland.<ref>{{Cite web |language = de |url = https://www.dbcargo.com/rail-de-de/metanavi/unternehmen/zahlen-und-fakten |title = Zahlen und Fakten |publisher = DB Cargo |access-date = 15 April 2020}}</ref> It transported goods along a route network covering a total of 33,000 kilometres in Germany and, according to calculations by the {{Interlanguage link|German Federal Office for Goods Transport|de|Bundesamt für Güterverkehr}} (BAG), achieved an average punctuality rate of 72.9% when providing these services.<ref>{{Cite web |language = de |url = https://www.bag.bund.de/SharedDocs/Downloads/DE/Marktbeobachtung/Herbst_und_Jahresberichte/Jahr_2018.pdf |title = Jahresbericht 2018 |publisher = Bundesamt für Güterverkehr (BAG) |access-date = 8 January 2020 |page = 31 |archive-date = 24 July 2020 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200724201951/https://www.bag.bund.de/SharedDocs/Downloads/DE/Marktbeobachtung/Herbst_und_Jahresberichte/Jahr_2018.pdf |url-status = dead }}</ref>