Consolidation & Centralization of U.S. Freight Cashiering Offices

APL is undertaking an initiative to consolidate our U.S. Freight Cashiering offices into one centralized location for posting of payments and/or original bills of lading. We ask that you mail or courier your payments and/or documents to one of the following lockbox locations below beginning January 1, 2006.

Inbound bills of lading and checks can be couriered or mailed to any one of the three locations above. These locations will accept your payment and Original Bills of Lading and will scan and transmit the applicable documents to our centralized cashiering office for posting of the payment. APL asks that you submit your payment and documentation in a timely manner. Demurrage payments may be made conveniently on-line by using APL's demurrage payment tool available through www.apl.com. Please visit this Web site to register. ( Note : Demurrage for San Pedro can be paid on-line via credit card or mail payment to the following address: APL, Ltd., 614 Terminal Way, Terminal Island, CA 90731)

Outbound - All outbound bills of lading will be sent directly by our documentation department to our customers via Electronic Bill of Lading (for those customers who are using EBL through APL's award-winning Homeport) or via overnight courier service. Our freight cashiers will no longer release Bills of Lading. APL encourages all of our customers (both credit and non-credit customers) to register for an APL Homeport I.D and begin utilizing the Electronic Bill of Lading function. For non-credit customers who utilize the Electronic Bill of Lading function, payment is still required to be sent to one of the three locations noted above prior to release of bills of lading. Once the payment had been received and applied in APL's system, bills of lading will print in your office. To sign up for the Electronic Bill of Lading print function, you may register at www.apl.com.

Your company is a valued business partner and we look forward to continuing that partnership into the future. With questions, please contact Customer Support at 1-800-999-7733.