APL to offer alternative service in October to cover New Zealand
SINGAPORE's Neptune Orient Line's APL, is to join the SE Asia-Brisbane-New Zealand (NZS/NZX) service jointly operated by PIL, OOCL, MOL and NYK, from October.
APL will deploy one ship and will brand the service NZE and the new arrangement will supersede APL's current SE Asia-NZ coverage ensured through its participation to the NAX service that it runs jointly with CMA CGM/ANL and Hanjin, branded 'Kiwi Express' by ANL and AAZ by Hanjin. The two APL ships currently deployed on the NAX will be withdrawn in October, according to Alphaliner.
The NZE will serve the ports currently covered by the NZS/NZX joint service rotate through Port Kelang, Singapore, Brisbane, Auckland, Lyttelton, Wellington, Napier, Tauranga and back to Port Kelang.