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CMA CGM, France's number one and the world's number three container line, has launched an upgraded EPIC service between North Europe and India/Pakistan/West Asia, according to a company statement.
The new port rotation will be Southampton-Rotterdam-Hamburg-Antwerp-Le Havre, Port Said- Khor Fakkan- Jebel Ali- Port Qasim- Nhava Sheva- Mundra-Jeddah-Port Said, Malta-Tangiers and Southampton.
Features
The new features of the upgraded service, as the statement points out, include a new westbound call at Port Said from March 30 to improve transit time to the Eastern Mediterranean ports, replacement of Salalah by Khor Fakkan with tie-up with Mascareignes lines serving the Indian Ocean and deployment of eight vessels of 5700 TEUs each.
Multiple choices
The French line thus offers its customers in the Indian sub-continent multiple choices through calls at major transhipment hubs such as Tangiers for West Africa and Latin America, Malta for Western Mediterranean, Khor Fakkan for Indian Ocean and Port Said for Adriatic Sea, Black Sea, West Asia, Turkey and Greece, the statement says.
“This new configuration meets the growing demand of our customers in India and Pakistan, exporting agricultural, textiles and chemical products as well refrigerated cargo to markets in West Asia, Black Sea, Turkey and Greece”, Mr Christophe de la Ferriere, Senior Manager, Indian Sub-continent/Europe Lines, CMA CGM, has been quoted as saying.
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