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CMA CGM Group

Led by Rodolphe Saadé, the CMA CGM Group, a global leader in shipping and logistics, serves more than 420 ports around the world on five continents. Backed by a fleet of 566 vessels, in 2021 the Group transported 22 million TEU (twenty-foot equivalent units) containers. With its subsidiary CEVA Logistics, a world leader in logistics, which transports 474,000 tons of air freight and more than 21 million tons of land freight each year, and its air freight division CMA CGM AIR CARGO, the CMA CGM Group is continually innovating to offer a range of new shipping, land, air and logistics solutions.

Thessaloniki Port Authority presents improved 2018 financial figures to analysts

Thessaloniki, Greece (PortSEurope) June 5, 2019 – The Management Company of Thessaloniki Port Authority SA has  presented to financial analysts the...

Leading global shipping companies discuss Black Sea container hub

Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) June 5, 2019 – During the Ukrainian Ports Forum 2019 being held in Odessa, Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA)...

Greece’s Med Tugs signs agreement with MSC, CMA CGM, Hapag Lloyd

Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) May 29, 2019 – Greek tugboat owners consortium Med Tugs has signed a contract to provide services to the Mediterranean...

Maersk to enter Traxens’ capital

Marseille, France (PortSEurope) May 28, 2019 – Maersk plans to join CMA CGM and Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) as a key shareholder and customer...

CMA CGM orders 50,000 Traxens container trackers

Marseille, France (PortSEurope) May 23, 2019 – CMA CGM has ordered the acquisition of 50,000 Traxens trackers which that...

Maersk and MSC to relocate operations away from Malta’s Freeport

Freeport, Malta (PortSEurope) May 14, 2019 – Malta Freeport has said that the shipping companies Maersk and MSC plan to reduce their operations at...

France’s CMA CGM launches service linking Adriatic Sea to Algeria

Koper, Slovenia (PortSEurope) May 14, 2019 – French shipping company CMA CGM has activated the new Adrinaf weekly line service that directly...

Russia takes over Syrian port of Tartus

Tartus, Syria (Ports Europe) April 24, 2019 – Russia is expected to sign by the end of April a 49-year lease contract for the Syrian Mediterranean port...

Analysis – Iran to lease Syrian container port of Latakia

Latakia, Syria (Ports Europe) April 8, 2019 – From October 2019, Iran is to lease the Latakia container terminal of Latakia port, gaining a highly...

CMA CGM to construct new office high-rise in Marseilles with Bouygues Immobilier

Marseille, France (Ports Europe) March 27, 2019 – CMA CGM, the global French shipping group, has announced that it will work with Bouygues Immobilier to...

CMA CGM signs two strategic agreements with China State Shipbuilding Corporation

Marseille, France (Ports Europe) March 27, 2019 – Rodolphe Saadé, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the CMA CGM Group, a world leader in shipping...

Kalmar to supply port equipment to DP World Marseille Fos facility

Marseille, France (Ports Europe) March 7, 2019 – Cargotec has reported that its subsidiary Kalmar will supply 20 Kalmar Hybrid Straddle Carriers to...

CMA CGM to operate route linking Algeciras to Morocco as of June

Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) February 27, 2019 – French shipping company CMA CGM has included the port Algeciras on its Morocco-Spain route from June,...

Hyundai, CMA CGM may team up to manage Isla Verde zone of Algeciras port

Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) February 22, 2019 – South Korean business conglomerate Hyundai, which controls phase A of Isla Verde zone of Algeciras port,...

Marseille port announces winners of Smartport Challenge

Marseille, France (Ports Europe) February 11, 2019 – Grand Port Maritime of Marseille (GPMM) has announced the winners of the Smartport Challenge have...

Swiss CEVA’s board rejects takeover bid by CMA CGM

Marseille, France (Ports Europe) January 28, 2019 – Swiss CEVA Logistics has recommended shareholders not accept a SwFr 30 ($30.24) per share tender offer...

CMA CGM renews Ocean Alliance cooperation until 2027

Marseille, France – January 17, 2019 The CMA CGM Group, a leading global shipping group, has announced that Rodolphe Saadé, Chairman and Chief Executive...

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