for other uses see danzas disambiguation . dhl global forwarding type division industry freight forwarding founded 1815 as danzas 2006 as dhl global forwarding headquarters bonn germany key people sergio esparza owner deutsche post parent dhl freight forwarding website www.dhl.com dhl global forwarding formerly known as dhl danzas air & ocean 1 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 . contents 1 history 2 awards 3 references 4 external links history edit danzas was founded in 1815 and was originally based in basel 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 city 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 . 2 in 2005 deutsche post dropped the danzas brand and renamed the business unit to dhl global forwarding dhl freight . 1 in 2006 it also combined parts of danzas and other ground based freight subsidiaries in its new dhl freight division . awards edit dhl won 7 awards in 2013 at the reader s digest most trusted brand awards and won the gold award in the best airfreight courier service category in asia for the fifth year in a row . 3 references edit a b deutsche post . logistics corporate division at a glance . annual report 2005 . retrieved 2008 11 08 . deutsche post . meilensteine 2002 . gesch ftsbericht 2002 in german . retrieved 2008 11 07 . editorial team sca 11 june 2013 . dhl triumphs with seven wins at reader s digest trusted brand award 2013 . supply chain asia . retrieved 13 june 2013 . external links edit official website v t e deutsche post dhl group mail express freight forwarding supply chain deutsche post dhl global mail dhl parcel germany dhl express dhl global forwarding dhl freight dhl supply chain williams lea retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title dhl global forwarding & oldid 742771570 categories transport companies of switzerlandcompanies established in 1815dhl express1815 establishments in switzerlandhidden categories cs1 german language sources de navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutschfran aispolskiportugu ssvenska edit links this page was last modified on 5 october 2016 at 18 05 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view