APL joins MOL’s GPX loop

The Singapore-based ocean carrier joined MOL’s GPX loop this week to offer capacity from Balboa, Panama to Callao, Peru.    Ocean carrier APL began purchasing slots on a portion of MOL’s GPX loop, which operates between Central America and the West Coast of South America.
   The service has a rotation of Balboa, Pisco, Callao, Paita, Guayaquil and Balboa, however the Pisco call will be dropped after the Dec. 15 voyage from Balboa, according to MOL’s most recent online service schedules.
   APL, which only offers slots from Balboa, Panama to Callao, Peru, joined the loop with the Nov. 23 sailing of the 1,350-TEU Magari from Balboa, dubbing it the West Coast Callao (WCC) feeder service.
   APL said it is using the WCC service exclusively for southbound cargo from the U.S. East Coast on the American Caribbean Express, southbound cargo from the U.S. West Coast on the West Coast 5 and intra-Latin cargo from Panama.
   Singapore-based APL and MOL of Japan are members of the G6 Alliance along with Hapag-Lloyd, NYK, OOCL and HMM, cooperating heavily on the major east-west trades.