CMA-CGM reorganises its Asia-North Europe services
Following the operational partnership announcement with MSC, CMA-CGM has announced the reorganisation of its services to be implemented early April 2012 on the Asia-North Europe trade.
CMA-CGM will operate a total of 28 vessels in the 9,500 – 14,000 range under its various FAL services. The FAL2 service will remain unchanged and CMA-CGM’s existing agreement with Maersk Line on the Asia-Med trade will remain unchanged.
The new FAL1 service will be operated by CMA-CGM with 11 vessels of 13,800 – 14,000 TEU, with the following port rotation: Ningbo, Shanghai, Nansha, Hong Kong, Chiwan, Yantian, Vung Tau, Southampton, Hamburg, Bremerhaven, Rotterdam, Zeebrugge, Le Havre, Malta, Korfakkan, Port Kelang, Singapore, Yantian, and Ningbo.
The new FAL3 service will be operated by CMA-CGM with 11 vessels of 11,400 TEU. It will make calls on the following port rotation: Xingang, Pusan, Qingdao, Shanghai, Xiamen, Singapore, Port Kelang, Tangiers, Le Havre, Hamburg, Bremerhaven, Antwerp, Zeebrugge, Beirut, Jeddah, Port Kelang, Singapore and Xingang.
MSC will operate the FAL6 and FAL7 services, deploying 11 vessels of 14,000 TEU on each service. Port rotation for FAL6 will be: Dalian, Xingang, Kwang Yang, Pusan, Qingdao, Ningbo, Shanghai, Singapore, Port Kelang, Felixstowe, Zeebrugge, Antwerp, Rotterdam, Southampton, Valencia, Jebel Ali, Singapore, Hong Kong and Dalian.
The port rotation for FAL7 will be: Ningbo, Shanghai, Xiamen, Chiwan, Yantian, Sines, Le Havre, Rotterdam, Antwerp, Felixstowe, Gioia Tauro, Singapore, Chiwan, Xiamen and Ningbo.
FAL9 will be operated jointly by CMA-CGM and MSC with nine vessels of 9,500 TEU (five CMA-CGM and four MSC vessels). It will have a port rotation of: Shanghai, Ningbo, Hong Kong, Chiwan, Yantian, Singapore, Port Kelang, Gioia Tauro, Malta, Tangiers, Port Kelang, Singapore, Vung Tau and Shanghai.
The company stated: "These improvements are part of CMA-CGM’s commitment to keep providing its customers with the best coverage of the Asia-Europe trade."
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