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CMA CGM Shuffles Container Services

Maritime Activity Reports, Inc.

May 18, 2016

CMA CGM announced changes to come on its shipping services connecting North Europe with Asia.

 
New rotation on FAL 1: Starting in Hamburg on May 26, 2016 with m/v CMA CGM VASCO DE GAMA voy. 087 FLE, FAL 1 will include a new call at Jebel Ali on its rotation, now becoming the only service to offer connections with Middle East Gulf ports as follows:
 
Southampton - Dunkerque - Hamburg - Rotterdam - Zeebrugge - Le Havre - Malta - Khor Fakkan - Jebel Ali - Shanghai - Tianjin Xingang - Dalian - Busan - Qingdao - Shanghai - Ningbo - Yantian - Port Kelang - Algeciras - Southampton.
 
New rotation on FAL 23: Starting in Hamburg on May 25, 2016 with m/v SALAHUDDIN voy. 056FFE, FAL 23 will add a new call at Hong Kong and sail directly via the Cape of Good Hope on its way back to Asia, as follows:
 
Antwerp - Hamburg - Felixstowe - Rotterdam - Le Havre - Port Kelang - Chiwan - Hong Kong - Shanghai - Ningbo - Yantian - Vung Tau - Port Kelang - Le Havre - Rotterdam - Antwerp.
 
New FAL 7 service: Starting in Rotterdam on June 8, 2016 with m/v APL SENTOSA voy. 002PFE, FAL 7 will offer a service between China and North Europe, including calls at Gdansk (Poland) and Gothenburg (Sweden), and will have the following rotation:
 
Qingdao - Shanghai - Ningbo - Hong Kong - Yantian - Singapore - Rotterdam - Hamburg - Gdansk - Gothenburg - Antwerp - Southampton - Singapore - Yantian - Qingdao.
 
New rotation on EPIC: EPIC will stop calling at Beirut and Port Said and add a new Eastbound call at Jeddah on its rotation. Last voyage with the old rotation pattern will be performed by m/v CMA CGM TOSCA voy. 093EPE, in Southampton on May 14, 2016. New rotation will start in Southampton on May 21st, 2016 with m/v UASC AL KHOR voy. 095EPE, as follows:
 
Southampton - Rotterdam - Hamburg - Antwerp - Dunkerque - Le Havre - Jeddah - Djibouti - Khor Fakkan - Jebel Ali - Port Qasim - Nhava Sheva - Mundra - Jeddah - Malta -Tanger - Southampton.
 

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