A settlement has been reached to resolve False Claims Act allegations against APL Limited.
The allegations arose from a lawsuit that claimed APL failed to properly provide GPS tracking of shipping containers in Afghanistan.
The Department of Defense used APL to track shipping containers sent from Karachi, Pakistan to U.S. military bases in Afghanistan. The Department of Defense claims APL Limited billed Department of Defense for the tracking services even though the tracking devices were not working properly.
Based in Scottsdale, Arizona, APL is an ocean carrier and wholly-owned American subsidiary of Singapore-based Neptune Orient Lines Limited.