APL has been honoured with the title of Containership Operator of the Year at the Lloyd's List Asia Pacific Awards which acknowledged the carrier's robust service network, commercial advancement, operational excellence and responsible environmental management
APL has been honoured with the title of Containership Operator of the Year at the Lloyd's List Asia Pacific Awards which acknowledged the carrier's robust service network, commercial advancement, operational excellence and responsible environmental management. Chief executive officer Nicolas Sartini said: 'We have continued to fortify APL's presence in Asia and beyond while we introduce compelling logistics management solutions such as Eagle GO Guaranteed and Eagle Express X service that bring supply chain certainty.
'As we build on our dynamic service network, our customer-centric culture will seek to add value, offering differentiated propositions that move cargo more efficiently and surely.'
Maintaining its growth momentum, the shipping line recorded revenue and volumes of US$2.98 billion and 2.6 million TEU respectively in the first half of the year.
Compared to the first six months of 2017, APL saw volume grow on almost all the trade lanes it serves. In particular, APL's stronghold the intra-Asia market saw an improved product mix and a 13 per cent volume increase.
Respectively on Latin America and the Trans-Atlantic, the carrier transported 21 per cent and 35 per cent more cargo than during the first half of last year. Volumes carried on the transpacific and Asia-Europe trades grew by three per cent and five per cent respectively.
