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APL Christens Daewoo-Built

Containership

American President Lines, Ltd. (APL) christened the last of its six new Cll class containerships at the Daewoo Heavy Industries ship- yard in Okpo, Korea. The 4,800-

TEU "Post-Panamax" container- ship will soon join its five sister- ships in the trans-Pacific services of APL and its partners in the multi-trade Global Alliance.

Speaking at the christening cer- emony, APL Executive Vice Presi- dent Michael Diaz said, "By com- pleting our string of Clis, we have now put into place one of the most important elements for APL and for our partners in the Global

Alliance — a fleet of vessels that set the world standard for capacity, reliability and economy." Mr. Diaz also paid tribute to Daewoo Heavy

Industries for its contributions to "the spectacular success of such a huge and complex project." The

APL Philippines is expected to enter sea trials in late December.

Daewoo Heavy Industries con- structed three of the six APL Cll- class containerships, including the

APL Philippines, the APL Sing- apore and the APL Korea.

Howaldtswerke-Deutsch Werft (HDW) shipyard of Kiel, Germany, constructed APL China, APL

Japan and APL Thailand. The six identical sisterships feature a 66,385-hp MAN B&W diesel engine, capable of powering the vessels at speeds up to 24.6 knots.

Other features include advanced bridge navigation equipment, a large capacity shaft-powered main generator, and an on-deck lashing bridge container securing system developed by APL.

Containership Coordination

Details Announced

American President Lines, Ltd. (APL), Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) and Orient Overseas Con- tainer Line (OOCL) announced more details on the Global Alliance deployment for the trans-Pacific route, which will begin this month.

By coordinating the sailings of 32 containerships, the three carriers will offer their respective cus- tomers six weekly vessel sailings (five westbound) between all the main ports in north and south Asia and the U.S. West Coast. The deployment will feature direct line- haul vessel calls at ports in such fast-growing markets as the

People's Republic of China, Thai- land and Malaysia.

The Global Alliance members said the six weekly sailings will be phased into service during the month of January, beginning with the sailing of OOCL California from Port Kelang on January 1, and with the last service beginning on January 7. Temporary adjust- ments in vessel schedules will be made during the first quarter of 1996, as new ships enter service.

The three carriers said, "the new service will provide customers with highly competitive service coverage, increased sailing fre- quency and improved transit times in several key trade lanes."

Carrier Signs Contract With

U.S. West Coast Port

South Pacific Container Line and the Port of San Diego have negotiated a five-year contract for the container carrier to call the port.

Operations began December 4, 1995, when the M/V Kovrov made its initial visit to the 10th Avenue

Marine Terminal to offload con- tainers carrying tuna and bagged salt from the Van Camp Seafood

Co.

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