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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.

The first ship affected by the blockade of the Suez Canal arriving in Barcelona is operating normally

The container ship MSC Amber, the first ship affected by the Suez Canal blockade to arrive at the Port of Barcelona, has docked tonight at the BEST terminal...

Valenciaport easily manages more than 30,000 additional containers from the Suez Canal delay

València, April 7, 2021.- After the arrival today of the Conti Everest and the CMA CGM Centaurus at the docks of the Port of València, there are now three...

Analysis – Germany enters the fray for the reconstruction of the Port of Beirut; What about France, China, Turkey, the USA, Russia, the UAE & Kuwait?

Beirut, Lebanon (Ports Europe) April 7, 2021 – Germany is reportedly prepared to submit a proposal for the reconstruction of the port of Beirut, which was...

Port of Livorno replaces La Spezia in Hapag Lloyd/OOCL service

Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) April 6, 2021 – The shipping companies Hapag Lloyd and Oocl have announced that from next May the scheduled service...

Germany set to submit proposal for Beirut port rebuild

Beirut, Lebanon (Ports Europe) April 2, 2021 – Local sources in Germany reported this week that Berlin plans to submit a proposal for the reconstruction...

Port of Livorno trials 11.5-metre draft ships

With the arrival in Livorno of the Alexandra container ship, experiments began this morning to allow ships with a draft greater than the estimated 11.5 meters...

CMA CGM – Situation in Suez Canal #4

Tuesday, March 30, 2021 Dear Valued Customers, The CMA CGM Group is pleased that the action plan implemented by the Suez Canal authorities with the salvage...

Asia’s first ship-to-containership LNG bunkering undertaken by CMA CGM and FueLNG at the Port of Singapore

The first ship-to-containership Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) bunkering operation in Asia was undertaken today by CMA CGM, a world leader in shipping and...

Container ships operators’ ranking as of March 2021

Copenhagen, Denmark (Ports Europe) March 22 – Danish A.P. Moller-Maersk Group is the largest container ship operator in the world, according to Statista, a...

CMA CGM with impressive 1.47 billion euro profit in 2020

Marseille, France (Ports Europe) March 19, 2021 – The French shipping and logistics powerhouse CMA CGM Group has reported a net profit of $1.75 billion...

Be prepared for containers’ shortages until year-end

Vienna, Austria (Ports Europe) March 16, 2021 – The red-hot container market with sky-high rates and a huge freight demand mostly due to the coronavirus...

Trieste Marine Terminal renews commercial agreements with Ocean Alliance consortium

Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) March 8, 2021 – Trieste Marine Terminal srl has renewed commercial agreements with the Ocean Alliance which visits the...

CMA CGM to operate the Port of Tripoli, strengthening its Mediterranean position

Tripoli, Lebanon (Ports Europe) March 3 – The French shipping and logistics powerhouse CMA CGM Group has said that it acquired all shares of Gulftainer...

CMA CGM acquires TTI Algeciras strengthening its position in the Strait of Gibraltar

Marseille, France (Ports Europe) March 2, 2021 – The French shipping and logistics powerhouse CMA CGM Group said that its CMA Terminals subsidiary has...

Higher prices and container shortages in the next months

Marseille, France (Ports Europe) February 28, 2021 – The container shipping industry needs overall rate levels to increase, and this would be a central...

CMA CGM with more LNG powered containerships

Marseille, France (Ports Europe) February 28, 2021 – The French shipping and logistics powerhouse CMA CGM Group said that it will dedicate six liquefied...

Container ships operators’ ranking as of February 2021

Vienna, Austria (Ports Europe) February 22 – APM-Maersk, member of A.P. Moller-Maersk Group, is the world’s biggest container ship operator as of...

CMA CGM creates air freight division, buys four Airbus A330-200F freighter aircrafts

Marseille, France (PortSEurope) February 14, 2021 – France’s CMA CGM Group is stepping up its strategic development in logistics by creating a specialised...

Freeport selected for prestigious super containership route powered by LNG

Malta Freeport Terminals has been selected to be among the weekly ports of call for CMA CGM’s super containerships powered by Liquefied Natural Gas, which...

CMA CGM to operate and manage Pier 55, the Port of Alexandria’s upcoming multi-purpose terminal

Alexandria, Egypt (PortSEurope) January 28, 2021 – The French shipping group CMA CGM has signed an agreement to operate and manage Pier 55, the Port of...

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