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APL stumps up $9.8m in dispute with the Pentagon
APL, the container arm of Singapore’s Neptune Orient Lines (NOL), will pay the US government a $9.8m fine to smooth over claims it violated the False Claims Act in connection with a contract to provide GPS tracking of containers in Afghanistan.
The US Department of Justice said that the Department of Defense contract required APL to put a satellite tracking device to each container transported from Karachi to US military bases in Afghanistan. Washington claims that APL billed the Department Of Defence for tracking services despite knowing that the tracking devices completely or partially failed to transmit data, or were not installed.