Business Data
Global Company Strategy - APL - Q4 2015
APL is currently ranked the 12th larg es t containers hip operator g lobally by French cons ultancy Alphaliner. The container s hipping brand of Sing apore-bas ed Neptune Orient Lines (NOL) operates 9 0 ves s els . NOL was formed in 19 6 8 and as s umed its current form in 19 9 7 by merg ing with American Pres ident Lines (APL). NOL is the holding company lis ted on the Sing apore Stock Exchang e and the Sing apore g overnment hold the majority s tag e throug h inves tment company Temas ek Holding s 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 t operated jus t five ves s els , and achieved its initial profit by the mid-19 70 s when its fleet had expanded to 20 ves s els . It held a USD10 5mn initial public offering (IPO) in 19 8 1. The g roup divers ified into tanker operations in the early 19 9 0 s under the brands American Eag le Tankers (AET) and Neptune As s ociated Shipping (NAS). US-bas ed APL dates back to 18 4 8 . The company, orig inally called the Pacific Mail Steams hip Company, beg an to focus on container s hipping in the 19 50 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 20 0 3. It boas ts a terminal operating bus ines s , APL Terminals , and in 20 0 1 als o es tablis hed APL Log is tics in a bid to s treng then product s upply chains . However, in February 20 15 NOL s old APL Log is tics (s ubject to s hareholder and reg ulatory approvals ), calling it a s trateg ic move allowing the company to focus on improving its liner s hipping bus ines s .
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Indonesia freight transport report Q1 2016 : Includes 5-year forecasts to 2019 | Q1 2016 | en |