APL Logistics Ltd. (APLL) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Kintetsu World Express, Inc. (KWE), a Japan-based freight forwarding and transportation company.

[1] As a global supply chain specialist, APL Logistics trades in more than 60 countries,[2] serving the automotive, consumer, industrials, and retail verticals.

In 1997, Singapore-based Neptune Orient Lines Ltd. (NOL) acquired APL in a merger for US$825 million, a move that placed it within the top five of its industry.

[10] In 2005, it formed Holistica Solutions,[11] a now defunct joint venture,[12] with UK-based distribution group Christian Salvesen to create an integrated supply chain with an end-to-end transport service using APL's sea-freight and Salvensen's land-transport assets.

[18] In 2014, IILPL became a wholly owned subsidiary of APL Logistics when the latter acquired the remaining 24 percent of HIPE's shares for US$10 million.

[23] In a move that linked origin ports in Asia to every major North American market, APL Logistics and its trucking partner, Con-way Freight, introduced its OceanGuaranteed service to Mexico in 2009.

[25] Further activity in North America included the 2013 launch of an online sales channel for Walmart in Mexico[26] and the opening of a customs brokerage office in Laredo, Texas.

[29] A year later, APL Logistics established APLL-Zhiqin, a joint venture partnership with China's Legend Holdings Ltd. and Beijing Willway Information Technology Co. Ltd. With offices and hub facilities in 30 Chinese locations, the joint venture had a transportation and distribution network spanning over 2,000 cities and access to a wide range of multinational and local companies.

[33] The next year, to further broaden service offerings to customers in the apparel sector, the company opened two quality assurance centers in Bangladesh.

[35] In 2015, to expand its footprint in Indonesia, APL Logistics announced that it had opened a new container freight station (CFS) at the Tungya Collins Terminal in Cakung, North Jakarta to handle export consolidation and warehousing services.

[42] It handles end-to-end bulk transportation of vehicles and parts from the assembly line to destination utilizing specialized railcars with additional services including tracking, inspection, repair, and final mile delivery.