Originally, it was an American shipping company with a history of 170 years. Later, it was annexed by NOL (Oriental Seafood) in 1997, but it still used APL brand. Headquartered in Singapore, NOL has business in 140 countries all over the world and is one of the top ten liner companies in the world. All of NOL's container transportation business is operated by APL, which provides more than 60 flights a week between more than 90 ports in Asia, Europe, the Middle East and America.
APL's documentary center, American Empire Management Consulting (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. (RAC), was originally located in Shanghai, and all reservations will be directly transmitted to the documentary center in Shanghai, with special network support. Due to the internal adjustment of APL company, RAC document center was completely closed in August 20 10. Now the document center has been moved to Chongqing, namely Huang Mei Management Information (Chongqing) Co., Ltd. (GSC).