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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.

Total realizes France’s first ship-to-containership LNG bunkering operation, after inaugural loading at Dunkirk LNG terminal

Dunkirk, May 3, 2021 – Total has realized the first ship-to-containership Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) bunkering operation in France. The world’s...

CMA CGM Group announces the order of 22 new vessels

April 30, 2021 The CMA CGM Group, a world leader in shipping and logistics, signed today with CSSC (China State Shipbuilding Corporation) Group an order for: 6...

CMA CGM most likely to rebuild Beirut port in a project worth €600 million – German multi-billion euro project rejected

Beirut, Lebanon (Ports Europe) April 26, 2021 – The over-ambitious $5-7 billion plan with an up-to-20-year construction span of two German companies for the...

Hutchison Ports BEST terminal welcomes first LNG-powered vessel

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) April 15, 2021 – The Hutchison Ports BEST terminal at Barcelona port has handled the first ship powered by liquefied...

CMA CGM launches the first low-carbon shipping offer by choosing biomethane

April 8, 2021 With biomethane, a non-fossil energy, CMA CGM provides customers with a new and immediately available solution, bringing the Group a step...

Analysis – Could French and German plans to rebuild Beirut port be combined?

Beirut, Lebanon (Ports Europe) April 12, 2021 – An ambitious $5-7 billion plan with an up-to-20-year construction period by two German companies wants to...

CMA CGM interested in the reconstruction of Beirut port

Beirut, Lebanon (Ports Europe) April 9, 2021 – Joe Dakkak, general manager, CMA CGM Lebanon, and Christine Cabau Woehrel, director in charge of...

Valenciaport easily manages more than 30,000 additional containers from the Suez Canal delay

València, April 7, 2021.- After the arrival today of the Conti Everest and the CMA CGM Centaurus at the docks of the Port of València, there are now three...

Analysis – Germany enters the fray for the reconstruction of the Port of Beirut; What about France, China, Turkey, the USA, Russia, the UAE & Kuwait?

Beirut, Lebanon (Ports Europe) April 7, 2021 – Germany is reportedly prepared to submit a proposal for the reconstruction of the port of Beirut, which was...

Port of Livorno replaces La Spezia in Hapag Lloyd/OOCL service

Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) April 6, 2021 – The shipping companies Hapag Lloyd and Oocl have announced that from next May the scheduled service...

Germany set to submit proposal for Beirut port rebuild

Beirut, Lebanon (Ports Europe) April 2, 2021 – Local sources in Germany reported this week that Berlin plans to submit a proposal for the reconstruction...

Port of Livorno trials 11.5-metre draft ships

With the arrival in Livorno of the Alexandra container ship, experiments began this morning to allow ships with a draft greater than the estimated 11.5 meters...

CMA CGM – Situation in Suez Canal #4

Tuesday, March 30, 2021 Dear Valued Customers, The CMA CGM Group is pleased that the action plan implemented by the Suez Canal authorities with the salvage...

Asia’s first ship-to-containership LNG bunkering undertaken by CMA CGM and FueLNG at the Port of Singapore

The first ship-to-containership Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) bunkering operation in Asia was undertaken today by CMA CGM, a world leader in shipping and...

Container ships operators’ ranking as of March 2021

Copenhagen, Denmark (Ports Europe) March 22 – Danish A.P. Moller-Maersk Group is the largest container ship operator in the world, according to Statista, a...

CMA CGM with impressive 1.47 billion euro profit in 2020

Marseille, France (Ports Europe) March 19, 2021 – The French shipping and logistics powerhouse CMA CGM Group has reported a net profit of $1.75 billion...

Trieste Marine Terminal renews commercial agreements with Ocean Alliance consortium

Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) March 8, 2021 – Trieste Marine Terminal srl has renewed commercial agreements with the Ocean Alliance which visits the...

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