Sector 11
Logistics & Supply Chain
Three capabilities carry Singapore's industrial logistics record: warehouse automation, cold chain logistics and freight forwarding. The work is the movement and controlled storage of goods, not the software that schedules it — automated high-bay warehouses, temperature-controlled distribution centres and the contract-logistics facilities behind them.
Warehouse automation runs on ASRS integration, warehouse and control software, conveyor and sortation lines and pick-to-light. Fifteen Singapore integrators design, build and integrate these systems. The large named deployments sit with MNC subsidiaries, but a mid-tier local segment serves the mid-size warehouses the MNCs do not chase.
Cold chain logistics holds seventeen verified operators. Of thirteen whose core activity is cold storage and movement, seven are general third-party operators handling food, pharma, chemicals and electronics from one facility — airport-scale, automated high-bay. Six are food-exclusive.
Freight forwarding carries the strongest list-intent search demand measured across the index — roughly 1,000 monthly searches for "freight forwarding companies in singapore" alone. Fifteen forwarders are verified through the FIATA Singapore directory; the ones with real infrastructure run warehousing and contract logistics rather than brokerage.
The work concentrates where the cargo moves: the container terminals at Tuas, the Changi air-freight belt, and distribution hubs across Jurong and Penjuru.
Capabilities
6 sub-sectors
- Cold chain logistics in Singapore Temperature-controlled storage and transport of perishable and sensitive goods, including food, pharmaceuticals, and chemicals. Work maintains defined ranges from frozen to chilled through cold rooms, refrigerated vehicles, and monitored packaging. Buyers select on temperature bands held, GDP and HACCP compliance, and continuous monitoring.
- Contract logistics and third-party logistics (3PL) in Singapore Outsourced management of a client's logistics operations under a multi-year contract. Scope spans warehousing, transport, order fulfilment, and inventory management, run as a dedicated or shared operation. Buyers select on sector experience, systems integration, dedicated versus shared model, and cost per unit handled.
- Customs brokerage in Singapore Preparation and lodging of customs declarations for imports and exports, and management of duties, permits, and clearance. Work covers tariff classification (HS codes), permit application through TradeNet, and compliance with Singapore Customs and controlling agencies. Buyers select on declaration accuracy, permit turnaround, and compliance record.
- Freight forwarding services in Singapore Arranging and managing the movement of goods by sea, air, and land for shippers. Work covers booking carrier space, cargo consolidation, documentation, and coordination of customs and delivery. Buyers select on trade-lane coverage, carrier relationships, IATA/FIATA accreditation, and rate transparency.
- Project and heavy-lift logistics in Singapore Transport of oversized, overweight, and high-value cargo for infrastructure, energy, and industrial projects. Work covers route surveys, lifting and rigging, specialised trailers, and vessel chartering for out-of-gauge and breakbulk consignments. Buyers select on engineering capability, equipment fleet, and project references.
- Warehousing and distribution in Singapore Storage of goods and onward distribution to receiving points. Work covers goods-in, put-away, order picking, packing, inventory management, and dispatch. Facilities range from ambient to bonded and licensed warehouses. Buyers select on location, storage capacity, warehouse-management systems, and throughput rates.
Companies shaping the sector
- AIMS APAC REIT
AIMS APAC REIT owns the warehouses, factories and business parks that Singapore's logistics and manufacturing companies work out of — 28 properties valued at S$2.25 billion, 25 of them in Singapore and 3 in Australia. The SGX Mainboard-listed trust let space to 183 tenants in the financial year ended 31 March 2026, drew gross revenue of S$190.7 million, and cut aggregate leverage to 26.8%. Rooftop solar across the portfolio reached 15.46 MWp.
- Halcon Primo Logistics
Halcon Primo Logistics is a Singapore-headquartered logistics group founded in 2003, running 838,000-plus sq ft of bonded, non-bonded and automated warehousing — including an owned seven-hectare zero-GST bonded hub — plus air, ocean and cross-border road freight, project logistics and customs brokerage. Its NVOCC arm, Vega Orient Line, operates 800 containers in the Intra-Asia trade. Offices in Singapore, Malaysia and China; ISO 9001 and ISO 45001 certified, bizSAFE Star.
Reference records
Compiled from public sources — free for each to claim
- Bansard International
- Bok Seng Group
- Carra Globe
- CEVA Logistics
- Chiang Huat Transport
- Cogent Holdings
- Commonwealth Kokubu Logistics (CKL)
- CWT
- Declaration Nexus
- Declarators
- DHL (Singapore)
- DSV
- E-Smarts
- Expeditors
- GEODIS
- GKE Corporation
- Hup Hin Transport
- Jurong Cold Store
- Kerry Logistics
- Kim Soon Lee (Lim) Heavy Transport
- Kuehne+Nagel
- M&P International Freights
- Mitsui-Soko (Singapore)
- Ninja Van
- Nippon Express
- Poh Tiong Choon Logistics (PTC)
- RichGlobal Services
- SATS Ltd (SATS Food Solutions / Country Foods)
- ST Logistics
- Tiong Nam Logistics
- Tiong Woon Corporation Holding
- TNETS Global (Tradenet Services)
- Vibrant Group (Freight Links Express)
- Yang Kee Logistics
- YCH Group
- Yusen Logistics
- Zuellig Pharma