ANL
ANL (legal entity Australian National Line Pty Ltd.) is a regional specialist headquartered in Melbourne, Australia. Founded in 1956, the line has spent 70 years building out its container service network and today operates a fleet of 35 vessels under the SCAC code ANNU. Total operated capacity stands near 85,000 TEU, placing the carrier among the recognised operators on its core trade lanes.
ANL is most active on the following corridors: Oceania, Intra-Asia, Pacific Islands. Through its membership of the Ocean Alliance, the carrier shares vessel capacity with CMA CGM, COSCO Shipping, Evergreen Marine, OOCL on East-West services. Direct customer contact is available via +61 3 9621 1888 or the carrier's web portal at anl.com.au.
ANL sample transit times
Indicative point-to-point transit times for services on which ANL appears in rotation. Actual ETAs vary with vessel rotation, port congestion, weather and trans-shipment patterns. We update these figures every quarter against published carrier schedules.
| Origin | Destination | Transit | Frequency | Corridor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sydney, Australia | Shanghai, China | 16 days | Weekly | Oceania-Asia |
| Melbourne, Australia | Singapore | 12 days | Multiple weekly | Oceania-Asia |
How to track a ANL container
Tracking a ANL container starts with confirming the prefix. Look at the container's left-hand corner casting plate or the painted code on the door — the four-letter ISO 6346 owner code is followed by six numeric digits and a single check digit. Blue Water Facts no longer publishes a per-carrier owner-prefix list (see /accuracy/ for why); confirm the operator via the carrier's own tracking portal or your bill of lading. Visit anl.com.au, navigate to the carrier's tracking or "track and trace" portal, and paste the full container number. The portal will return current vessel position, the next scheduled port call, the estimated time of arrival (ETA) and the most recent equipment events such as gate-in, loaded, discharged and gate-out.
If the carrier portal does not return a result, the most likely causes are: the container has not yet been gate-in at the origin terminal, the bill of lading number is in a different format (check whether the system expects an MBL versus an HBL), or the box is moving on a partner alliance vessel rather than a ANL hull. In the last case, the schedule data lives with the operating carrier, not the equipment owner. ANL's customer service can normally cross-reference the booking and route you to the correct alliance partner. Reach the carrier on +61 3 9621 1888 during European business hours.
Related ocean carriers
Operators most often compared with ANL on overlapping trade lanes:
- CMA CGM — Marseille, France, founded 1978. SCAC CMDU.
- COSCO Shipping — Shanghai, China, founded 1961. SCAC COSU.
- Evergreen Marine — Taoyuan, Taiwan, founded 1968. SCAC EGLV.
- OOCL — Hong Kong, founded 1969. SCAC OOLU.
- Reef Shipping — Sydney, Australia, founded 1980. SCAC REEF.
- CMA CGM Indian Ocean — Marseille, France, founded 2005. SCAC CGIN.