What is DHL Global Forwarding?

Created by Jhonathan Ibanez, Modified on Tue, 21 Nov, 2023 at 10:48 AM by Jhonathan Ibanez

DHL Global Forwarding (DGF) is the DHL division focused on air, ocean, and rail freight forwarding.


When you rely on global trade to succeed, we understand how important it is to get your goods to market on time, every time. That is why DHL Global Forwarding promises to always offer reliable, flexible, and efficient deliveries to and from every country globally, in total compliance with local regulations. We keep our promises so that you can deliver on yours.


More than 30,000 employees serve over 167,000 customers. It transported more than 3,1 million ocean freight TEUs, and moved more than 2.1 million air freight tons.

Discover more about DHL Global Forwarding here.


DHL Global Forwarding has a series of different APIs covering some of their services in our Developer Portal.

You can learn more about DHL Global Forwarding APIs here.

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