APL Voted ‘Best Shipping Line in the Transpacific’ at the 2017 Asian Freight, Logistics and Supply Chain Awards

SINGAPORE, 30 Jun 2017 – APL has been named the ‘Best Shipping Line in the Transpacific’ at the 2017 Asian Freight, Logistics and Supply Chain Awards last evening, in Singapore. Determined through votes cast by industry stakeholders, customers, global shippers and readers of Asia Cargo News, the Award recognises APL as the preferred shipping carrier for the Transpacific market with outstanding leadership, service quality, innovation, customer relationship management and reliability in this segment category.

APL Chief Executive Officer, Nicolas Sartini said, “This Award signifies a resounding vote of confidence from our customers and industry stakeholders in APL and our suite of services that are catered for our stronghold Transpacific market. Amidst on-going industry consolidation and evolution, APL has differentiated ourselves by providing shippers the much-needed predictability through reliable and quality services. APL will build upon this trust placed in us as we further pursue excellence for our next lap of growth.”

APL’s strong following in the Transpacific is apparent in its Asia-North America volume growth of 34% in Q12017 as compared to 1Q2016. APL’s market share in the Transpacific also rose to 6.7% in 1Q2017 from 5.2% in 1Q2016. Attributing to APL’s advancements are its compelling product offerings, service reliability and support, as well as deployment of capabilities.

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