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OPDR offers new Norway route

CMA CGM short sea subsidiary OPDR is offering a new service between the UK and Norway. The weekly PENN service links Immingham, Teesport and Grangemouth with Oslo, Moss and Brevik, via Rotterdam. Two ice-strengthened 700teu ships operate the service, with capacity for 45ft boxes and reefers. [+]

Flying to the Canaries

CMA CGM short-sea subsidiaries Boluda Lines and OPDR say they are now offering the fastest transit times from Tilbury to Lanzarote, Fuerteventura and La Palma in the Canary Islands, following signing of a strategic alliance. They are two operating two sailings per week reaching Lanzarote in eight days and with ... [+]

London Gateway is ‘go to’ port for Down Under

DP World London Gateway Port is claiming a clean sweep of all the UK’s direct services to Australia after CMA-CGM announced that its NEMO (North European Mediterranean Oceania) and Hapag-Lloyd’s EAX (Europe, Australia Express) combined service will begin calling in early January. The service will also provide direct links between Singapore, ... [+]

APL offers weekly Indian subcontinent service

The APL arm of shipping line NOL – which is being taken over by CMA CGM - has launched a new weekly India Pakistan Europe (IPE) service. It calls at Port Qasim, Nhava Sheva, Hazira, Mundra, Jeddah, Djibouti and calls in Europe include Southampton and Felixstowe. First sailing eastbound is ... [+]

Shipping lines back Traxens

Shipping lines MSC and CMA CGM are investing in French logistics tech start-up, Traxens. Founded in 2012, the company has been developing solutions for the freight sector, including a container monitoring and coordination system. MSC president and chief executive Diego Aponte, said “We see container monitoring as an important innovation in ... [+]

More CMA space to Liverpool

CMA CGM has increased the capacity on its West Coast Feeder service via Liverpool from a 900 to a 2,200teu vessel. The service begins in Antwerp and also calls at Greenock, Belfast, Dublin and Le Havre. In late April, Liverpool owner Peel Ports celebrated the return of Maersk to Liverpool when ... [+]

Brussels clears CMA CGM-NOL takeover

The European Commission has cleared CMA CGM’s acquisition of Neptune Oriental Lines, conditional upon NOL leaving the G6 liner shipping alliance. Commissioner Margrethe Vestager, in charge of competition policy, said it would ensure that the takeover will not lead to price increases for customers. CMA CGM is a founding member of ... [+]

CMA upgrades Ethiopia offering

CMA CGM has upgraded its Ethiopian intermodal service by linking the neighbouring port of Djibouti with inland destinations at Addis Ababa, Mekele, Nefas Meewcha, Gibe, Shashemene and Jinga. The operator has at the same time added Djiboutt to the schedule of its Mediterranean Express (MEX) and Red Sea Express ... [+]

French-Far East alliance set to shape up shipping

Shipping analysts Alphaliner claim that CMA CGM is orchestrating a 'super-alliance', CCEO, that would also include COSCO (presumably the enlarged COSCOCS), Evergreen and OOCL. Alphaliner suggest that CCEO would have a combined vessel capacity of 2.5 to 3m teu, well ahead of the G6's current 1.7m teu. CCEO would also be ... [+]

CMA upgrades West Indies route

CMA CGM is to upgrade its PCRF between northern Europe and the French West Indies. As well as new cals at Zeebrugge and Rotterdam – in addition to the existing Dunkirque call it will replace the current 2,200teu vessels with 2,800teu ships. [+]

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