The 11,388 teu CMA CGM COLUMBA is scheduled to make an eastbound Suez transit on 23 January 2025 after having passed through Suez on 6 December 2024 on its westbound voyage for the Europe Pakistan India Consortium (EPIC) service that CMA CGM jointly operates with COSCO and OOCL. A CMA CGM spokesperson said that the 2 Suez voyages were ad hoc sailings and the company is closely monitoring the ongoing developments. The EPIC service has been re-routed to the Cape route since 2024 and currently ope
The OCEAN Alliance carriers will have the largest market share and widest market coverage in 2025 after they unveiled their Day 9 product that will be launched in April this year. 3 additional Alliance services will be added to their existing service network, giving them a dominant position on the Transpacific market with 15 sailings to the West Coast and 8 sailings to the East Coast. It will also have the widest coverage to North Europe with a 7th service to be added, matching MSC’s coverage t
ONE will join CMA CGM, COSCO and OOCL to operate a new Med-US Transatlantic 4 service branded respectively as AT4/Amerigo/MENA/ATM. The service will call at Salerno, La Spezia, Genoa, Vado Ligure, Valencia, Algeciras, New York, Norfolk, Savannah, Miami, Algeciras, Salerno. The new service will replace the existing AL6 that is jointly operated by CMA CGM, COSCO, OOCL and Hapag-Lloyd in a cross-Alliance service that also includes Evergreen, Yang Ming, ONE and Zim. The revised AT4/Amerigo/MENA/AT
CMA CGM will add a new Odessa Express (ODX) service connecting Piraeus, Odeassa, Ambarli, Piraeus from 24 January 2025. The ODX service turn in 14 days and will deploy 2 ships of 1,100-1,500 teu starting with the 1,118 teu LILA CANADA at Piraeus on 24 January followed by the 1,550 teu TJ ORHAN on 31 January.
CMA CGM has launched a new Bora Med Service (BMS) linking Antalya, Izmir, Aliaga, Ambarli, Gebze, Gemlik, Malta, Ancona, Ravenna, Venice, Trieste, Koper, Rijeka, Bar, Taranto, Malta, Limassol, Alexandria, Beirut, Antalya from 26 December 2024. The BMS service turns in 42 days and will deploy 6 ships of 1,800 to 2,500 teu starting with the 2,207 teu CMA CGM SAHARA at Antalya on 26 December 2024.
CMA CGM and its intra-Asia arm CNC has introduced a new China Vietnam Express 8 (CV8) service calling at Shanghai, Ningbo, Ho Chi Minh City, Shanghai from 28 December 2024. The CV8 service turns in 14 days and deploys the 2,058 teu CMA CGM ESCURIAL and 1,756 teu KUO LIN.
ONE will join the OCEAN Alliance carriers - CMA CGM, COSCO/OOCL and Evergreen - to operate 3 transatlantic services connecting North Europe to US East Coast and Gulf Coast from February 2024. The 4 partners will jointly operate the following services: * North Atlantic (NATL) service connecting Southampton, Antwerp, Rotterdam, Bremerhaven, Le Havre, New York, Norfolk, Baltimore, Southampton using 6 ships of 10,600 teu (3 from COSCO/OOCL, 2 from CMA CGM and 1 from Evergreen) and brande
ONE will partner CMA CGM to launch a new North Europe-US West Coast Transatlantic service that are named respectively as the Atlantic 5 (AL5), and California Bridge (CALFB). HMM, Yang Ming, OOCL and COSCO will also participate as slot buyers on the service as the Transatlantic 1 (TA1), Atlantic 5 (AL5), Atlantic West Coast (ATW) and Atlantic West Coast (ELSA). The AL5/CALFB/TA1/ATW/ELSA will call at Southampton, Le Havre, Rotterdam, Hamburg, Antwerp, Miami, Cartagena (Col), Panama Canal, Balboa
CMA CGM will add a new Maya Feeder (MAYAFD) service connecting Lazaro Cardenas, Puerto Caldera, Corinto, Acajutla, Puerto Quetzal, Lazaro Cardenas from 2 January 2025. The service will turn in 14 days using 2 ships to provide weekly connections between the 5 ports starting with the 1,577 teu CMA CGM SURABAYA and the 2,345 teu MAGDALENA SCHULTE.
CMA CGM and X-Press Feeders have launched a new Ceylon Chittagong Service (CBS)/Upper Bay of Bengal - Loop 3 (UBB-Loop3) service connecting Colombo, Chittagong, Colombo from 2 December 2024. The CBS/UBB-Loop3 turns in 14 days using 4 ships of 1,500-1,700 teu with CMA CGM contributing 1 of the 4 ships starting with the 1,714 teu SANTA LOUKIA, whil X-Press Feeders will deploy the 1,577 teu SMOOTH VENTURE together with the 1,756 teu X-PRESS NILWALA and MOUNT CAMERON.