APL has announced it is adding Guayaquil, Ecuador, and Ensenada, Mexico, as ports of call to its Condor Express (CDX) service.

Lars Kastrup is the new ceo of APL taking over from Nicholas Sartini who move to be deputy ceo of CMA CGM’s logistics foray CEVA Logistics.

APL’s intra-Asian container shipping business is being merged under the CNC brand, but with the management of the Taiwan headquartered-line shifted to Singapore.

As CMA CGM makes a public tender for outstanding shares in CEVA Logistics it does not own, it was announced the Swiss headquartered firm will acquire CMA CGM Log, and Nicolas Sartini would join as deputy ceo from APL.

APL has announced the extension of the West Asia Express (WAX) and West Asia Express 3 (WA3) services covered Asia and the Middle East.

APL has announced the extension of Eagle GO Guaranteed to its Asia-Latin America and North America-Latin America networks.

APL has announced the expansion of Eagle GO Guaranteed for cargoes destined for the Middle East and India Subcontinent from all direct and non-direct loading ports in Asia, in addition to China, the company said.

APL has announced the extension of Eagle GO Guaranteed for US-bound containers originating from all ports in Asia and the Middle East, the company said in a statement.

Long-time CMA CGM executive Serge Corbel is to become cfo of CEVA Logistics, a company the French container line took a 25% stake in earlier this year.

Global LNG bunkering infrastructure is still needed for shipowners to make LNG-fuelled shipping viable on a large scale according to Nicolas Sartini, ceo of APL, part of the CMA CGM Group.