APL Expands Japan-US Service
Posted by Michelle Howard
Wednesday, March 15, 2017
APL has launched the Japan Express (JPX) service, a new weekly Trans-Pacific service which directly connects Japan with the U.S. West Coast.
Offering direct connectivity between Japan and the U.S., the JPX service will offer transit times as fast as a 10 days from Sendai to Los Angeles, said Jesper Stenbak, APL Senior Vice President of Trans-Pacific Trade.
The new JPX service will call the ports of Kobe, Nagoya, Tokyo, Sendai, Los Angeles and Oakland. The first sailing will commence from Kobe on April 5, 2017.