APL’s box volumes up 5%

APL’s box volumes up 5%    Singapore-based APL, the container-shipping arm of Neptune Orient Lines, moved 162,400 40-foot equivalent units during the four-week period ended April 7, up 5 percent from 154,000 FEUs transported in the same period last year.
   During the same four-week period, APL’s average revenue per FEU dropped 1 percent to $2,698 from $2,735.
   For the year to date, APL’s volumes are up 6 percent year-on-year to 529,800 FEUs from 499,100 FEUs. Average revenue per FEU for the year so far has dipped 1 percent to $2,700 from $2,732.