page_title: Deutsche Post
section_title: Global Forwarding – Freight division
hierarchical_section_title: Deutsche Post / Corporate divisions / Global Forwarding – Freight division
caption_attribution_description: 24 October 2006 Plymouth AY06EYR DHL MERCEDES AXOR 2543 LS HRS TRACTOR 11967cc (19/04/2006) DIESEL As Featured in On The Road Plymouth A 2 Z
context_page_description: The Deutsche Post AG, operating under the trade name Deutsche Post DHL Group, is a German multinational package delivery and supply chain management company headquartered in Bonn, Germany. It is the world's largest courier company. The postal division delivers 61 million letters each day in Germany, making it Europe's largest such company. The Express division claims to be present in over 220 countries and territories.
  The Deutsche Post is the successor to the German mail authority Deutsche Bundespost, which was privatized in 1995 and became a fully independent company in 2000. DHL Express is a wholly owned subsidiary.
  Since its privatization, Deutsche Post has significantly expanded its business area through acquisitions.
  In late 2014, the group acquired StreetScooter GmbH, a small manufacturer of electric vehicles. Two years later, the group acquired UK Mail, a business-focused postal service in the UK for US$315.5 million. The former company became a division of the Deutsche Post European parcel network.
  The Deutsche Post DHL Group 2016 earnings before interest and taxes was €3.491 billion, with a net profit of €2.64 billion on revenue of €57.334 billion.
context_section_description: DHL Global Forwarding this division carries goods by rail, road, air and sea under the DHL brand and includes the DHL Freight operation which runs a ground-based freight network covering Europe, Russia and traffic into the Middle East. In 2016, this division's revenue declined by 7.7 percent to €13.7 billion but operating profit before interest and taxes (EBIT) improved from -€181 million in 2015 to +€287 million.
caption: DHL semitrailer truck
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