{"id":217853,"date":"2016-01-04T06:06:44","date_gmt":"2016-01-03T20:06:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=217853"},"modified":"2016-01-04T06:06:44","modified_gmt":"2016-01-03T20:06:44","slug":"apl-guam-makes-maiden-voyage-to-saipan-guam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/apl-guam-makes-maiden-voyage-to-saipan-guam\/","title":{"rendered":"APL Guam makes maiden voyage to Saipan, Guam"},"content":{"rendered":"

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APL Guam Express made its first port of call on Saipan last Thursday as part of its maiden voyage. The U.S.-flagged ship will have a Yokohama-Guam-Saipan-Busan service route. (Frauleine Villanueva-Dizon)<\/figcaption><\/figure>
\nThe American President Lines\u2019 newest service, Guam Express, made its first port of call on Saipan last Thursday.<\/p>\n

The U.S.-flagged ship headed out for Guam on Friday after welcoming the New Year in the CNMI.<\/p>\n

APL Guam\u2019s maiden voyage was delayed as APL earlier targeted it to arrive on Saipan last November.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere was a delay of about a month,\u201d APL general manager for Guam and Micronesia John Selleck said.<\/p>\n

Selleck said there were requirements that they had to meet to ensure the safety of the crew and the whole ship.<\/p>\n

APL Guam was dry-docked in China and was converted in order to be under U.S. flagship. <\/p>\n

The ship has a capacity of 1,000 TEUs or twenty-foot equivalent units, which mean it can carry 1,000 20-foot containers or 550 40-foot containers. It can also carry 200 refrigerated containers.<\/p>\n

According to Selleck, there are changes in the route as well as in the schedule of APL Guam.<\/p>\n

The Yokohama-Saipan-Guam route that APL earlier announced will now include Busan, South Korea.<\/p>\n

Selleck said the ship will be in Yokohama on Tuesdays, Guam on Saturdays, Saipan on Sundays, and Busan on Thursdays.<\/p>\n

APL Guam will be in Guam again on Jan. 9 and on Saipan on Jan. 10.<\/p>\n

Selleck said that APL will be making up for the delayed shipments its customers experienced. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re grateful for our customers that stuck with us. We want to make it up to them and we\u2019re making special arrangements for those customers. They took a risk with us and we really appreciate that,\u201d Selleck said <\/p>\n

He said they expect to have more support in the future now that they had their maiden voyage. He added that a second ship to service the CNMI is still being looked at. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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