CMA CGM Reshuffles Asia to Indian Sub-Continent Service
By Aiswarya Lakshmi
Thursday, March 23, 2017
CMA CGM has announced revamping of dedicated services to Indian Sub-Continent including India West Coast, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka (CIMEX 2N, CIMEX 2CS, and CIMEX 2K) as from mid April 2017 ex Asia.
CIMEX 2N [FI3 consortium]: Rotation : Xingang - Dalian - Qingdao - Busan - Kwangyang - Ningbo - Nansha - Singapore - Tanjung Pelepas - Colombo – Nhava Sheva - Mundra - Singapore - Xingang. Service Commencement: April 14th, 2017 (ETA Xingang)
CIMEX 2CS [2 vessels out of 6 operated by CMA CGM Group]: This service being the result of 2 merged existing loops (CIMEX 2C and CIMEX 2S). Rotation : Shanghai – Ningbo – Xiamen – Hong Kong – Shekou – Singapore – Colombo – Nhava Sheva – Pipavav – Colombo – Port Kelang – Singapore – Hong Kong – Shanghai. Service Commencement: April 17th, 2017 (ETA Shanghai)
CIMEX 2K [Service operated by CMA CGM Group]: Rotation : Qingdao – Shanghai – Ningbo – Shekou – Singapore – Port Kelang – Karachi (SAPT) – Port Qasim – Karachi (KICT) –Singapore – Hong Kong - Qingdao. Service Commencement: April 15th, 2017 (ETA Qingdao).
By splitting loops calling India and Pakistan, CMA CGM will remove Port Qasim for CIMEX 2N to focus on Indian ports and will be in position to increase number of calls in Pakistan with 3 different terminals (Karachi SAPT – Port Qasim QICT – Karachi KICT).