APL Upgrades Miami-Central America Service

APL is upgrading its twice-a-week Miami service connecting the United States with Central American ports.

The Singapore-based container line added a port call at Santo Tomas, Guatemala, to its CAX service (Central America Express).

In addition, APL moved the cutoff time to Friday at the Port of Miami for one of the two weekly sailings, which will provide shippers an end-of-week cutoff in addition to the traditional Wednesday departure.

APL said the changes will provide shippers with more on-time, reliable service. It also said the changes will meet customer demand for improved access to the Central American market. The service connects to vessels on APL’s trans-Pacific and trans-Atlantic trades.

The port rotation for the midweek sailing is: Miami; Puerto Cortes, Honduras; Santo Tomas, Guatemala and back to Miami.

The rotation for the weekend sailing is: Miami; Puerto Cortes, Honduras; Puerto Barrios, Guatemala and back to Miami.

Contact Peter T. Leach at pleach@joc.com.