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CMA CGM Group

Led by Rodolphe Saadé, the CMA CGM Group, a global leader in shipping and logistics, serves more than 420 ports around the world on five continents. Backed by a fleet of 566 vessels, in 2021 the Group transported 22 million TEU (twenty-foot equivalent units) containers. With its subsidiary CEVA Logistics, a world leader in logistics, which transports 474,000 tons of air freight and more than 21 million tons of land freight each year, and its air freight division CMA CGM AIR CARGO, the CMA CGM Group is continually innovating to offer a range of new shipping, land, air and logistics solutions.

Greece’s parliament approves €1.1 billion privatisation of Thessaloniki port

Thessaloniki, Greece (Ports Europe) February 23, 2018 – Greece’s parliament has approved the €1.1 billion ($1.35 billion) privatisation of...

Top 10 container firms control 90% of global container fleet

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 21, 2018 – Over 87% of the fleet capacity of the 67 largest global container transport companies is controlled by...

Algeciras port to start operating its first direct link to Australia

Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) February 9, 2018 – A new weekly service operated by France’s CMA CGM and German Hapag Lloyd AG will be handled at the...

Rodolphe Saade discusses CMA CGM in the Lebanon

Beirut, Lebanon (Ports Europe) February 9, 2018 – Rodolphe SaadĂ©, CEO of CMA CGM, the French shipper, has given an interview to L’Orient-Le Jour...

CMA CGM introduces improvements of service to West Africa via Algeciras

Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) February 8, 2018 – French shipping company CMA CGM has announced the introduction of improvements in its EURAF 5 service,...

CMA CGM presents solution for transport of liquids at controlled temperature

Berlin, Germany (Ports Europe) February 8, 2018 – French shipping group CMA CGM has announced the launch of its Reeflex system for the transport of liquids...

Thessaloniki Port Authority signs concession agreement with the state

Thessaloniki, Greece (Ports Europe) February 6, 2018 – Thessaloniki Port Authority S.A. (ThPA) has announced that on Friday February 2, 2018, the...

CMA CGM creates Ze Box, its first international startup incubator based in Marseilles

Marseille, France, January 30, 2018 The French global shipping group CMA CGM has announced the creation of Ze Box, its first international startup incubator,...

Thessaloniki Port Authority – Decisions of the Extraordinary General Shareholders Meeting of 25.01.2018

Thessaloniki, Greece (Ports Europe) January 29, 2018 – Following an Extraordinary General Shareholders Meeting of January 25, 2018, Thessaloniki Port...

Event: Mediterranean ports to attend Fruit Logistica in Berlin – February 7-9, 2017

Berlin, Germany (PortSEurope) January 18, 2018 – The annual Fruit Logistica show covers all sectors of the fresh produce business and provides a complete...

EuroFos breaks a new traffic record with more than 770,000 containers TEUs handled in 2017

Marseille Fos, France (PortSEurope) January 9, 2018 – For the 4th year in a row, PortSynergy-EuroFos broke a new traffic record with more than 770,000...

Announcement regarding amendments to articles of the statute of Thessaloniki Port Authority

Thessaloniki, Greece (PortSEurope) January 7, 2018 – The new text of the Articles of the Statute seeks in general to codify and consistently restructure...

New Thessaloniki Port Authority owners meet port management

Thessaloniki, Greece (PortSEurope) January 7, 2018 – Representatives of South Europe Gateway Thessaloniki (SEGT) Limited and executives of Terminal Link...

HDRAF signs sale of Thessaloniki Port Authority to South Europe Gateway Thessaloniki Limited

Thessaloniki, Greece (PortSEurope) December 22, 2017 – The Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (HRADF), the state privatisation agency, has issued a...

Suez Canal Authority says CMA CGM to manage new terminals

Port Said, Egypt (PortSEurope) December 18, 2017 – The Suez Canal Authority has signed an agreement with the French Marseille-based shipping company CMA...

Thessaloniki Port Authority privatisation delayed until December 21

Thessaloniki, Greece (PortSEurope) December 16, 2017 – The Greek state privatisation agency, TAIPED (Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund), has...

Marseille Fos port attends SIFEL trade show in Agadir

Agadir, Morocco (PortSEurope) December 12, 2017 – In November 2017, representatives of the port of Marseille Fos attended the 15th edition of the...

Sale of 67% of Thessaloniki Port Authority to be signed Dec 15, 2017

Thessaloniki, Greece (PortSEurope) November 25, 2017 – Sotiris Theophanis has said that the agreement for the sale of a 67% holding in the Thessaloniki...

ESA and CMA CGM offer new training certificate in Beirut

Beirut, Lebanon (PortSEurope) November 25, 2017 – The new certificate in shipping and logistics by l’École supĂ©rieure des affaires (ESA) in...

French government supports CMA CGM LNG fuel announcement

Paris, France (PortSEurope) November 25, 2017 – Nicolas Hulot, Ministre d’État, Minister for the Ecological and Inclusive Transition, and Élisabeth...

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