CMA CGM Group Upgrades African Service

The CMA CGM Group announced changes to its African service, upgrading its EURAF 4 service to directly connect West Africa to the West Mediterranean markets each week starting July 18, the group announced.

Up until now, the EURAF 4 service has been calling the following ports: Tangiers, Lome, Cotonou, Port Gentil, Libreville, Lome and Tangiers.

The service upgrade will see added calls in Italy, France, Malta and Spain. Starting July 18, two vessels will be added to the EURAF 4 service so that a total of seven vessels between 2,200 to 2,700 TEUs capacity will sail the following rotation: Malta, Livorno, Genoa, Fos-sur-Mer, Barcelona, Valencia, Tangiers, Cotonou, Lome, Port Gentil, Libreville, Tangiers and Malta. 

The call in the group’s hub Tangiers will offer connections with the EURAF 1, EURAF2, EURAF 3, EURAF 5, WAZZAN and GUINEA EXPRESS services; and the call in the group’s hub Malta will connect the EURAF 4 service to the East Mediterranean, Red and Black Seas and North Africa. 

The MV Spirit of Cape Town will be the first vessel sailing this new rotation, leaving Malta on July 18.