APL Logistics targets aggressive expansion

APL Logistics, part of Singapore's Neptune Orient Lines (NOL), hopes to manage the supply chains of some of the world's biggest companies. It's going to have to if the business' revenues are going to match those of the APL Container Shipping operations in three years' time, as planned. In 1999, APL Logistics accounted for $372 million, or 9%, of NOL's $4.28 billion revenues, while APL Container Shipping contributed $3.29 billion.