APL expands guaranteed container loading service

“Eagle GO. Guaranteed” service, which is designed to protect shippers from having containers “rolled” to the next voyage, is expanding from four to 29 Asian origin ports.    APL said Monday that it is greatly expanding its “Eagle GO. Guaranteed” service, increasing the number of locations it will offer the service from four to 29 ports originating in Asia.
   The CMA CGM subsidiary said that as of March 1, it will offer the service, which promises equipment and vessel space on 22 services to North America, to 15 to ports on the West Coast and seven to ports on the East Coast.
   Eagle GO. Guaranteed was introduced last October from the ports of Shanghai, Ningbo and Yantian in China, as well as Cai Mep in Vietnam, and offers a money-back guarantee.
   Effective March 1, the service will add these Asian ports of origination: Busan, Dalian, Fuqing, Hong Kong, Jakarta, Kaohsiung, Kobe, Laem Chabang, Lianyungang, Mundra, Nagoya, Naha, Nansha, Nhava Sheva, Port Kelang, Port Qasim, Qingdao, Sendai, Shekou, Singapore, Taipei, Tianjin, Tokyo, Xiamen and Yokohama; in addition to Shanghai, Ningbo, Yantian and Cai Mep.
   “During the recent peak leading up to the Lunar New Year, shippers turned to APL’s Eagle GO. Guaranteed to get their urgent shipments going without the concerns of equipment and vessel space shortages. In scaling up the Eagle GO. Guaranteed service to 25 more Asian ports, we seek to benefit more shippers, in particular those loading from the major ports of Busan, Jakarta, Qingdao and Xiamen amongst others,” said Jesper Stenbak, senior vice president of APL’s Trans-Pacific trade.
   APL has two other “Eagle Guaranteed” services that also offer money-back guarantees.
   One of which is The Eagle GET. Guaranteed service, which assures an expeditious discharge of cargo on board the EX1, SC1 and PE1 services at the Global Gateway South terminal in Los Angeles. Eagle GET. Guaranteed shipments are discharged within 12 hours of commencement of vessel cargo operations and are pre-mounted on chassis.
   The other Eagle Guaranteed service is APL’s Eagle REACH. Guaranteed, which promises day-definite arrival of containers on the EX1 service from the Global Gateway South terminal to rail yards in Chicago, Columbus, Dallas, El Paso, Kansas City and Memphis.