News - 2 June 2008
CMA CGM maintains calls in French ports
As French ports continue to struggle with serious disruptions, Marseilles (France)-based CMA CGM, the country's largest and the world's third largest container shipping company, has decided to maintain its calls in ports throughout the French mainland.
CMA CGM currently serves the ports of Marseilles, Fos, Le Havre, Dunkirk, Rouen, Brest, Bordeaux and Montoir de Bretagne, making over 40 weekly calls from ports around the world. If stevedoring operations are suspended for vessels in Le Havre, CMA CGM plans to redeploy them first to Dunkirk so that customers will not have to bear the added expense of repatriation and shipment of their cargo to and from foreign ports. For the Marseille region, despite disruptions, CMA CGM has decided to continue calling at Fos, and has set up an emergency response team. The team is charged with providing information to customers and shippers affected by the strikes and, if necessary, finding solutions.
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