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 (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kuehne + Nagel canonical | 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
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Friedrich Nagel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foundingLocation | Bremen, Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasBrand |
Kuehne+Nagel Air Logistics
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kuehne+Nagel Contract Logistics NERFINISHED ⓘ Kuehne+Nagel Road Logistics NERFINISHED ⓘ Kuehne+Nagel Sea Logistics NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasOfficeIn |
China
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ India NERFINISHED ⓘ Singapore NERFINISHED ⓘ United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSubsidiary | Kuehne + Nagel International AG NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Schindellegi, Switzerland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inception | 1890 ⓘ |
| industry |
freight forwarding
ⓘ
logistics ⓘ supply chain management ⓘ |
| legalForm | Aktiengesellschaft NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfEmployees | over 80,000 ⓘ |
| operatesIn |
Africa
ⓘ
Asia-Pacific NERFINISHED ⓘ 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 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tickerSymbol | KNIN NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| 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 (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.