CMA CGM Group to optimize its services between Asia and Europe

CMA CGM and its Ocean Three partners have decided to harmonize FAL2 and FAL3 in order to adapt to the current market situation between Asia and Europe. They will offer a new optimized rotation.
This new FAL 23 service will provide perfect answers to customers’ needs, including:
• Transit times amongst the best on the market – especially between Asia and Le Havre, Rotterdam and Antwerp
• Vietnam will be directly served with a new call at Cai Mep Deep Sea terminal in Ho Chi Minh City
• Le Havre and Rotterdam will benefit from import and export calls
• A new export call at Felixstowe
• A new import call at Chiwan
Starting October 13th in Asia, twelve 12,000 to 15,000 TEUs vessels will follow the new rotation: Shanghai, Ningbo, Yantian, Cai Mep, Port Kelang, Le Havre, Rotterdam, Antwerp, Hamburg, Felixstowe, Rotterdam, Le Havre, Jeddah, Port Kelang, Chiwan, Shanghai.
The new rotation will start in the Eastbound from Antwerp on September 28th with the CMA CGM LA PEROUSE.
A new call at Qingdao has been added on the FAL1 service as from mid-August 2015. Starting October 13th, CMA CGM will add Xiamen on its FAL8 service. The new rotation is: Qingdao, Shanghai, Ningbo, Xiamen, Yantian, Port Kelang, Felixstowe, Rotterdam, Hambourg, Zeebruge, Rotterdam, Port Kelang, Yantian, Qingdao.
Nicolas Sartini, Group Senior Vice President Asia – Europe trades: “For the 4th quarter, CMA CGM adjusts its capacity to demand and improves significantly its services to answer clients’ needs. Covering directly Vietnam proves the increasing importance of this new developing market”.
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