SINGAPORE's APL, the container shipping arm of Neptune Orient Lines (NOL), has taken delivery of the sixth in a series of ten 14,000 TEU newbuildings from Hyundai Samho.

Five of these vessels have been chartered out to MOL upon delivery, under an arrangement between the two New World Alliance partners, reports Alphaliner. The ship is being operated as the MOL Quartz on the G6 Asia-Europe Loop 7 from September 18, sailing from Qingdao.

The MOL Quartz is the third of the five MOL-chartered units. She was originally named the APL Agile and follows the APL Vanda delivered in July.