CMA CGM to launch new joint services, to reshuffle its Asia-SAEC services
In view of continuous challenging trading conditions effective from July 2013 CMA CGM, Maersk Line, Hamburg Süd, CSAV, China Shipping Container Lines and Hanjin will restructure their services between the Far East and South America East Coast by launching three new joint services, the French carrier's press release said.
The three new services will replace the following four services:
ASAS 2/NGX 2/SEAS 2/ASAX 2: Currently operated by Maersk Line, Hamburg Süd, CSAV, CMA CGM and China Shipping Container Lines.
SEAS 1/ASAX 1: Currently operated by CSAV, CMA CGM and China Shipping Container Lines.
ASAS 1/NGX 1: Currently operated by Maersk Line and Hamburg Süd.
ALX/ASE: Formerly operated by Hanjin, CCNI, Hapag-Lloyd and ZIM lines.
The new services will offer:
Full coverage of the markets covered by existing services
Improved transit times in a number of corridors
Three weekly departures from Shanghai, Ningbo, Hong Kong and Singapore to Santos and Itapoa
Improved coverage of East Coast South America to South Africa with two weekly departures and direct coverage of River Plate to South Africa
SEAS 1 - Will be operated with 11 x 8000 TEU vessels with the following rotation:
Busan – Shanghai – Ningbo – Yantian – Hong Kong – Tanjung Pelepas – Singapore – Sepetiba – Santos – Itapoa – Itajai – Paranagua – Santos (EB) – Sepetiba (EB) – Coega – Singapore – Hong Kong – Busan
SEAS 2 – Will be operated with 12 x 8000 TEU vessels with the following rotation:
Shanghai – Ningbo – Hong Kong – Chiwan – Singapore – Port Kelang – Santos – Paranagua – Buenos Aires – Montevideo – Rio Grande – Itapoa – Santos – Durban – Port Kelang – Singapore – Hong Kong – Shanghai
SEAS 3 – Will be operated with 10 x 8000 TEU vessels with the following rotation:
Shanghai – Ningbo – Yantian – Chiwan – Singapore – Santos – Itapoa – Singapore – Hong Kong – Shanghai
The new services allow for a more cost efficient and flexible network adjusted to the current trading environment and reflects current market demand in the Far East to East Coast South America trade.
Additionally, CCNI and Hapag-Lloyd will join the services.
About CMA CGM
CMA CGM, founded and led by Jacques R. Saadé is the world’s third largest container shipping company and has a turnover of 15.9 billion USD in 2012.Operating a fleet of 414 vessels, the Group serves more than 400 ports around the world. In 2012, the Group carried 10.6 million TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent units). With a presence on every continent and in 150 countries through its network of 650 agencies and branch offices, the Group employs 18,000 people worldwide and 2,400 in its headquarter in Marseilles.
