SINGAPORE's APL, the container shipping arm of Neptune Orient Lines (NOL), has discontinued transpacific service to 53-foot containers after championing US standard truck-length box since 2007.
"The economics just didn't work," said APL Americas CEO Gene Seroka, reported American Shipper. "We'll keep watching it, but at this time it's just not a viable option."
It was hard to find exports to match inbound cargo arriving in the containers which were fortified of ocean passage and now used by Trailer Bridge, a truck-box barge service between Jacksonville, Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic. Some 53-footers were now used by APL Logistics while others have been sold.
"The economics just didn't work," said APL Americas CEO Gene Seroka, reported American Shipper. "We'll keep watching it, but at this time it's just not a viable option."
It was hard to find exports to match inbound cargo arriving in the containers which were fortified of ocean passage and now used by Trailer Bridge, a truck-box barge service between Jacksonville, Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic. Some 53-footers were now used by APL Logistics while others have been sold.
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