APL with Mediterranean Shipping Co. and Mitsui OSK to launch service from the U.S. East Coast to South America

Global container shipping line APL announces a new arrangement with Mediterranean Shipping Co. and Mitsui OSK to provide coverage from the U.S. East Coast to South America. The service will offer weekly calls in Norfolk, Philadelphia, New York, and Baltimore and the South American ports of Santos, Buenos Aires, Rio Grande, Sao Francisco do Sul, and Salvador. Parallel with the start of this new service, APL has discontinued its partnership with Maersk Line on the NASA service and its arrangement with Hamburg Sud on the Tango service.