CMA CGM/Maersk upgrade Asia/West Coast USA service

The CMA CGM Group will upgrade its services between Asia and California to meet the growing demand on the trans-Pacific trade expected in 2011 and in the years to come.

As of May 2011, the consolidation of its partnerships will enable CMA CGM to reinforce its coverage of the trans-Pacific trade and to provide its customers with the following services:

• The Hangzhou Shuttle, in partnership with Maersk and MSC, is a direct service between Ningbo, Shanghai and Los Angeles. This new service will complete existing CMA CGM services on this trade (the Bohai Rim, serving Central and North China, and the Yang Tse, covering Taiwan, Hong Kong, Central and South China) and will double the frequency of calls to five major Chinese ports (Shanghai, Hong Kong, Ningbo, Xiamen and Yantian). In total, these three weekly services will be operated by 12 vessels of 8,100TEU and five 6,000TEU containerships.
• The Sunrise service, in partnership with Maersk, is a combined service between South Korea, Japan and the US West Coast. This service is operated by five 4,400TEU vessels.

CMA CGM's weekly coverage of this area will be as follows:

• Yang Tse – Kaohsiung, Hong Kong, Yantian, Xiamen, Ningbo, Long Beach, Oakland
• Bohai Rim – Dalian, Tianjin Xinqang, Qingdao, Shanghai, Long Beach, Oakland
• Hangzhou Shuttle – Ningbo, Shanghai, Los Angeles
• Sunrise – Kwangyang, Pusan, Hakata, Nagoya, Yokohama, Los Angeles, Oakland, Yokohama, Kobe, Kwangya