Running Head: HISTORY OF UPS, DHL AND FedEx
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History of UPS, DHL and FedEx
Michael Seraaj
BSAB 410 Management of Air Cargo
Embry Riddle Aeronautical University
24 January 2015
HISTORY of UPS, DHL and FedEx
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History of UPS, DHL and FedEx
United Parcel Service (UPS), DHL Worldwide Express and FedEx are considered to be
the largest shipping and logistics companies in the globe. They handle the delivery of millions of
packages all over the world.
UPS
UPS owes its origins to Jim Casey who founded it in 1907 in Seattle. He was only 19
years old at the time and operated a bicycle messenger service known as American Messenger
Service, with only six bicycles. Its operations included delivery of hot lunches as well as
telegraph messages (Steward, 2013). Casey merged the company with another company known
as Motorcycle Delivery Company to form Merchants Parcel Delivery. The company had already
expanded by 1915 with four cars and five motorcycles. It mainly specialized in the delivery of
services for department stores. The first major move was in 1919 when the company opened
another branch in Oakland and changed its name again to United Parcel Service. The 1920s saw
