American President Lines, LLC

American President Lines, LLC, a foreign-owned subsidiary of international shipping conglomerate CMA CGM, operates as a prime contractor delivering ocean freight transportation, intermodal distribution, stevedoring, and global supply chain logistics to the Department of Defense and federal civilian agencies on an open-market, full-and-open competition basis with no set-asides. The vendor competes across 1,584 prime federal awards—100 percent prime footprint with zero subcontract exposure—carrying combined potential value of $15.58 billion, of which $4.93 billion has been obligated. APL holds one named subsidiary, APL Marine Services, LTD.

APL's customer concentration reflects heavy Defense and transportation-focused federal reliance. The top five funding agencies account for 99 percent of combined potential value: the Army's Surface Deployment and Distribution Command leads with 301 awards worth $8.51 billion in potential value, followed by the Department of the Air Force with 50 awards totaling $4.95 billion, the Office of the Secretary of Defense with 134 awards carrying $1.81 billion, Air Mobility Command with 60 awards at $165.8 million, and USAID with 48 awards at $23.1 million. A secondary customer tier—the Maritime Administration with 816 awards—dominates by volume but carries zero stated potential value in the source, suggesting those awards are historical or low-dollar task orders under standing idefinite-delivery vehicles. The volume/value split reveals APL's concentration among SDDC and DoD Air Force programs rather than maritime legacy work.

APL's vehicle position spans both global military logistics IDIQs and humanitarian civilian transport vehicles. The vendor holds a seat on five named parent vehicles accounting for most recent task order activity: the Ocean and Intermodal Cargo Transport 2019 (68 task orders, $536.1 million combined potential value) and USTRANSCOM Universal Service Contract-8 (62 task orders, $544.4 million) anchor Army and Air Force consolidated shipment work; Multimodal-3 (101 task orders, $45.7 million) supports Air Mobility Command tactical cargo movements across the Middle East and Indo-Pacific; the Universal Services Contract-10 (USC-10), a $4 billion multiple-award vehicle awarded September 1, 2024, extends through August 31, 2026 and provides ocean and intermodal services globally with fixed pricing and economic price adjustment; and a single-award $10.3 million stevedoring contract with SDDC in Singapore runs through September 2027. APL also holds a zero-dollar Voluntary Intermodal Sealift Agreement (VISA) Contingency Services vehicle awarded October 1, 2024, extending through September 2034, which enables task-order-funded sealift charters and infrastructure support worldwide. The Maritime Administration vehicle (Indefinite Delivery Contract DTMA9188C80020) accounts for 333 task orders, suggesting historical subsidy or cargo preference work not detailed in the source summaries.

Activity trajectory shows stability with cyclical fluctuation. Awards per year ranged from 47 (2022) to 33 (2025), with 24 awards year-to-date in 2026; this is not growth but sustained mature volume consistent with ongoing global military logistics operations. The recompete cliff is minimal—only one award with ultimate completion in the next 24 months carries $3 thousand in potential value. This implies APL's major IDIQs and single-award contracts are structurally insulated from recompete risk through 2026–2027, and the core vehicle ceiling of USC-10 ($4 billion through August 2026) will itself approach recompete or renewal decision points by mid-2026.

Representative concrete capability work spans Defense transportation operations and USAID humanitarian logistics. APL delivered a $4.33 million firm-fixed-price delivery order to the Air Force on April 22, 2026, under Multimodal-3 for Operation Epic Fury cargo movements from Indiana to Bahrain (place of performance: Bahrain, completion May 15, 2026). In early 2024, APL received a $2.75 million USAID definitive contract for ocean transportation of 7,238 metric tons of Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF) to UNICEF programs, with completion by September 30, 2024. The vendor also holds a $10.3 million single-award SDDC stevedoring contract in Singapore through September 2027, under which monthly delivery orders ($80K to $476K) fund port terminal operations including vessel discharging, cargo lashing, and dangerous-goods handling. Air Mobility Command issued multiple monthly consolidated-shipment delivery orders under USC-10 and Ocean and Intermodal Cargo Transport 2019, each valued $6–$10 million and performed in Japan, supporting routine force distribution and equipment movement.

APL's category footprint is specialized: 434 awards carry Deep Sea Freight Transportation (NAICS 483111), 103 carry Freight Transportation Arrangement, and 84 cover Marine Cargo Handling. PSC-level coding shows 453 awards in Vessel Freight (Transportation), 183 in Air Freight, 107 in Non-Nuclear Ship Repair (East Coast), and 86 in Stevedoring. This concentration reflects APL's identity as a vessel operator and intermodal carrier rather than a general logistics integrator; the company does not compete for non-ocean, IT, or professional-service work in any material volume in this source.

APL competes exclusively on open market without set-asides across its entire prime footprint. As a large, foreign-owned for-profit corporation, the vendor holds no SBA certifications (8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, WOSB) and does not pursue designated categories. All awards are competed full-and-open or issued as task orders under pre-awarded IDIQs already in place before APL's order issuance.

The vendor's federal contracting history extends to 1983 in this source's window, establishing deep institutional presence with SDDC, Air Mobility Command, and the Maritime Administration. Recent awards from March–April 2026 (the most current in the source, dated July 15, 2026) demonstrate ongoing task-order velocity under established vehicles, with no evidence of major new vehicle wins or capability expansion outside ocean and intermodal scope. The $15.58 billion portfolio and $4.93 billion obligated revenue position APL as a top-five federal transportation prime by dollars, driven by the scale of SDDC consolidation work and the breadth of the USC-10 and VISA frameworks.