News / Safeen Feeders and CMA CGM set up ex-India service for transhipment cargo

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Safeen Feeders, a short-haul shipping arm of AD Ports (Abu Dhabi Ports), has set up a co-operation deal with CMA CGM to jointly operate a regional feeder service out of India, its maiden entry into the Southeast Asia market.

The feeder service will rotate Chennai, Singapore and Colombo, ostensibly betting on transhipment cargo moving in and out of India’s east coast corridor which has historically reeled under direct, origin-to-destination connectivity constraints.

“The ‘SAFEEN Pioneer,’ which has a container capacity of 2,034 teu, ...