Come with us on a very special route: Invitation to a journey through time from 1989 to today

What began at the end of the 1980s with an ambitious company foundation in Hamburg has developed into a globally active, integrated logistics service provider at the highest international level.

Here you can see the most important milestones in our history:

  • 1989

    APRIL
    Foundation of TCI Transcontainer International GmbH in Hamburg.
  • 1991

    NOVEMBER
    Foundation of HLS Hafen Lager Service GmbH in Hamburg, a warehousing and transshipment company in the free port of Hamburg.
  • 1994

    APRIL
    Foundation of TCA Globe Freight Logistic GmbH, an air freight forwarding company at Stuttgart Airport for the independent handling of worldwide air freight shipments.
  • 1996

    APRIL
    Foundation of TCI International Logistics B.V. in Rotterdam as the first foreign office for the international development of TCI products.
  • 1997

    APRIL
    Foundation of TCS Transchem Services GmbH, an international pharmaceutical and chemical logistics company in Hamburg's free port.
  • 1999

    SEPTEMBER
    Move into the company's own new distribution center with over 10,000 m² of warehouse space and 34,000 m² of outdoor space in Hamburg's free port.
  • 2000

    SEPTEMBER
    Completion of the office complex with 2,100 m² of office space. Total investment in the logistics and administration center: 10 million euros.
  • 2002

    MARCH
    Foundation of TCI International Logistics (America) GmbH for the development of the American market.

    MAY
    Foundation of TCI International Logistics GmbH Dortmund as a full service provider. Foundation of TCI International Logistics de Mexico S.A. de C.V. for the professional support of the South and Latin American market.
  • 2006

    NOVEMBER
    Foundation of TLS International Logistic GmbH as a highly specialized company for full container transports to and from the Far East.
  • 2008

    SEPTEMBER
    Spin-off of the operating division, with retroactive effect from 1 January 2008, from TCI Transcontainer International GmbH, Hamburg, to TCI International Logistics GmbH. Foundation of TCI Transcontainer International Holding GmbH, Hamburg, as a financial holding company.
  • 2012

    JANUARY
    With the renaming of TCA Globe Freight Logistic GmbH to TCI International Airfreight GmbH, we have concentrated all airfreight activities in the TCI Group at the Frankfurt location.

    JULY
    Opening of the TCI International Logistics GmbH Bayreuth sales office.
  • 2013

    SEPTEMBER
    The HLS Hafen Lager Service GmbH has been offering industrial packaging services since December 1, 2013. Heavy-duty overhead cranes with a total load capacity of up to 40 tons are available for this purpose.

    OCTOBER
    TCI International Logistics GmbH opened an international logistics company in Biberach an der Riß.

  • 2014

    APRIL
    Together with all employees, the TCI Group celebrates its successful 25th anniversary.

    SEPTEMBER
    Merger of TLS International Logistics GmbH and TCI International Airfreight Logistics GmbH and with TCI International Logistics GmbH Hamburg.

    OCTOBER
    Foundation of TCI International Logistics France SAS to support activities in France.
  • 2015

    AUGUST
    Opening of an office in Cologne to strengthen the German presence of the TCI Group.

  • 2017

    APRIL
    Opening of TCI branches in China and Hong Kong with offices in Hong Kong, Shanghai, Ningbo, Shenzhen and Xiamen.

    OCTOBER
    Opening of a new branch of TCI International Logistics GmbH in Leipzig.
  • 2018

    AUGUST
    Merger of the companies HLS Hafen Lager Service GmbH and TCS Transchem Services GmbH to form HLS Port Logistics Services GmbH.
  • 2019

    APRIL
    In April, the TCI Group celebrates the successful 30th anniversary of TCI International Logistics GmbH
  • 2022

    JANUARY
    Opening of a new office in Atlanta and the opening of offices in Vietnam (Hai Phong, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh)