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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.

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...

CMA CGM chooses LNG for its biggest ships

Marseille, France (PortSEurope) November 25, 2017 – The French container shipper CMA CGM has announced that it will use engines using liquefied natural...

CMA CGM CEO Rodolphe Saadé visits Morocco

Agadir, Morocco (PortSEurope) November 19, 2017 – Director General of the French shipper CMA CGM, Rodolphe SaadĂ©, has visited Agadir in Morocco to meet...

Hughes HouzĂ© de l’Aulnoit joins Terminal Link in Marseille port

Marseille, France (PortSEurope) October 31, 2017 – Hughes HouzĂ© de l’Aulnoit has been appointed head of Med Europe Terminal and Marseille...

Thessaloniki Port privatisation sent to Court of Auditors for approval

Thessaloniki, Greece (PortSEurope) October 29, 2017 – The file of the preferred investor for the privatisation of the Thessaloniki Port Authority S.A....

France’s CMA CGM launches line linking Algeciras to South America

Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) October 23, 2017 – French shipping group CMA CGM has announced the launch of a regular line connecting the east coast of...

OPDR service improves Cartagena port’s position on horticultural market

Cartagena, Spain (PortSEurope) October 19, 2017 – Cartagena port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Cartagena) continues to promote its...

CMA CGM announces new incubator in Marseilles

Marseille, France (Ports Europe) October 12, 2017 – Rodolphe SaadĂ©, CEO of the French CMA CGM Group, has said that the company will set up a start up a...

CMA CGM installs logistics storehouse in the Bekaa valley in Lebanon

Marseille, France (Ports Europe) October 12, 2017 – The French CMA CGM group has opened the first logistics storehouse in Lebanon in the Bekaa valley in...

Thessaloniki port privatisation stalls

Thessaloniki, Greece (Ports Europe) October 9, 2017 – At the end of June, the consortium of Deutsche Invest Equity Partners, Belterra Investments and...

Malta Freeport launches Malta-South America cargo service

Malta (Ports Europe) October 9, 2017 – Malta Freeport has launched a weekly service connecting Malta with ports in Argentina and Brazil. The service will...

CMA CGM improves service to Tripoli, Lebanon

Marseille, France (Ports Europe) October 7, 2017 – CMA CGM, the French global shipping group, is bolstering its service offering to Lebanon, serving...

APL adds four new port calls to Asia-Europe services

Singapore (Ports Europe) October 7, 2017 – APL has announced the addition of DurrĂ«s (Albania) and Thessaloniki (Greece) as new ports of call to its...

CMA CGM signs contract with Infosys to improve IT capabilities

Marseille, France (Ports Europe) September 18, 2017 – French container shipping company  CMA CGM Group has signed a strategic partnership with Infosys,...

CMA CGM to attend Expoalimentaria trade show in Peru

Lima, Peru (Ports Europe) September 18, 2017 – The Expoalimentaria trade show will take place in Lima, Peru, September 27-29, 2017. It is the largest...

CMA CGM becomes a partner of Aix-Marseille French Tech to support for the digital ecosystem of the territory

Marseille, France (Ports Europe) September 14, 2017 – CMA CGM, a leader in container shipping, has announced its partnership with Aix-Marseille French...

CMA CGM to launch Marseille-Tanger Med ro-ro service

Marseille, France (Ports Europe) September 14, 2017 – After years of bilateral negotiations between France and Morocco, ministerial visits and abortive...

Minister visits Thessaloniki Port Authority

Thessaloniki, Greece (Ports Europe) September 14, 2017 – Greek Minister of Economy and Development, Dimitris Papadimitriou, has received Thessaloniki...

Board of Directors member resigns from Thessaloniki Port Authority

Thessaloniki, Greece (Ports Europe) September 7, 2017 – Thessaloniki Port Authority S.A. has announced that George Tozidis has submitted his resignation...

CMA CGM adds Algeciras to new SIRIUS service

Marseille, France (Ports Europe) August 27, 2017 – The Sirius service connects ports on the East Coast of South America via the CMA CGM hub in Malta to...

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