物流巴巴網從美國總統輪船官網獲悉，8月24日APL公布將新增亞洲拉丁美洲快運3（Asia Latin America Express 3）服務（簡稱AE3-AW3），每周將中國、香港、臺灣等重要亞洲市場連接到墨西哥和南美洲西岸。
　　APL拉丁美洲負責人Adeline Franger Chouraqui表示：“該亞洲拉丁美洲快運3航線將進一步增強我們在亞洲和拉丁美洲的航線覆蓋，并延伸到南美洲西岸。AE3-AW3以其市場領先的航運時間，突顯了APL致力于擴大拉丁美洲的業務，及專注于托運人的貨物高速上市的承諾。”
　　AE3-AW3航線以業界最快的運輸時間設計，從寧波到墨西哥、巴拿馬和哥倫比亞的航運時間分別僅為18、24和27天，同時也將以圣維森特港口的靠泊，方便南智利的市場準入。
　　該航線東線服務包括高雄-香港-蛇口-南沙-寧波-曼薩尼約，墨西哥-拉扎羅·卡德納斯-巴爾博亞-布埃納文圖拉-卡亞俄-圣安東尼奧-圣維森特-高雄。

　　西線則包括巴爾博亞-布埃納文圖拉-拉扎羅·卡德納斯-青島–上海洋山-釜山。

　　東線首航于8月23日離開高雄，而西線首航預計9月22日從巴爾博亞離港。
　　原公告如下：
　　APL today announced the addition of a new weekly Asia Latin America Express 3(AE3-AW3)service that is now connecting China,Hong Kong,Taiwan and other key Asian markets to Mexico and the West Coast South America.
　　“The Asia Latin America Express 3 service further enhances our Asia-Latin America service coverage,extending it in West Coast South America.Offering the most competitive transit times,the new service underlines APL’s commitment to widen our Latin America presence and take our shippers’cargo to places with a focus on speed to market,”said Adeline Franger Chouraqui,APL Head of Latin America.
　　Designed with the industry’s fastest transit time from Ningbo to Mexico,Panama and Colombia in just 18,24 and 27 days respectively,the AE3-AW3 service also facilitates market access to the South Chilean market with its port of call at San Vicente.Likewise,westbound shipments on the service from Mexico,Colombia and Panama to Qingdao will take a mere 17,24 and 26 days respectively.
　　The eastbound rotation of the service include Kaohsiung–Hong Kong–Shekou–Nansha–Ningbo–Manzanillo,Mexico–Lazaro Cardenas–Balboa–Buenaventura–Callao–San Antonio–San Vicente–Kaohsiung.
　　Port rotation for the westbound lap include Balboa–Buenaventura–Lazaro Cardenas–Qingdao–Yangshan–Busan.
　　The first sailing of the eastbound service departed Kaohsiung on 23 August while the westbound leg from Balboa will commence on 22 September.