The CMA CGM Group will upgrade its Oceania-US services with the launch of the PAD 2 service, as from the beginning of March 2014. PAD 2 will complement the existing fortnightly PAD 1 service and provide CMA CGM with the best coverage of the Oceania to US trade, the Group said in a press release.
Using its extensive global service network, the CMA CGM Group will be able to provide weekly services to and from Australia and New Zealand, Central and South America, the Caribbean, North America (USEC) and Canada.
CMA CGM will also offer the fastest direct transit times from Australia and New Zealand to all USA ports.
PAD 2 will have direct calls in New Zealand’s North & South Islands and will allow CMA CGM greater reefer capacity.
As from the 4th March 2014, CMA CGM’s new PAD 2 service rotation will be as follow:
Philadelphia (Tue) – Charleston (Fri) – Cartagena (Wed) – Balboa (Fri) – Auckland (Tue) – Sydney (Fri) – Melbourne (Mon) – Port Chalmers (Sat) –Napier (Tue) – Tauranga (Thu) – Auckland (Fri) – Manzanillo, PA (Tue) – Cartagena (Wed).
“With this new service, CMA CGM reinforces its presence in the Pacific region by increasing its offer to and from the U.S. We thus confirm the importance for the group to grow in Oceania “declares Xavier Eiglier, Vice-President CMA CGM Oceania Lines.
About CMA CGM
CMA CGM, founded and led by Jacques R. Saadé is the world’s third largest container shipping company and has an estimated turnover of 16 billion USD in 2013. Operating a fleet of 428 vessels, the Group serves more than 400 ports around the world. In 2013, the Group carried 11.4 million TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent units). With a presence on every continent and in 150 countries through its network of 650 agencies and branch offices, the Group employs more than 18,000 people worldwide and 2,400 in its headquarter in Marseilles.