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# Panalpina Group (Switzerland)

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image by Jorge Candeias

### Logo

image located by Esteban Rivera
(source)

See also:

- Swiss Maritime Companies
- Switzerland

Blue with a white logo centered.
The logo is composed of a winged human figure standing on a disc holding something that might be a sail.
Jorge Candeias, 6 March 1999

The flag is the logo in inverted colors (that is white over blue) over a blue rectangular background (photo source [retrieved]). The logo depicts an active human figure using its energy to dynamically encircle the globe – in the air, on the seas and on land. It was designed after a 15th century ink drawing attributed to the German master Peter Vischer (source).
Panalpina was a forwarding and logistics services, specializing in intercontinental air freight and ocean freight shipments and associated supply chain management solutions.
The company traces its origins to the establishment of forwarding company Hans Im Obersteg & Cie. Ltd. established in 1895 in Basel. In 1935 by the Group's former parent company Schweizerische Reederei Ltd ended the takeover of the earlier. In 1954 all freight forwarding activities of the former parent company are grouped under a holding company named Alpina Internationale Transporte Ltd.
In 1960 it was renamed Panalpina World Transport.
1983–2015: Several acquisitions of transport, logistic and other companies.
On April 1, 2019 it was announced that DSV would acquire Panalpina Welttransport Holding AG (Aktiengesellschaft) (English: Panalpina World Transport Holding Inc.), completed on August 19, 2019.
The Panalpina Group operated a network of some 500 branches in 80 countries; in a further 60 countries, the group cooperates closely with selected partners.
Sources:
http://www.panalpina.com/www/global/en/about/history.html
http://www.sr692.com/sair/logistics/index.html
https://es.slideshare.net/slideshow/chartair-europe-later-panalpina-19781999/49785728
https://co.linkedin.com/company/panalpina
https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/panalpina
For additional information go to Panalpina official website http://www.panalpina.com [retrieved]

Esteban Rivera, 14 April 2025

♦ History of Panalpina Ltd. (swiss-ships.ch, 2011)