News / CMA CGM the latest carrier to launch block-train services across India

Photo: CMA CGM India

Container lines serving India are seeing greater value in reliable, time-definite containerised rail services as they look to differentiate their operations in the country.

A scheduled round-trip block-train offering is the latest step by CMA CGM towards that goal, with a weekly service connecting Mundra Port and Sonipat, a key hinterland freight location in North India’s Haryana state.

A fully loaded 90 teu train that departed from Sonipat on Thursday marked the launch (pictured above) of what the French carrier called an ...