Panalpina

In 1976, Leif Tullberg and nine independent haulers established DSV, an initialism for “De Sammensluttede Vognmænd af 13-7 1976 A/S” . 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 contracting haulage and deliveries.Seeking a foothold on the international market, DSV bought two competing export companies in 1989, Borup Autotransport A/S and Hammerbro A/S-Bech Trans. The next acquisitions on the road to becoming Pan-European were 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 important road transport activities in Scandinavia, the UK, several Mainland European countries and the Baltics plus 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.

The acquisition of the Dutch Frans Maas Group in 2006 placed DSV as a truly Pan-European road transport and logistics supplier – and one of the three largest in Europe. With the acquisition of ABX LOGISTICS in 2008, DSV got a foothold in South America and is now represented on six continents. With the acquisition of UTi Worldwide, Inc. in 2016 and Panalpina Welttransport AG in 2019, the company became one of the world's four largest transport and logistics companies).On 1 April 2019, an acquisition agreement with Swiss Panalpina was announced valued at CHF 4.6 billion . On 19 August 2019, DSV announced that the acquisition of Panalpina was completed.On 2 July 2020, DSV plans to invest approx. DKK2bn in a new logistics centre near Horsens, Europe’s largest with just one leaseholder.On 27 April 2021, DSV announce its plans to acquire "Agility Global Integrated Logistics ".