[250710.EN.SEA] CMA CGM Extends FEMEX Services In Europe

CMA CGM has introduced two new calls in Tilbury, UK (Southbound) and Lisbon, Portugal (Southbound and Northbound) on its French Europe Med EXPRESS (FEMEX) service linking North Europe to Greece and Turkey, with immediate effect.

These additional calls will provide:

• Direct weekly connections from UK and Portugal to Greece and Turkey in response to the growing demand from English and Portuguese exporters

• Comprehensive port coverage in North Europe, Portugal, Greece and Turkey

• Significantly improved transit times between Portugal, the Middle East Gulf and Asia, with transhipment via the Malta hub, previously offered via Zeebrugge

• Improved shipment opportunities between North Europe and Portugal via the Group's intra-European specialist subsidiary, MacAndrews

The new rotation for the FEMEX service will be: Göteborg > Helsingborg > Aarhus > Zeebrugge > Tilbury > Rotterdam > Lisbon > Malta > Piraeus > Istanbul Haydarpasa > Gebze > Istanbul Avcilar > Gemlik > Thessaloniki > Izmir Smyrna > Malta > Tanger Med > Lisboa > Zeebrugge > Göteborg.

Source : EFT, 23.07.10