APL today (16 October) announced the expansion of its Eagle GO Guaranteed service for cargoes destined for the Middle East and India subcontinent from all direct and non-direct loading ports in Asia, in addition to China.
Eagle GO Guaranteed cargoes from non-direct loading ports will be assured of equipment at the origin and vessel space onboard the first leg, as they en-route to the trans-shipment hubs for priority shipping to the Middle East and India subcontinent, APL said.
Likewise, Eagle GO Guaranteed cargoes from the direct load ports will be assured of equipment and vessel space onboard seven Asia-Middle East and six India subcontinent services by APL, the firm said in a statement.
The 13 APL services include the Gulf Asia Express 2 (GA2), Pendulum Gulf Express (PE2), West Asia Express 3 (WA3), West Asia Express 5 (WA5), West Asia Express (WAX), Red Sea Express 2 (RS2), Red Sea Express (RSX), Asia Subcontinent Express (AS1), Asia Subcontinent Express (AS3), Asia Subcontinent Express (AS5), North Asia Subcontinent Express (CI3), China India Express (CIX) and India East Coast Express (IEX).
Each week, the various services pick up cargoes from their rotational ports of China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Korea, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam, Cambodia, Myanmar. From these Asian origin ports, the respective services will head for their designated ports of call in United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Djibouti, Egypt and Jordan in the Middle East; as well as India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh in the India subcontinent, APL explained.
Singapore-headquartered APL is a leading global ocean carrier providing container shipping and terminal services, as well as intermodal operations.
The shipping line offers transcontinental cargo shipping across Asia, North and South America, Europe, the Middle East, the Indian subcontinent and Australia through more than 120 weekly services calling at ports in over 70 countries.
APL is part of the CMA CGM Group, a leading worldwide shipping group headed by Rodolphe Saadé.
