APL upgrades Miami-to-Central America ocean service

Maimi, Sep, 11, 2009 - Global shipping leader APL announced upgrades to its twice-a-week Miami service connecting the U.S. to Central America.

The world? 5th-largest container carrier, APL said it added a port call at Santo Tomas, Guatemala, to its CAX service (Central America Express). In addition, APL said it moved the cutoff time to Friday at the Port of Miami for one of the two weekly sailings. The latter change will provide shippers an end-of-week cutoff in addition to the traditional Wednesday departure.

APL said the changes will provide shippers with more on-time, reliable services. It also said the changes will meet customer demand for improved access to the Central American market. The service connects to vessels on APL? Trans Pacific and Trans Atlantic trades.<Korea Shipping Gazette>