Eagle Express X arrives in Los Angeles

New APL service offers 11-day transit from Shanghai to California.    APL Japan, the first ship in APL’s new premium container service Eagle Express X (EXX), arrived in the Port of Los Angeles Wednesday.
   APL announced plans for the service in March, but the first ship in the service sailed from Shanghai Aug. 4. Bluewater Reporting said the weekly EXX service uses five sister ships with 4,832-TEU capacity that operate in a Ningbo-Shanghai-Los Angeles-Dutch Harbor, Alaska-Yokohama-Busan-Ningbo rotation. The transit time from Shanghai to Los Angeles is just 11 days and from Ningbo to Los Angeles 12 days.
   Ed Aldridge, president of APL North America, said the service provides customers “with a cost-efficient air freight alternative for its urgent cargo and a first-class service for its ocean shipments from origin to destination.”
   In addition to the fast transit time, APL said Eagle Express X offers a time-guaranteed transit, attractive origin cutoff times and 100 percent guaranteed space and equipment.
   When EXX inbound containers are discharged at the Eagle Marine Service (EMS) terminal at the Port of Los Angeles, they are immediately loaded onto specially reserved smart chassis and directly parked in a dedicated EXX yard within the terminal for same-day availability. Exclusive EXX gates have been established and no appointments are necessary.
   Additionally, the service is supported by what APL calls white-glove customer service teams.
   The Port of Los Angeles said the EXX service will soon benefit from its Port Optimizer portal that it has developed in partnership with GE Transportation.