French container ship company CMA CGM announced the reshuffling of two services, in addition to the MERCOSUL buyout project, pursuing a development strategy in South America, with SAFRAN and SIRIUS.
These two services between South America and Europe are SAFRAN for Northern Europe and SIRIUS for the Mediterranean.
SAFRAN will be starting in Rotterdam on September 27, 2017. Calling at the port of Pecem allows the CMA CGM Group to offer a new option to those already existing in northern Brazil during the fruit season.
The service will call at the ports of Rotterdam / London / Hamburg / Antwerp / Le Havre / Algeciras / Santos / Paranagua / Buenos Aires / Montevideo / Itapoa / Paranagua / Santos / Pecem / Tangier.
SIRIUS will be starting in Malta on October 6, 2017. This new service connects ports on the East Coast of South America via its hub in Malta to ports in the eastern Mediterranean, North Africa in the Adriatic Sea or the Indian subcontinent. The CMA CGM Group also added the port of Algeciras, giving a fast transit time from Asian ports via transhipment.
The service will call at the ports of Malta / Genoa / Barcelona / Valencia / Algeciras / Salvador / Itaguai / Santos / Itapoa / Buenos Aires / Rio Grande / Itajai / Itapoa / Santos / Itaguai / Tanger / Algeciras.
The CMA CGM Group will supply 3 of the 8 ships in Sirius. By becoming a ship operator in this trade, the CMA CGM aims to strengthen presence on the East Coast of South America.
