CMA CGM is developing a logistics platform in Mariel (Cuba)

The CMA CGM Group signs as first international company an agreement to operate a logistics platform in cooperation with a Cuban company
On 11 May, Rodolphe Saadé, CMA CGM Group’s Vice-Chairman, has signed an unprecedented agreement that covers the operation and development of a logistics platform on the port of Mariel, in cooperation with the major Cuban logistics company Almacenes Universales (AUSA). CMA CGM LOG, the CMA CGM Group’s subsidiary dedicated to logistics, will contribute to the operations of this new logistics area.

The platform will be part of Mariel ZEDM – Zona Especial de Desarrollo Mariel, Cuba Special Economic Zone project. ZEDM is a strategic 4,600 ha logistics and industrial project area for Cuba. This agreement is symbolic regarding Cuba’s goods and services development.

CMA CGM LOG will operate a 17 ha logistics platform with AUSA, including:

– 12,000 square meters warehouses

– 5,000 cubic meters of reefer warehouses

CMA CGM LOG will be in charge of:

– the goods unbundling and distribution on the island

– the exports consolidation

– the import and export goods warehousing

– containers distribution

– empty and full containers storage.

CMA CGM has been present in Cuba since 2000 and is one of the only three shipping companies to call the country. It is the first international company to sign such a logistics development agreement in Cuba.

Created in 2001, CMA CGM LOG is the CMA CGM Group’s subsidiary specialized in freight forwarding and logistics solutions. Its 1,000 experts offer logistics solutions that are complementary to maritime services in 36 countries, including air freight, multimodal transport, custom clearance, warehousing and distribution. After a sustained growth in 2014 and the opening of offices in 6 new countries, CMA CGM LOG accelerates its development in 2015.

Mathieu Friedberg, Vice President Freight forwarding and Logistics activities: “The platform of Mariel’s is a first step in Cuba’s land logistics development. It is also a new step in the acceleration of CMA CGM LOG’s international development, which recently announced the acquisition of LCL Logistix, one of India’s logistics leading companies”.

CMA CGM is the world’s third largest and France’s top container shipping company. Its 445 vessels call more than 400 ports in the world, on all 5 continents. In 2014, they carried 12.2 million TEUs. With a presence in 160 countries, through its 655 agencies network, the Group employs 20,000 people worldwide, including 2,400 in its headquarter in Marseilles.

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