Neptune Orient Lines
Neptune Orient Lines Limited (NOL) is a Singapore-based global container shipping and logistics company with over 11,000 staff across 331 offices in 112 countries. The Group's key brands are APL and APL Logistics. Every year, a volume of over 2 million forty-foot equivalent units (FEU) is transported worldwide.
Its container shipping arm, APL, provides shipping, terminal services and intermodal operations. Its assets include 10 wholly owned and operated terminals along the U.S. West Coast and Asia, 153 vessels and a container fleet of 1,141,370 units.
Its logistics business, APL Logistics, provides international end-to-end logistics services and solutions. It owns 99 logistics facilities and 15.8 million square feet of warehousing area around the world.
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