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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.

CMA CGM reported to be interested in multi-purpose terminal in Alexandria port

Alexandria, Egypt (PortSEurope) January 24, 2021 – The Al-Mal newspaper reported last week that the French shipping group CMA CGM is negotiating the...

CMA CGM to make regular use of Lebanon’s Tripoli port

Tripoli, Lebanon (PortSEurope) January 18, 2021 – The Port Authority of Tripoli has reported that CMA CGM, the French shipping line, will use the port as...

CMA CGM Group boosts capacity between Asia and Europe

Marseille, France (PortSEurope) December 20, 2020 – French shipping CMA CGM Group is reinforcing its presence through improved port coverage and vessel...

CMA CGM to launch the TURKEY MED EXPRESS 2 connecting Turkey, Italy, France & Algeria

CMA CGM is pleased to announce the implementation of TMX 2 – TURKEY MED EXPRESS 2, the fastest ever maritime bridge between Turkey, Italy, France &...

Third Quarter 2020 Business Activity: Strong CMA CGM Group operating performance

Marked recovery in volumes transported in shipping and logistics activities. Increase in operating margin during the thirdquarter. Fleet entry of the flagship...

Containerships starts Ferrol-Canary Islands service

Ferrol, Spain (PortSEurope) November 18, 2020 – Containerships, part of CMA CGM, is to commence a weekly service linking the Galician port of Ferrol with...

CMA CGM: bunkering of a new-generation LNG-powered container ships begins in Rotterdam

A pioneering decision to acquire a new generation of 26 liquefied natural gas-powered containerships – November 13, 2020 The CMA CGM Group has embarked...

Contship Italia Group releases new business plan targets 2021-2024

Contship Italia Group, the Italian container terminal and intermodal branch of Eurokai, today unveils a raft of new initiatives aimed at enhancing its national...

Analysis – France expected to beat China in the race for the Port of Beirut – Hezbollah is the main obstacle

Beirut, Lebanon (PortSEurope) October 27, 2020 – Two months after the deadly explosions that destroyed most of Beirut port, Lebanon’s largest, it is...

CMA CGM and MSC complete TradeLens integration

CMA CGM and MSC complete TradeLens integration and join as foundation carriers working with the IBM and Maersk Shipping Platform to improve data sharing across...

Algeciras port authority approves entry of CMA CGM into TTI

Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) October 8, 2020 – Autoridad Portuaria de la BahĂ­a de Algeciras (APBA – Port Authority of Algeciras) has approved...

CMA CGM JACQUES SAADE joins the fleet: the first 23,000 TEU vessel in the world to be powered by LNG

Tuesday, September 22, 2020 A pioneering technology aimed at preserving air quality and accelerating maritime transport’s energy transition. CMA CGM...

Huge fire erupts in Beirut port, 36 days after deadly explosion

Beirut, Lebanon (PortSEurope) September 10, 2020 – A huge fire erupted in Lebanon’s largest port of Beirut in a warehouse storing cooking oil and then...

CMA CGM: Second Quarter 2020 Business Activity – A strong operating performance with a further improvement

September 04, 2020 Major increase in the Group’s operating margin in an environment experiencing decline in volumes carried CEVA Logistics’ turnaround plan...

CMA CGM Group launches “A Humanitarian Ship for Lebanon” campaign to ship emergency humanitarian aid

An international relief initiative to send medical equipment and essential goods and products – August 21, 2020 One of the CMA CGM Group’s ro-ro...

CMA CGM, Hapag-Lloyd resume services to Beirut port

Beirut, Lebanon (PortSEurope) August 20, 2020 – International shipping companies CMA CGM of France and Germany’s Hapag-Lloyd have resumed services...

DIF Capital Partners to acquire a stake in TTIA Container Terminal

DIF Capital Partners (DIF), through its DIF Core Infrastructure Fund I (CIF I), and French shipping giant CMA CGM, are pleased to announce that they have...

Beirut Container Terminal back in operation

Beirut, (PortSEurope) August 14, 2020 – Four days ago on Monday August 10, the Beirut Container Terminal restarted operations. On the afternoon of 4...

TTI Algeciras increases number of reefer plugs available in the terminal

News – TTI Algeciras increases the number of reefer plugs available in the terminal – August 13, 2020 The Algeciras semiautomated container...

A positive surprise: Beirut port container terminal reopens

Beirut, Lebanon (PortSEurope) August 12, 2020 – Container shippers are resuming calls of their ships to Beirut only four days after the explosion there, that...

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