DHL

It was founded on September 20, 1969 as a courier service for transporting mail between San Francisco and Honolulu. The name of the company is formed by the first letters of the names of the founders - ( Adrian D alsey ), ( Larry H illblom ) and ( Robert L ynn ).

First of all, the company was interested in international delivery, however, opening representative offices in various countries of the world, it gradually entered the domestic markets (for example, the opening of a delivery service within the United States in 1983). DHL has aggressively expanded, providing services in countries where its competitors have not yet reached, including the Soviet Union , the Eastern Bloc , Iraq , Iran , the PRC , Vietnam, and the DPRK .

In 1998, the Deutsche Post began acquiring DHL shares. By 2001, the Deutsche Post owned a controlling stake, and in 2002 it finally acquired DHL , making it part of its express division ( DHL Express ) and distributing the remaining resources between other divisions and subsidiaries of Deutsche Post . DHL Express is currently sharing its renowned brand, DHL , with other Deutsche Post divisions such as DHL Global Forwarding and .

Since February 2009, DHL Express Service has ceased to provide services for domestic operations in the United States. However, the company's international shipping services are still popular, for example, to Iraq.

DHL , along with the Deutsche Post , is part of the Deutsche Post DHL Group of Companies ( DP DHL ), which is its main shareholder .

The chairman of the board is Frank Appel.

DHL Express delivers urgent shipments and documents to more than 120,000 cities in 220 countries and regions. The company has more than 5,000 offices and the order 76,000 machines for the delivery of documents and goods. There are four subsidiaries under the DHL brand:

• DHL Supply Chain - supply chain management;
• DHL Global Mail - postal services, direct mail ( English direct mail );
• DHL Global Forwarding - air transportation, sea freight, multimodal transportation;
• - land transportation.

The total number of employees is 275 thousand people (as of 2011).

The company is the world leader in express delivery, controlling (as of 2015) 32% of the market, with its closest competitors UPS and FedEx - 27% and 21%, respectively ^[6] .

DHL entered the Russian market in 1984, becoming the first international courier company to come to the USSR ^[7] . In the 1990s, the first regional offices of the company were opened in St. Petersburg , Novosibirsk , Vladivostok , Tolyatti ^[7] .

Today, DHL is the leader in the Russian express delivery market, overtaking its closest competitors by more than two times: 24% of the market with DHL , 12% with DPD , 11% with Pony Express , 8% with SPSR Express , etc. . ^[6] . 150 offices of the company operate in more than 120 cities of the country, serving more than 5,000 settlements in the Russian Federation; DHL's fleet in Russia is about 940 units ^[7] . The company is a registered customs broker .

DHL's central office in Russia is located in Moscow , where one of the company's main sorting centers in Russia is located. The second major shipping center is located in the south of Moscow. DHL is the only express operator capable of transporting up to 32 tons of cargo from Russia to Europe daily using its own charter flights ^[7] . 6 days a week on the route Moscow- Leipzig- Moscow Tupolev-204S flies; 5 days a week from St. Petersburg to Helsinki and back Antonov-26 follows ^[7] . In addition to its own flights, delivery is also carried out by international airlines with which DHL has long-term partnerships: 15 daily flights are used to deliver goods to Russia and 25 for delivering goods from Russia ^[7] .

Since April 12, 2010, due to the tightening of the requirements of customs authorities for accompanying documentation, DHL has stopped accepting and delivering goods to individuals from abroad to Russia (with the exception of delivery from some online stores, the list of which was not disclosed). This restriction does not apply to the delivery of documents ^[8] .

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  Russian Tu-204C by DHL

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  DHL post boat in Venice

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  In 2002, DHL sponsored the Jordan team at the Formula 1 Grand Prix.

• Courier
• Express Mail
• Deutsche Post DHL

• Russian website of the company:
  • DHL structure, history, dates
  • DHL Express Division Archived August 10, 2011.
  • DHL Global Forwarding and DHL Freight Archived September 3, 2011.
  • DHL Supply Chain Archived July 24, 2011.
  • DHL Global Mail Archived September 3, 2011.