How it started
History
In 1976, Leif Tullberg and nine independent haulers established DSV, an initialism for "De Sammensluttede Vognmænd af 13-7 1976 A/S" (The Joint Hauliers of 13-7 1976). Leif Tullberg remained CEO until his retirement in 2005.
He was succeeded by Kurt Larsen who became chairman of the board of directors in 2008 when Jens Bjørn Andersen took over as CEO.
During the first decade the company mainly functioned as a cartage department for the owners, handling contract haulage and deliveries.
Seeking to enter the international market, DSV bought two competing export companies in 1989, Borup Autotransport A/S and Hammerbro A/S-Bech Trans, followed by buying Samson Transport Co. A/S in 1997 and Svex Group A/S in 1999.
The purchase of the DFDS Dan Transport Group in 2000 provided DSV with road transport activities in Scandinavia, the UK, several Mainland European countries and the Baltics and a global network including a logistics set-up. The purchase of J.H. Bachmann in 2005 reinforced the company's position within international air and sea transport.
From Wikipedia’s article on DSV, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.2