APL Logistics

Oakland, CA

Singapore: NOL (Neptune Orient Lines Ltd.)

Brian Lutt, President

510-272-8000

www.apllogistics.com

3PL Turnover:

$1.3b Parent: $7.3b

Service Area:

Tier 1 – Global Supply Chain Manager – Major Markets

3PL Assets:

4,500 employees

162 Warehouses

75 tractors, 227 trailers

Information Systems:

Very good

TMS – NuLogX (i2), Proprietary

WMS – Irista, Manhattan PkMS, Yantra, Proprietary

Services:

Export consolidation and import deconsolidation, air and ocean freight forwarding, warehousing and distribution, transportation management, dedicated contract carriage, customs brokerage

Industry Focus:

Apparel, automotive, computers and electronics, consumer goods, healthcare, industrial, retail

Key Customers:

3M, ArvinMeritor, Colgate-Palmolive, Dell Computer, General Motors, Ingersoll-Rand/Bobcat, J.C. Penney, Limited Brands, Newell Rubbermaid, Nike, Procter & Gamble, Smith & Nephew

Armstrong & Associates’ Evaluation:

APL Logistics’ strengths have been its Asian base and the automotive and retail verticals. Two-thirds of revenues are from contract logistics. One-third is from freight forwarding. Over 67% of its revenues are American based. Thirty-three percent of revenues are automotive/industrial, 27% retail, 14% consumer goods and 10% electronics and high-tech. APL Logistics has automotive joint ventures in China. The U.S. president Brian Lutt is based in Singapore. Forwarding operations are closely linked to ocean container operations.