CMA CGM has created a ‘specialised’ air freight division as it expands its shipping and logistics business with new products and solutions for shippers. The ocean shipping and logistics company is set to buy four 60-tonne-payload Airbus A330-200 freighters. These aircraft, which came into service between 2014 and 2016, can cover 4,000 nautical miles and will be operated by a European airline, the company said. Also read: CEVA Logistics launches new China-Europe rail freight service CMA … [Read more...] about CMA CGM bets on air cargo with new division, A330-200Fs
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Maersk misjudged container-shipping demand
The chief executive of Danish shipping group Maersk Line said recently that the company misjudged the strength in demand for container shipping, which has proved far more sluggish than it expected when it ordered billions of dollars' worth of new vessels two years ago. The world's biggest container shipper is now counting on the planned P3 cargo-sharing alliance with European rivals CMA CGM and Mediterranean Shipping Co. to cut costs and reduce the number of their ships plying major routes … [Read more...] about Maersk misjudged container-shipping demand
P3 carriers unveil their schedules
Maersk, Mediterranean Shipping Co and CMA CGM have released service details covering the Asia-Europe, transpacific and transatlantic trades and say they are on schedule to launch operations for the P3 network in the second quarter of next year, assuming there are no regulatory obstacle Maersk’s 18,270 teu Triple-E ships will be deployed in a revised AE1 loop that will call at Bremerhaven, Wilhelmshaven and Rotterdam in northern Europe. The broad outline of the operational alliance … [Read more...] about P3 carriers unveil their schedules
