Met de komst van de DHL loods van Van Gend en Loos vragen veel bezoekers aan museummedewerkers waar de letters DHL voor staan.
Daarvoor is een stukje Amerikaanse geschiedenisles nodig
DHL staat voor de beginletters van de oprichters Dalsey Hillblom en Lynn die in San Fransico begonnen en pas heel veel later Van Gend en Loos hebben overgenomen.
Moderne DHL overslagloods
DHL: The Beginning
In 1969, Adrian Dalsey, Larry Hillblom and Robert Lynn (D, H, and L) founded DHL as a service shuttling bills of lading between San Francisco and Honolulu. The company grew rapidly and in a few years initiated service to the Philippines, Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore and Australia, creating an entirely new industry of international door-to-door express service in the Pacific Basin. Steady expansion continued in the 1970's as DHL initiated service to Europe (1974), Latin America (1977), the Middle East (1978) and Africa (1978). The international delivery company was the first to bring air express to the Eastern Bloc countries in 1983 and to the People's Republic of China in 1986.
Daarvoor is een stukje Amerikaanse geschiedenisles nodig
DHL staat voor de beginletters van de oprichters Dalsey Hillblom en Lynn die in San Fransico begonnen en pas heel veel later Van Gend en Loos hebben overgenomen.
Moderne DHL overslagloodsDHL: The Beginning
In 1969, Adrian Dalsey, Larry Hillblom and Robert Lynn (D, H, and L) founded DHL as a service shuttling bills of lading between San Francisco and Honolulu. The company grew rapidly and in a few years initiated service to the Philippines, Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore and Australia, creating an entirely new industry of international door-to-door express service in the Pacific Basin. Steady expansion continued in the 1970's as DHL initiated service to Europe (1974), Latin America (1977), the Middle East (1978) and Africa (1978). The international delivery company was the first to bring air express to the Eastern Bloc countries in 1983 and to the People's Republic of China in 1986.
