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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.

CMA CGM signs the Beirut container terminal management contract

Beirut, Lebanon (Ports Europe) March 11, 2022 – Yesterday, the French carrier and logistics company CMA CGM officially signed the management contract for...

Port of Taranto sees January cargo handled down -31%

Taranto, Italy (Ports Europe) March 11, 2022 – The Port of Taranto has published cargo numbers for January 2022, which shows total cargo handled of 1.03...

Concern about traffic volumes at Port of Taranto

Taranto, Italy (Ports Europe) March 7, 2022 – The local press is reporting concerns from the port authority about low traffic volumes at the port’s...

CMA CGM – Black Sea and Ukraine situation update

CMA CGM – Black Sea and Ukraine situation update – February 24, 2022 The CMA CGM Group has been closely monitoring the situation in Ukraine and the...

CMA CGM awarded concession for Beirut Port container terminal

News – CMA CGM – February 17, 2022 Operations will begin in March 2022 and will last for 10 years, with a target of 1.4 million TEUs.  ...

CMA CGM to manage the Beirut container port terminal

Beirut, Lebanon (Ports Europe) February 17, 2022 – The Lebanese government has awarded the contract to manage the concession of the Beirut container port...

Port of Beirut considers two bids to manage container terminal

Beirut, Lebanon (Ports Europe) February 7, 2022 – The Port of Beirut is reviewing bids from two companies to operate the port’s container terminal...

CMA CGM and TotalEnergies carry out Marseille Fos’ first ship-to-containership LNG bunkering

Marseille, France (Ports Europe) January 24, 2022 – French global logistics company CMA CGM and TotalEnergies have launched Marseilles’ inaugural...

Port of Taranto welcomes vessels diverted from Malta

Taranto, Italy (Ports Europe) January 5, 2022 – From December 31 to January 14, new container ships will have arrived in...

“Russian tsar of Thessaloniki” now owns 71.85% of city’s port. Russia and China via proxies now control Greece’s second largest port

Thessaloniki, Greece (Ports Europe) December 24, 2021 – Thessaloniki Port Authority (ThPA) has reported that Belterra Investments Ltd., owned by a Russian...

HHLA’s Piattaforma Logistica Trieste welcomes first container vessel.

Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) December 9, 2021 – Piattaforma Logistica Trieste (PLT), operated by Germany’s Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA),...

CMA CGM and Shell perform first bio-LNG bunkering operation in Rotterdam

The CMA CGM Group, a world leader in shipping and logistics, and Shell “AMS:RDSA” have performed the first Bio-LNG bunkering trial in Rotterdam....

The improvement of the Valencia-Teruel-Zaragoza railway line will attract more traffic from the north of Spain to Valenciaport

The works to improve the Zaragoza-Teruel-Sagunto-Valencia railway line are progressing at a good pace, a strategic infrastructure to link the Cantabrian...

CMA CGM reports strong Q3 2021 results

Marseille, France (PortSEurope) November 22, 2021 – The French logistics group CMA CGM has reported strong financial figures for quarter three of 2021....

CMA CGM to start Duisburg-Marseille intermodal rail service

Marseille, France (PortSEurope) November 22, 2021 – The French logistics group CMA CGM has announced a new block-train service between the inland port of...

CMA CGM and ENGIE: a strategic and industrial partnership to decarbonize shipping

The CMA CGM Group, a world leader in shipping and logistics, and ENGIE, global player in the field of renewables and energy solutions, have committed to...

Brittany Ferries and CMA CGM form a partnership in passenger and freight transport

Marseille, France (Ports Europe) September 14, 2021 – CMA CGM Group, a world leader in shipping and logistics, and Brittany Ferries, the largest ferry...

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