CMA CGM will upgrade its MEX Asia-Mediterranean service to include direct calls at Nagoya, Yokohama and Kobe from mid-May 2009.
It will offer direct connections and very competitive transit times from Japan to the full range of West and East Mediterranean ports.
Through hubs at Malta and Damietta, the MEX service will offer reliable and efficient connections from all ports in the Adriatic, East Mediterranean and Black Sea to Japan.
The rotation will be: Nagoya, Yokohama, Kobe, Pusan, Shanghai, Ningbo, Xiamen, Chiwan, Hong Kong, Port Kelang, Beirut, Malta, Valencia, Barcelona, Fos, Genoa, Naples, Malta, Damietta, Djibouti, Khorfakkan, Port Kelang, Chiwan, Nagoya.
The new rotation will still be operated with 10 vessels of about 5,700 TEUs and the first vessel to call in Japan will be the CMA CGM Strauss on May 22.
Cargonews Asia
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