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French shipper CMA CGM will take 12% stake in Brittany Ferries

Marseille, France (PortSEurope) March 15, 2023 – The French shipowner CMA CGM is to take a 12% stake in Brittany Ferries, by converting a loan into...

CMA CGM Group to deploy €200 million to tackle decarbonisation

Marseille, France (PortSEurope) February 28, 2023 – The CMA CGM Group, Bpifrance and the Secretary of State for the Sea have announced that Bpifrance...

New service highlights potential of Poti as Central Asia-Europe intermodal hub

This month saw the first call of CMA CGM’s new Caucasus Georgia Express (CGX) service. Playing a key role in this new intermodal service, APM Terminals Poti...

CMA CGM enters into exclusive discussions to acquire La Méridionale

The CMA CGM Group announces that it has entered into exclusive discussions with the STEF group to acquire 100% of La Méridionale, a maritime company for mixed...

CMA CGM set to acquire La Méridionale

Marseille, France (PortSEurope) February 10, 2023 – French logistics giant CMA CGM is set to acquire Ro-Pax company La Méridionale, the latest in a run...

CMA CGM, Barcelona Port Authority acquire control of Puerto Seco Azuqueca de Henares

Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) February 7, 2023 – CMA CGM and Port of Barcelona have received approval from the markets and competitions authority CNMC to...

CMA CGM links Poti by rail with Central Asia

Marseille, France (PortSEurope) January 30, 2023 – French shipper CMA CGM has announced a service linking the Port of Poti with the Caucasus and Central...

CMA CGM, Barcelona port plan to acquire Puerto Seco Azuqueca

Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) January 11, 2023 – CMA CGM and Port of Barcelona have submitted a request to markets and competitions authority CNMC to...

iTerminals project tests standard digital language for container terminals in real operations

Valencia, 15 December 2022 – On 13 December, the European consortium of the iTerminals 4.0 project, an initiative led by Fundación Valenciaport and...

Iskenderun port on new CMA CGM block train service

Iskenderun, Turkey (PortSEurope) October 21, 2022 – Iskenderun port is part of a new CMA CGM block train service linking Gaziantep to international...

CMA CGM making progress at the port of Beirut

Beirut, Lebanon (PortSEurope) October 19, 2022 – The French logistics company CMA CGM is making progress with it work the Port of Beirut, largely...

CargoBeamer tests train between ports of Marseille and Calais

Marseille, France (PortSEurope) September 30, 2022 – CargoBeamer has tested the first intermodal train for semi-trailers between ports of Marseille and...

MSC to create air cargo division

Geneva, Switzerland (PortSEurope) September 27, 2022 – MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company is to create MSC Air Cargo. MSC says this is a response to...

CMA CGM creates fund to accelerate energy transition in shipping and logistics

Marseille, France (PortSEurope) September 5, 2022 – The CMA CGM Group announced yesterday that it is creating a Special Fund for Energies, backed by a...

CMA CGM to buy French newspaper La Provence

Marseille, France (PortSEurope) September 2, 2022 – CMA CGM head Rodolphe Saade is set to buy the French regional newspaper La Provence. Based in...

Port of Beirut experiences further collapse of silos

Beirut, Lebanon (PortSEurope) August 25, 2022 – For the third time in a month, the Port of Beirut has experienced further collapse of silos. On August 4,...

CMA CGM starts new intermodal service linking Niš in Serbia and China

Thessaloniki, Greece (PortSEurope) July 11, 2022 – CMA CGM has announced a new intermodal service linking Niš in Serbia and China via the Greek port of...