Danzas
Encyclopedia
DHL Global Forwarding, formerly known as DHL Danzas Air & Ocean, is a division
of Deutsche Post DHL
providing air and ocean freight forwarding services. It also plans and undertakes major logistics projects under the brand name DHL Industrial Projects.
Together with DHL Freight
, it forms Deutsche Post's Freight/Forwarding department.
, Switzerland
.
Louis Danzas fought at Waterloo
for Napoleon. After that battle, he joined a transport company owned by Michel l'Eveque and by 1840 became joint owner. The company, Danzas and l'Eveque, obtained a mail delivery franchise from Le Havre
to New York
in 1846. A Basel branch was opened in 1854.
The company began to use air transport in 1920 between France
and England
, and opened its own freight terminal in Paris
in 1962.
In 2000, Deutsche Post World Net acquired Danzas. When the parent company acquired DHL International
in 2002, it fully integrated Danzas, DHL and EuroExpress under the DHL brand, thus renaming Danzas to DHL Danzas Air & Ocean.
In 2005, Deutsche Post dropped the Danzas brand and renamed the business unit to DHL Global Forwarding/DHL Freight.
In 2006, it also combined parts of Danzas and other ground-based freight subsidiaries in its new DHL Freight
division.
Division (business)
A division of a business entity is a portion of that business that operates under a different name. It is the equivalent of a corporation or limited liability company obtaining a fictitious name or "doing business as" certificate and operating a business under that fictitious name...
of Deutsche Post DHL
Deutsche Post
Deutsche Post AG, operating under the trade name Deutsche Post DHL, is the world's largest logistics group. With its headquarters in Bonn, the corporation has 467,088 employees in more than 220 countries and territories worldwide and generated revenue of € 51.48 billion in 2010...
providing air and ocean freight forwarding services. It also plans and undertakes major logistics projects under the brand name DHL Industrial Projects.
Together with DHL Freight
DHL Freight
DHL Freight is a world class [Division |division]] of Deutsche Post DHL providing road and rail freight services across Europe, parts of the Commonwealth of Independent States , North Africa and the Middle East. Together with DHL Global Forwarding , it forms Deutsche Post's Freight/Forwarding...
, it forms Deutsche Post's Freight/Forwarding department.
History
Danzas was founded in 1815 and was originally based in BaselBasel
Basel or Basle In the national languages of Switzerland the city is also known as Bâle , Basilea and Basilea is Switzerland's third most populous city with about 166,000 inhabitants. Located where the Swiss, French and German borders meet, Basel also has suburbs in France and Germany...
, Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
.
Louis Danzas fought at Waterloo
Battle of Waterloo
The Battle of Waterloo was fought on Sunday 18 June 1815 near Waterloo in present-day Belgium, then part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands...
for Napoleon. After that battle, he joined a transport company owned by Michel l'Eveque and by 1840 became joint owner. The company, Danzas and l'Eveque, obtained a mail delivery franchise from Le Havre
Le Havre
Le Havre is a city in the Seine-Maritime department of the Haute-Normandie region in France. It is situated in north-western France, on the right bank of the mouth of the river Seine on the English Channel. Le Havre is the most populous commune in the Haute-Normandie region, although the total...
to New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
in 1846. A Basel branch was opened in 1854.
The company began to use air transport in 1920 between France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
and England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, and opened its own freight terminal in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
in 1962.
In 2000, Deutsche Post World Net acquired Danzas. When the parent company acquired DHL International
DHL Express
DHL Express is a division of the German logistics company Deutsche Post providing international express mail services. DHL is a world market leader in sea and air mail....
in 2002, it fully integrated Danzas, DHL and EuroExpress under the DHL brand, thus renaming Danzas to DHL Danzas Air & Ocean.
In 2005, Deutsche Post dropped the Danzas brand and renamed the business unit to DHL Global Forwarding/DHL Freight.
In 2006, it also combined parts of Danzas and other ground-based freight subsidiaries in its new DHL Freight
DHL Freight
DHL Freight is a world class [Division |division]] of Deutsche Post DHL providing road and rail freight services across Europe, parts of the Commonwealth of Independent States , North Africa and the Middle East. Together with DHL Global Forwarding , it forms Deutsche Post's Freight/Forwarding...
division.