The French container ship owner is reviewing its EPIC, EPIC2 MEDEX and MEGEM services to better serve northern Europe from the Middle East of the Indian subcontinent. Faster connections.
CMA CGM is improving its port coverage and deploying more capacity on its services from the Middle East and the Indian subcontinent to northern Europe. These changes will be effective from January 2021 and will offer improved transit times (not communicated). The Lebanese port of Tripoli benefits, by the way, from a touchdown for MEDEX and MEGEM services.
« Transhipment possibilities will provide increased coverage to and from the Red Sea, East Africa, South America, West Africa, the East Coast of the United States. United States, Gulf of United States, Canada, Scandinavia, Poland, Baltic States and Russia », Specifies the company. CMA CGM will operate five vessels operated directly on the EPIC Northern Europe service.
MEDEX and MEGEM services will include a stopover westward in Tripoli. The second Lebanese port, which served as a support for a devastated Beirut this summer and which serves as a hub for CMA CGM (the company must increase its stake in Gulftainer Liban which manages the container terminal to 78%), will allow connection with traffic from the Black Sea, the Eastern Mediterranean and North Africa.
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*EPIC performs the 56-day rotation between Southampton, Bremerhaven, Rotterdam, Antwerp, Le Havre, Algeciras, Jeddah, Jebel Ali, Abu Dhabi, Port Qasim, Nhava Sheva, Mundra, Jeddah and Tangier. In 20 days between Nhava Sheva and Southampton and in 23 days between Rotterdam and Jebel Ali, where is planned the first departure on January 13.
**EPIC 2 connects, in 56 days, Rotterdam, Hamburg, London, Antwerp, Tangier, Jeddah, Jebel Ali, Karachi, Nhava Sheva, Hazira, Mundra, Jeddah, Tangier. In 28 days between Nhava Sheva and London and in one month between Hamburg and Mundra. First departure in January, not yet specified.
***MEDEX serves Tripoli, Piraeus, Malta, Genoa, Valencia, Barcelona, Fos, Genoa, Malta, Damietta, Aqaba, Jeddah, Hamad, Jebel Ali, Karachi, Nhava Sheva, Mundra and Jeddah in 56 days. CMA CGM will operate 3 vessels. Between Mundra and Valence, the transit time is 20 days and in 17 days between Damietta and Karachi. First departure in January, not yet specified.
****MEGEM carries out the loop between Port Said, Tripoli, Mersin, Piraeus, Izmit, Istanbul, Aliaga, Iskenderun, Damietta, Jeddah, Jebel Ali, Hamad, Dammam, Jubail, Jebel Ali and Jeddah. The transit time is 15 days between Jebel Ali and Mersin, 19 days between Istanbul and Hamal, and nine days between Damietta and Jebel Ali, from where it will be launched on January 9.
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