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.
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.
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.