APL expands intra-Asia network offering with new services
Time: 2016-11-09 13:53
SINGAPORE's APL, now a unit of French shipping giant CMA CGM, is expanding its intra-Asia service with the launch of the Japan Taiwan 6 (JT6) loop and an upgraded Japan Thailand 2 (JT2) string.
The new JT6 Service links the markets of Japan, Taiwan, South China with the Philippines. The upgraded JT2 Service is enhanced with seven more ports in the key hubs of Japan, Taiwan, South China and Thailand.
"APL is committed to keep levelling up our shipping services and market connectivity so that our customers can better access existing and new markets with ease, reliability and speed," said APL intra-Asia trade manager Tonnie Lim.
"It is noteworthy that the two weekly short sea services will call the major transshipment hubs of Hong Kong and Kaohsiung, enabling Asian shippers to plug into APL's wider network," he said.
Upgraded JT2 Service: Redesigned with market access to Bangkok, the upgraded JT2 Service complements its current port call in Laem Chabang to provide shippers a wider network coverage in Thailand. Through additional calls to Keelung and Taichung, shippers will also benefit from a new Japan to Taiwan route in its enhanced service.
The upgraded JT2 Service will call the ports of Osaka, Kobe, Nagoya, Yokohama, Tokyo, Keelung, Taichung, Kaohsiung, Hong Kong, Shenzhen-Shekou, Laem Chabang and Bangkok. The service will commence its first sailing from Bangkok on December 2.
The new JT6 Service offers a market coverage of North and South Manila in the Philippines to the Kanto and Kansai regions of Japan.
To facilitate fast intra-Asia cargo movements, this new service promises competitive transit times from Japan to South China and South China to Manila, as well as weekend shipment booking cut-off time for the Kobe export market.
This complements the APL Japan Thailand Vietnam (JTV) Service that has a mid-week cut-off time, providing an alternative choice for customers to tap on the Kobe market.
The new JT6 service will at Kaohsiung, Osaka, Kobe, Tokyo, Yokohama, Xiamen, Hong Kong, Guangzhou-Nansha, Shenzhen-Shekou, North and South Manila. Its first sailing is from Kaohsiung December 2.
The new JT6 Service links the markets of Japan, Taiwan, South China with the Philippines. The upgraded JT2 Service is enhanced with seven more ports in the key hubs of Japan, Taiwan, South China and Thailand.
"APL is committed to keep levelling up our shipping services and market connectivity so that our customers can better access existing and new markets with ease, reliability and speed," said APL intra-Asia trade manager Tonnie Lim.
"It is noteworthy that the two weekly short sea services will call the major transshipment hubs of Hong Kong and Kaohsiung, enabling Asian shippers to plug into APL's wider network," he said.
Upgraded JT2 Service: Redesigned with market access to Bangkok, the upgraded JT2 Service complements its current port call in Laem Chabang to provide shippers a wider network coverage in Thailand. Through additional calls to Keelung and Taichung, shippers will also benefit from a new Japan to Taiwan route in its enhanced service.
The upgraded JT2 Service will call the ports of Osaka, Kobe, Nagoya, Yokohama, Tokyo, Keelung, Taichung, Kaohsiung, Hong Kong, Shenzhen-Shekou, Laem Chabang and Bangkok. The service will commence its first sailing from Bangkok on December 2.
The new JT6 Service offers a market coverage of North and South Manila in the Philippines to the Kanto and Kansai regions of Japan.
To facilitate fast intra-Asia cargo movements, this new service promises competitive transit times from Japan to South China and South China to Manila, as well as weekend shipment booking cut-off time for the Kobe export market.
This complements the APL Japan Thailand Vietnam (JTV) Service that has a mid-week cut-off time, providing an alternative choice for customers to tap on the Kobe market.
The new JT6 service will at Kaohsiung, Osaka, Kobe, Tokyo, Yokohama, Xiamen, Hong Kong, Guangzhou-Nansha, Shenzhen-Shekou, North and South Manila. Its first sailing is from Kaohsiung December 2.
