News / CMA CGM to launch Asia-West Africa service via Suez Canal

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CMA CGM this month will launch a standalone Asia-West Africa service, the first in the trade to be routed via the Suez Canal on its headhaul voyages.

It claimed the Round the Africa (RTA) service will offer the fastest connections between the Chinese ports of Shanghai, Ningbo and Nansha to the West African ports of Dakar, Freetown, Tema and Abidjan, via calls at the Mediterranean hubs of Malta and Tanger.

On the backhaul, vessels will sail direct from Abidjan to Singapore via ...