APL takes delivery of fifth 10,700-TEUer - APL Paris - from Korea

APL, THE container shipping arm of Singapore transportation group NOL, has taken delivery of the 10,700-TEU APL Paris, which is the fifth newbuilding in a six ship series ordered by NOL between 2007 and 2010.

The vessels are part of an initial programme to purchase eight 10,000-TEU vessels from two shipyards, namely DSME and Hyundai Heavy Industries. The orders were later boosted to 10 ships.

The APL Paris is be deployed on the G6 Asia-Europe Loop 7 service, reports Alphaliner. The vessel follows the delivery of the APL Barcelona a week earlier.

The last ship in the series being built by DSME, the APL Dublin, will be delivered this December. The four HHI-built units were already delivered between December 2011 and May 2012.