The singapore-based firm , which owns box-carrier apl , made a net loss of us $ 98 million during the first three months of the year , an improvement on the $ 245 million loss during the same period last year .
Jhu apl = johns hopkins university applied physics laboratory .
约翰霍普金斯大学应用物理实验室。
The suez canal authority has joined apl in its pitch to avoid panama constrictions and la-long beach transhipment expenses and use suez to get containers directly to us east coast and gulf port destinations .
Ron widdows , chief executive of apl , a singapore-based container shipping line , says there are long-term concerns about the efficiency of us ports and their ability to handle the volumes of cargo now entering north america .