I-DHL International GmbH ( DL ) iyisithunywa samazwe ngamazwe, ukulethwa kwamaphakheji kanye nesevisi yeposi ecacile, okuyingxenye yefemu yezokuthutha yaseJalimane i- Deutsche Post.Le nkampani iletha amaphasela angaphezu kwezigidigidi eziyi-1.5 ngonyaka. Le nkampani yasungulwa eSan Francisco, e-USA, ngo-1969 futhi yandisa insizakalo yayo emhlabeni wonke ngasekupheleni kwawo-1970.Ngo-1979, ngaphansi kwegama le-DHL Air Cargo, inkampani yangena eziqhingini zaseHawaii ngesevisi yezimpahla eziphakathi kweziqhingi isebenzisa izindiza ezimbili ze-DC-3 kanye ne-DC-6 ezine.U-Adrian Dalsey kanye no- Larry Hillblom bengamele mathupha imisebenzi yansuku zonke kwaze kwaba yilapho ukuqothuka kwayo ekugcineni kuvala iminyango ngo-1983.Esiqongweni sayo, i-DHL Air Cargo iqashe abasebenzi abangaphezu kwekhulu, abaphathi nabashayeli bezindiza. Le nkampani yayinentshisekelo enkulu ekulethweni kwamazwe aphesheya nolwandle, kodwa impumelelo ye- FedEx yabangela ukunwetshwa kwabo kwangaphakathi kwe-US kusukela ngo-1983. Ngo-1998, iDeutsche Post yaqala ukuthola amasheya ku-DHL. Ifinyelele inzalo yokulawula ngo-2001, futhi yathola wonke amasheya asele ngo-December 2002.Inkampani yabe isingenisa i-DHL esigabeni sayo se-Express, ngenkathi inweba ukusetshenziswa komkhiqizo we-DHL kwezinye izigaba ze-Deutsche Post, amayunithi ebhizinisi, nezinkampani ezingaphansi kwayo.