APL CHRISTENS FIRST OF FOUR NEW VESSELS
The APL Cairo has been christened at the Aker MTW shipyard in Wismar, Germany. The vessel is the first of four new vessels APL is constructing at the shipyard. The second will be delivered later this year and the other two next year.
The 207.4 meter-long, APL Cairo has 2,500 twenty-foot equivalent unit capacity.
APL is the container and logistics arm of Neptune Orient Lines Limited, a global transportation and logistics company.