Editing DB Cargo (section)

=== Company restructuring ===
During the 2010s, the business operations of DB Schenker Rail experienced a significant decline.<ref>{{Cite news |language = de |first = Birger |last = Nicolai |title = Güterverkehr der Bahn bricht um ein Viertel ein. Logistik-Vorstand Rausch erwartet Verlust bei DB Schenker Rail. Neue Aufträge im Ausland. |newspaper = Die Welt |date = 4 January 2010 |page = 13}}</ref> One of the primary factors behind this decline was the economic slump that had followed the [[Financial crisis of 2007–2008|global economic and financial crisis]]. The company initially responded to this negative development by introducing a more flexible price structure.<ref>{{Cite news |language = de |first = Nikolaus |last = Doll |title = Bahn plant Sparpreis-Ticket im Güterverkehr. |newspaper = Die Welt |date = 23 March 2016 |page = 10}}</ref> It aimed to use a combination of block trains for large clients and bookings of single wagons to establish a fixed timetable that would in turn increase the capacity utilisation of its trains.<ref>{{Cite news |language = de |first = Christian |last = Schlesiger |title = DB Schenker Rail: Harte Zeiten für die Bahn. |newspaper = Wirtschaftswoche |date = 29 April 2013 |page = 8}}</ref> Other measures considered included the closure of numerous freight railway stations in order to reduce fixed costs,<ref>{{Cite news |language = de |url = https://www.faz.net/aktuell/wirtschaft/bahn-erwaegt-schliessung-vieler-gueterbahnhoefe-14126958.html |title = Streichliste: Bahn erwägt Schließung vieler Güterbahnhöfe. |newspaper = Faz.net |publisher = Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung |date = 15 March 2016 |access-date = 8 June 2020}}</ref> and efforts to reduce staff headcount at all levels of the business.<ref>{{Cite web |language = de |url = https://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/unternehmen/deutsche-bahn-streicht-2100-stellen-im-gueterverkehr-a-1083744.html |title = Sanierung: Deutsche Bahn streicht 2100 Stellen im Güterverkehr. |publisher = Der Spiegel |date = 23 March 2016 |access-date = 8 January 2020}}</ref>

News of these cost reduction measures was quickly met with sharp criticism by various [[trade union]]s;<ref>{{Cite web |language = de |first = Dieter |last = Fockenbrock |url = https://www.handelsblatt.com/unternehmen/handel-konsumgueter/db-cargo-eisenbahner-mobilisieren-die-politik/13700578.html |title = DB Cargo: Eisenbahner mobilisieren die Politik. |publisher = Handelsblatt |date = 7 June 2016 |access-date = 8 January 2020}}</ref> their opposition included demands that the approach be abandoned immediately,<ref>{{Cite news |language = de |title = Kritik an Management der Güterbahn. Streit um den Umbau bei Bahn-Tochter DB Cargo. |newspaper = Der Tagesspiegel |date = 7 July 2017 |page = 10}}</ref> and accusations of the company's mismanagement.<ref>{{Cite web |language = de |first = Christian |last = Schlesiger |url = https://www.wiwo.de/unternehmen/dienstleister/stellenabbau-bei-db-schenker-rail-das-versagen-des-managements-/12468194.html |title = Stellenabbau bei DB Schenker Rail: Das Versagen des Managements |publisher = Wirtschaftswoche |date = 29 October 2015 |access-date = 8 January 2020}}</ref> Following several months of negotiations, the Deutsche Bahn Group and its [[works council]] finally agreed on a [[restructuring]] programme for DB Cargo during February 2007.<ref>{{Cite web |language = de |url = https://www.handelsblatt.com/unternehmen/handel-konsumgueter/bahn-tochter-db-cargo-konzern-und-betriebsrat-einigen-sich-auf-sanierungsplan/19387972.html |title = Bahn-Tochter DB Cargo: Konzern und Betriebsrat einigen sich auf Sanierungsplan. |publisher = Handelsblatt |date = 14 February 2007 |access-date = 8 January 2020}}</ref> Under this programme, the previously proposed across-the-board job cuts that year were avoided,<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |language= de |url = https://www.wiwo.de/unternehmen/dienstleister/db-cargo-gueterbahn-entschaerft-sanierungskurs/13740590.html |title = DB Cargo: Güterbahn entschärft Sanierungskurs. |publisher = [[Wirtschaftswoche]] |date = 15 June 2016 |access-date = 8 January 2020}}</ref> instead, the new approach aimed for the gradual reduction of headcount over a period of several years.<ref>{{Cite news |language = de |first = Nikolaus |last = Doll |title = Bahn löst Bremse im Güterverkehr. |newspaper = Die Welt |date = 14 February 2007 |page = 9}}</ref> On the whole, the company retained its ambition to grow its freight transport activities.<ref name=":0" />

To reflect the company's focus on its core business activities in the domain of rail freight transport, it was again renamed, adopting the ''DB Cargo AG'' designation in early 2016. The name was also readopted for its most important German and international subsidiaries and continues to apply in the present day.<ref>{{Cite web |language = de |url = https://www.verkehrsrundschau.de/nachrichten/db-schenker-rail-heisst-jetzt-db-cargo-1766477.html |title = DB Schenker Rail heißt jetzt DB Cargo. |publisher = Verkehrsrundschau |date = 2 March 2016 |access-date = 8 January 2020 |archive-date = 24 July 2020 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200724152818/https://www.verkehrsrundschau.de/nachrichten/db-schenker-rail-heisst-jetzt-db-cargo-1766477.html |url-status = dead }}</ref> Accordingly, DB Cargo and DB Schenker are equal sister companies within the integrated rail system of the DB Group.<ref name=":1" />