News / Tie-up with trade finance platform gives CMA CGM a new edge

CMA CGM wants to give shippers a cash-flow boost with its new range of import and export financing solutions, a new sign carriers are expanding beyond core shipping services.

The French carrier has partnered with Singapore-based fin-tech player Incomlend to launch Shipfin Trade Finance, which it claims will accelerate its strategy of “customer-centricity”.

Mathieu Friedberg, CMA CGM senior vice president for commercial agencies network, said: “We draw on our more than 40 years’ experience at the heart of international trade to offer innovative, ...