| 1955 | Horst Pahlhammer founds the freight agency Horst Pahlhammer in the back room of the parental motel in Hamburg. |
| 1969 | After years of healthy growth, the freight agency becomes the Horst Pahlhammer shipping company. |
| 1970 | The company is admitted as dispatch forwarding agent for the German Federal Railroad. |
| 1994 | As a result of the steadily growing number of business relationships, Horst Pahlhammer expends the business area by logistics. On this occasion the sons Marcel and Toger Pahlhammer join the management. |
| 1997 | Pahlhammer is admitted to the customs recipient and consignor. |
| 1998 | The forwarding company covers the transhipment facility in Hamburg-Wilhelmsburg with 8000 square meters of covered storage space. The company is also authorized to run an open custom warehouse. |
| 2003 | Pahlhammer facilitates its work processes by connecting to ATLAS (Automated tariff and local customs handling system). |
| 2006 | Horst Pahlhammer transfers the business to his sons Marcel and Toger. Following is the change of name to the Pahlhammer forwarding and storage company m.b.H. & Co. KG |
| 2011 | An additional 2000 square meter external warehouse is put into operation in Hamburg-Wilhelmsburg. The company stores soot there. |
| 2015 | On the occasion of a legal restructuring of the company, a further change of name is made to the Pahlhammer forwarding and storage company m.b.H. |
| 2016 | The forwarding company obtains certification for the AEO. |
| 2017 | Pahlhammer takes over the Hamburg branch of Erich Weiss Spedition GmbH & Co. KG by Pahlhammer in the form of an asset deal. |
| 2018 | South of Hamburg in the Log-Park in Rade, a modern high-bay warehouse is put into operation for a major customer. |
| 2019 | Demand for additional logistics services is growing, therefore Pahlhammer is comissioning another 5,000 square meter external warehouse in Hamburg-Wilhelmsburg. |
| 2020 | Quality management according to DIN ISO 9001: 2015 is successfully introduced and certified by the certification body of TÜV SÜD Management Service GmbH. |
| Heute | Pahlhammer has long been one of the firm leaders among the full-service logistics companies. Manufacturers, importers and trading companies worldwide value their individual concepts. |
