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DHL (German pronunciation: [ˌdeːhaːˈʔɛl]) is a multinational logistics brand, founded in the United States and headquartered in Bonn, Germany. [5] It provides courier, package delivery and express mail service, delivering over 1.7 billion parcels per year. [6]
The DHL Global Forwarding division carries goods by rail, road, air and sea under the DHL brand and includes the DHL Freight operation which runs a ground-based freight network covering Europe, Russia and traffic into the Middle East. In 2016, this division's revenue declined by 7.7 percent to €13.7 billion but operating profit before ...
At the time, DHL Worldwide Express had more than 71,000 employees worldwide. A pioneer in global express shipping, DHL's international network linked over 220 countries and territories. DHL became a wholly owned subsidiary of the Group in December 2002 after Deutsche Post acquired the remaining shares from two investment funds and Japan ...
DHL’s new Argentina cargo flights from Miami are part of the company’s overall shipping expansion in the Americas and more than $360 million in investments between 2020 and 2022.
In 1969, he co-founded DHL Express alongside business partners Larry Hillblom and Robert Lynn. Dalsey was the "D" in DHL. He traveled to southeast Asia, Micronesia, Hawaii, Guam, and other various parts of Asia, until he sold his share of DHL in 1980. DHL has subsequently become a global leader in logistics.
Robert Lynn (August 11, 1920 – February 8, 1998) [1] was an American businessman best known for co-founding DHL alongside Adrian Dalsey and Larry Hillblom.He was the “L” in DHL, and the last of the three founders to die.
Airborne Express 767. Airborne Express was an express delivery company and cargo airline. Headquartered in Seattle, Washington, its hub was in Wilmington, Ohio. Airborne was founded as the Airborne Flower Traffic Association of California in 1946 to fly flowers from Hawaii to the US mainland. Airborne Express was acquired by DHL in 2003.
The company specialised in shipping gold, packages and newspapers throughout the West, making a Wells Fargo office in every camp and settlement a necessity for commerce and connections to home. Shortly afterward, the Pony Express was established to move packages more quickly than the traditional stagecoach.