CMA CGM targets auto sector via Ceva ro-ro transhipment services
Transporting finished vehicles appears to have become a new growth bet for cash-rich mega-container lines ...
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Despite vowing to re-route vessels around the Cape of Good Hope, CMA CGM yesterday sent an ultra-large containership through the Red Sea and Bab al-Mandeb Strait.
The French carrier’s Jules Verne was escorted by the French navy and reported no attacks.
CMA CGM had told its customers that from 1 February, “all services initially routed via the Red Sea passage will now follow the Cape of Good Hope routing”.
It added: “The safety of our seafarers remains our priority at all times.”
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