ASG Transport-Spedition
Shipping Company
ASG (originally abbreviated to AB Svenska Godsbilcentraler, subsequently renamed AB Svenska Godscentraler) was a Swedish transport and logistics company whose main occupation was road transport, both domestic and international via the subsidiary ERT (European Road Transport).
Operations were conducted primarily in truck and rail transport. It also operated its own fishing activities through the Hellgren Express Freight Terrain in Skellefteå and Malkom Andresson's Åkeri in Värnamo. Hellgrens Expressfrakt also purchased WVB Åkeri in Gothenburg and Rolf Holms Åkeri in Umeå, these are the fields that today constitute DHL Åkeri. Between 1941 and 1990 (when the company was listed), the State Railways was the dominant owner. As the company was best known under its acronym ASG , the company changed its name to ASG AB in 1979.
Subject ID: 38509
MoreASG (originally abbreviated to AB Svenska Godsbilcentraler, subsequently renamed AB Svenska Godscentraler) was a Swedish transport and logistics company whose main occupation was road transport, both domestic and international via the subsidiary ERT (European Road Transport).
Operations were conducted primarily in truck and rail transport. It also operated its own fishing activities through the Hellgren Express Freight Terrain in Skellefteå and Malkom Andresson's Åkeri in Värnamo. Hellgrens Expressfrakt also purchased WVB Åkeri in Gothenburg and Rolf Holms Åkeri in Umeå, these are the fields that today constitute DHL Åkeri. Between 1941 and 1990 (when the company was listed), the State Railways was the dominant owner. As the company was best known under its acronym ASG , the company changed its name to ASG AB in 1979.
In 2000, Deutsche Post (the German Post) via Danzas subsidiary acquired the entire ASG, which changed its name to Danzas. In 2002, the German post bought DHL, which was subsequently named as name, when it was considered more famous worldwide than Danzas was, so from autumn 2003 the former ASG, is called DHL.
Subject ID: 38509
Subject ID: 38509
