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Global Company Strategy - APL - Q3 2014
APL is the container s hipping brand of Sing apore-bas ed Neptune Orient Lines (NOL). NOL was formed in 1968 , but as s umed its current form in 1997 when it merged with American Pres ident Lines (APL). NOL remains the holding company lis ted on the Sing apore Stock Exchang e. The Sing apore government maintains a majority s take in the company throug h a number of inves tment firms . NOL beg an life as Sing apore's national s hipping carrier, three years after the country became an independent s tate. The g overnment-owned company at firs toperated jus t five ves s els , and achieved its firs t profit by the mid-19 70 s when its fleet had expanded to 20 ves s els . It held a USD10 5mn initial public offeringn(IPO) in 1981. The g roup divers ified into tanker operations in the early 1990 s under the brands American Eag le Tankers (AET) and Neptune As s ociated Shipping (NAS). US-bas ed APL dates back to 1848 . The company, orig inally called the Pacific Mail Steams hip Company, beg an to focus on container s hipping in the 1950 s . Since the merg er, NOL has continued to direct its bus ines s towards the container market, dives ting tanker s ubs idiaries AET and NAS in 2003. It es tablis hed APL Logistics in 2001 in a bid to s treng then product s upply chains and als o operates a terminal operating bus ines s , APL Terminals .
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