Rodolphe Saadé has been appointed as chairman of CMA CGM in addition to his role as ceo.

Holding true to its intent of becoming more involved in the intra-Asia trade, APL has announced a slew of route changes and new services.

While the intra-Asia trade has been held up as the next great thing the container industry, there remains debate about the perception that it is notoriously difficult to make money from.

APL is launching a new Korea – China – Southeast Asia service with Cheng Lie Navigation.

Container carrier APL has renewed its terminal lease at Taiwan’s Kaohsiung port for another 10 years from 1 January 2018 to 31 December 2027.

Fresh from the successful integration into the CMA CGM Group, APL will also focus on the Intra-Asia trade going forward, taking advantage of new trade flows.

APL is launching its new Eagle GO Guaranteed product, as the transpacific trading season begins to heat up.

APL has added new ports of call to its Mediterranean Express 1 (MX1) and Mediterranean Express 2 (MX2) services.

Pacific International Lines (PIL) boss SS Teo says that being “alliance neutral” gives it the advantage of flexibility as it remains one of the few major container lines that is truly independent.

APL has announced the addition of a new weekly Asia Latin America Express 3 (AE3-AW3) service that connects China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and other key Asian markets to Mexico and the West Coast South America.