We are a global transportation company, with core businesses involved in container transportation and supply chain management. We are committed to providing our customers with quality through operational excellence, supported by advanced IT services.

NOL began life in 1968 as Singapore's national shipping line, wholly owned by the Singapore Government, just as it was becoming clear that containerization was the way of the future.
In 1997 NOL bought America's oldest shipping company, American President Lines (APL).
APL was nearly twice the size of NOL. APL began life around the time of the Californian gold rush with the vessel the S.S California leaving New York for San Francisco in 1848 on its maiden voyage. Nineteen years later, in 1867 The Colorado was the first vessel to undertake the trans-Pacific run, linking China and the USA.

Now fully integrated, the NOL Group has more than 10,000 staff globally and operates two core businesses: APL, a global top-10 container transportation company and APL Logistics, which provides international end-to-end logistics services in more than 130 cities and 56 countries.