APL Announces New Cooperation in U.S.-South America Trade

Assures continuity of service to East Coast

Miami, March 7, 2007 - Global container shipping line APL announced today a new cooperation with Mediterranean Shipping Company and Mitsui OSK to take effect in April of 2007. This cooperation will allow continuity of product quality and scope of coverage from the U.S. East Coast to the East Coast South America.   

The service will offer weekly calls in Norfolk, Philadelphia, New York and Baltimore in the U.S., and Santos, Buenos Aires, Rio Grande, Sao Francisco do Sul, and Salvador on the east coast of South America.

Parallel with the start of this new cooperation, APL will discontinue the existing cooperation with Maersk Line on the NASA service which will exit the trade after its last sailing from Santos on April 14th.  APL will also discontinue its existing cooperation with Hamburg Sud on the Tango service with a final sailing from Suape on April 12th.

About APL
APL is a global container transportation company offering more than 60 weekly services and nearly 300 calls at more than 90 ports in Asia, Europe, the Middle East and the Americas. It combines world-class intermodal operations with leading edge IT and e-commerce. APL is a unit of Singapore-based Neptune Orient Lines (NOL), a global logistics and transportation company. APL Web site: www.apl.com

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