APL establishes own agency in Estonia
Singapore-based ocean carrier APL has established its own organization in Estonia, its second such company in the Baltic region within the past month.
APL Agencies Estonia O' is based in Tallinn, and last month took over agency responsibilities from Maritime Cargo Logistics, which represented APL since 2001. APL has taken on some staff from its former agency, including Aare Kaarma, who becomes country manager at the new company.
Contact details for APL in Estonia are: APL Agencies O', Peterburi Tee 2F, 11415 Tallinn, Estonia, telephone +372 605 1280.
In October, APL Agencies UAB opened in the most southerly Baltic republic of Lithuania.
'The formation of APL Agencies Estonia completes this phase of our strategic plan for the Baltic and Eastern Europe region,” said David Appleton, APL’s president for the Europe region. “Following accession to the European Union by most of the Eastern European states, we believe their economic prospects and cargo potential will be transformed over the coming years.”
Research commissioned by APL from London-based Drewry Shipping Consultants suggests that Eastern Europe — including the Baltic States, Poland and Russia — could see laden container volumes rise by more than 500 percent from 2006 levels to more than 9 million TEUs by 2016.
'Nine million loaded TEUs is almost the level at which the two-way Asia-North West Europe trade is running at the moment. This is why we felt it so important to plan responsibly for significant volume increases in the East,' Appleton said.
APL serves Tallinn on its Lower Baltic Express (LBX) service, connecting the Baltic port twice-weekly with APL's global network over Hamburg and Bremerhaven.
APL establishes own agency in Estonia
