CMA CGM Upgrades FAL 1 Service, New Direct EB Call at Shanghai

By Aiswarya Lakshmi January 11, 2016

CMA CGM has announced that a new direct EB call at Shanghai, the first container port in the world, is to be introduced on the rotation of its FAL 1 service ex-North Europe.

Starting in Southampton on January 11th, 2016 with m/v CMA CGM KERGUELEN voy. 049FLE, FAL 1 will then offer the following features:

New rotation: Southampton - Dunkirk - Hamburg - Rotterdam - Zeebrugge - Le Havre - Malta - Khor Fakkan - Shanghai - Tianjin - Dalian - Busan - Qingdao - Shanghai (WB) - Ningbo - Yantian - Port Kelang - Algeciras - Southampton

Shanghai will now be called at twice, both Eastbound and Westbound

Excellent port coverage in North Europe, including Dunkirk and Le Havre as last port of call

Among the best transit times in the market between Hamburg and Shanghai (36 days), and between Le Havre and Shanghai (32 days)

Efficient coverage of Center and North China with calls at Qingdao, Tianjin, Dalian

CMA CGM will of course continue providing its clients the most complete offer on the market, especially on the Asia-Europe trade thanks to the complementarity of its FAL services.