FLEET SIZE: 10 vessels CUSTOMER AWARDS: Lloyd’s Loading List – Star Performer 2006 for transit times and schedule reliability on the North Atlantic Route; 3M’s 1T1 award for quality and excellence; Canadian Transportation & Logistics Carrier of Choice Award. WHAT’S NEW: Container and Ro/Ro services between North America and West Africa, and oversized cargo service to the Mediterranean, Middle East, Australia, South America, Far East, and South Africa.
China Shipping
888-712-7811 www.chinashippingna.com
PARENT COMPANY: China Shipping Group Company China Shipping offers container transportation and related services including storage, transshipment, customs arrival manifest filing, and intermodal on-carriage. The company services various ports around the world, and boasts an impressive number of connections within China. WEB TOOLS: Tracking/tracing, EDI, eBrochure, sailing schedules. FLEET SIZE: 151 vessels CUSTOMER AWARDS: Lloyd’s Loading List – Shipping Line of the Year; regional customer service awards for Far East and North America routes. WHAT’S NEW: Trans-Pacific, Trans-Atlantic, Mediterranean, North Europe, China Pearl River Delta, and China Yangtze River Delta services.
APL
800-999-7733 www.apl.com
PARENT COMPANY: Neptune Orient Lines LOGISTICS DIVISION: APL Logistics
APL is a global container transportation provider offering more than 60 weekly services and nearly 300 calls at more than 90 ports in Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and the Americas. The company combines intermodal operations with technology and e-commerce solutions. WEB TOOLS: Customizable sailing schedules, shipment book- ing, shipment instructions submission, bill of lading proofing and printing, real-time shipment status tracking, custom shipment reporting for online viewing or e-mail delivery, instant payment
for container charges. FLEET SIZE: 113 vessels
CUSTOMER AWARDS: Goodyear – Best Shipping Line in Latin America, 2006; JCPenney – 2006 Supply Chain Award; Target – Vice President’s Award for Service Excellence, 2006. WHAT’S NEW: APL Logistics has joined forces with Con-way Freight to create OceanGuaranteed SM —a combined ocean/truck less- than-containerload (LCL) service with day-definite deliveries and a money-back service guarantee. OceanGuaranteed delivers LCL shipments from Asia to any address in the continental United States within five business days after the vessel arrives on the West Coast.
Atlantic Container Line
800-ACL-1235 www.aclcargo.com
Crowley
800-CROWLEY www.crowley.com
PARENT COMPANY: Grimaldi Group Celebrating 40 years of service, ACL is a specialized carrier of containers, project and oversized cargo, heavy equipment, and vehicles. It boasts the world’s largest combination Ro/Ro containerships. Headquartered in Iselin, N.J., with offices throughout Europe and North America, ACL makes weekly service calls at Baltimore, Norfolk, New York, Halifax, Liverpool, Antwerp, Bremerhaven, and Gothenburg. ACL offers four transatlantic sailings each week. WEB TOOLS: Web visitors can track and trace cargo, submit online shipping instructions, and request bookings and rates.
PARENT COMPANY: Crowley Maritime Corporation LOGISTICS DIVISION: Crowley Logistics
Jacksonville, Fla.-based Crowley Maritime Corporation, founded in San Francisco in 1892, provides diversified transportation and logistics services in domestic and international markets. It operates four lines of business: liner services; logistics services; petroleum services; and marine services. Crowley’s broad range of services includes towing and transportation, ship assistance and escort, energy support, salvage and emergency response, vessel management, and petroleum and chemical transportation, distribution, and sales.
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