Kuehne + Nagel
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Kuehne + Nagel is a global logistics and freight forwarding company specializing in sea, air, and contract logistics services.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kuehne + Nagel canonical | 1 |
| Kuehne + Nagel International AG | 1 |
| Kuehne+Nagel Air Logistics | 1 |
| Kuehne+Nagel Contract Logistics | 1 |
| Kuehne+Nagel Road Logistics | 1 |
| Kuehne+Nagel Sea Logistics | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7503697 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kuehne + Nagel Context triple: [Veghel, majorCompanyPresent, Kuehne + Nagel]
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A.
DB Schenker
DB Schenker is a global logistics and freight forwarding company providing land, air, and ocean transport as well as supply chain management services.
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B.
Lufthansa Cargo
Lufthansa Cargo is the air freight and logistics division of the Lufthansa Group, operating a global network for transporting cargo by air.
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C.
Geodis
Geodis is a global logistics and supply chain management company providing freight forwarding, contract logistics, and transportation services.
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D.
Rail Cargo Group
Rail Cargo Group is the freight transport and logistics division of the Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB), providing rail-based cargo services across Europe.
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E.
DHL Aviation
DHL Aviation is the air cargo division of DHL, operating a global network of freight flights that connect major logistics hubs worldwide.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kuehne + Nagel Target entity description: Kuehne + Nagel is a global logistics and freight forwarding company specializing in sea, air, and contract logistics services.
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A.
DB Schenker
DB Schenker is a global logistics and freight forwarding company providing land, air, and ocean transport as well as supply chain management services.
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B.
Lufthansa Cargo
Lufthansa Cargo is the air freight and logistics division of the Lufthansa Group, operating a global network for transporting cargo by air.
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C.
Geodis
Geodis is a global logistics and supply chain management company providing freight forwarding, contract logistics, and transportation services.
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D.
Rail Cargo Group
Rail Cargo Group is the freight transport and logistics division of the Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB), providing rail-based cargo services across Europe.
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E.
DHL Aviation
DHL Aviation is the air cargo division of DHL, operating a global network of freight flights that connect major logistics hubs worldwide.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
freight forwarding company
ⓘ
logistics company ⓘ public company ⓘ |
| coreBusiness |
freight forwarding
ⓘ
global logistics ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Switzerland ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
August Kühne
ⓘ
Friedrich Nagel ⓘ |
| foundingLocation |
Bremen, Germany
ⓘ
linked to:
Bremen
|
| hasBrand |
Kuehne+Nagel Air Logistics
ⓘ
linked to:
Kuehne + Nagel
Kuehne+Nagel Contract Logistics ⓘ
linked to:
Kuehne + Nagel
Kuehne+Nagel Road Logistics ⓘ
linked to:
Kuehne + Nagel
Kuehne+Nagel Sea Logistics ⓘ
linked to:
Kuehne + Nagel
|
| hasOfficeIn |
China
ⓘ
Germany ⓘ India ⓘ Singapore ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| hasSubsidiary |
Kuehne + Nagel International AG
ⓘ
linked to:
Kuehne + Nagel
|
| headquartersLocation | Schindellegi, Switzerland ⓘ |
| inception | 1890 ⓘ |
| industry |
freight forwarding
ⓘ
logistics ⓘ supply chain management ⓘ |
| legalForm | Aktiengesellschaft ⓘ |
| numberOfEmployees | over 80,000 ⓘ |
| operatesIn |
Africa
ⓘ
Asia-Pacific ⓘ Europe ⓘ Middle East ⓘ North America ⓘ South America ⓘ |
| service |
air freight
ⓘ
contract logistics ⓘ customs brokerage ⓘ distribution ⓘ e-commerce logistics ⓘ project logistics ⓘ road logistics ⓘ sea freight ⓘ supply chain solutions ⓘ warehousing ⓘ |
| specializesIn |
air logistics
ⓘ
contract logistics ⓘ integrated supply chain solutions ⓘ sea logistics ⓘ |
| stockExchange | SIX Swiss Exchange ⓘ |
| tickerSymbol | KNIN ⓘ |
| website | https://www.kuehne-nagel.com ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Kuehne + Nagel Description of subject: Kuehne + Nagel is a global logistics and freight forwarding company specializing in sea, air, and contract logistics services.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Kuehne + Nagel
linked to: Kuehne + Nagel
linked to: Kuehne + Nagel
linked to: Kuehne + Nagel
linked to: Kuehne + Nagel