APL said its latest innovation – premium big-box service on a regular, weekly basis – has the potential to make a significant difference to the economics of Transpacific trade.
Deployment of the new-generation, larger container for Transpacific trade is a logical next step for APL which introduced the industry’s first 45-foot container in 1980, the 48-footer in 1986, and the domestic 53-foot box in 1989.
The 53-foot container has become fundamental to domestic intermodal transportation in the US but to date, other than for occasional cargo lifts when repositioning new containers from Asia to the US, 53-foot boxes haven’t been strong enough to endure the rigours of ocean transport. Instead, importers ship cargo to the US West Coast in 20, 40 or 45-foot boxes, then transfer their shipments to 53-foot containers at US ports for truck or rail transport to the final destination.
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