APL enhances intra-Asia connectivity via new Japan-Taiwan-Thailand service
APL will launch a new Intra-Asia shortsea service - the Japan Taiwan Thailand (JTX) service. Covering six key ports in Japan, the JTX service offers industry-leading transit times from Taiwan to Thailand and Japan. Shipments on board the JTX service can expect fast transit from Kaohsiung to Laem Chabang in six days; and from Keelung to Tokyo in four days, APL said Tuesday in a press release.
Additionally, APL customers will also gain access to global connectivity, via APL’s extensive service network at the transhipment hubs of Hong Kong and Kaohsiung.
Commencing its first sailing from Tokyo on 27 February, the JTX service will call the ports of Tokyo, Yokohama, Shimizu, Nagoya, Osaka, Kobe, Keelung, Taichung, Kaohsiung, Hong Kong, Laem Chabang and Bangkok.
About APL
APL is one of the world’s leading ocean carriers, providing world-class container shipping and terminal services, as well as intermodal operations supported by leading-edge IT and e-commerce.APL offers transcontinental cargo shipping across Asia, North and South America, Europe, the Middle East, the Indian subcontinent and Australia through more than 120 services calling ports in over 70 countries worldwide. APL is part of the CMA CGM Group, a leading worldwide shipping group founded in 1978 by Jacques R. Saadé and now headed by Rodolphe Saadé.
