CMA CGM Deploys Six Mega Ships between Asia and US
CMA CGM’s six 18,000 TEU vessels named after great explorers will be deployed on the trans-Pacific market and help to accelerate its growth, the container shipping company announced today.
Beginning from the end of May 2016, the CMA CGM Group will deploy its flagship fleet of six 18,000 TEU vessels between Asia and the West coast of the U.S. on the Pearl River Express service.
The six container vessels – CMA CGM Bougainville, CMA CGM Kerguelen, CMA CGM Georg Forster, CMA CGM Vasco de Gama, CMA CGM Zheng He and CMA CGM Benjamin Franklin – are among the largest and most technologically advanced in the world. They are equipped with the latest environmental technologies and will help to significantly reduce CMA CGM's carbon footprint.
The CMA CGM Benjamin Franklin became the largest ship ever to call in the United States last December and was inaugurated on February 19 in Long Beach, in the presence of Jacques Saadé, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of CMA CGM, 450 customers, eminent persons from the economic and political spheres and institutional figures.
The CMA CGM Benjamin Franklin will remain on the trans-Pacific market, leading way for the other five 18,000 TEU vessels to join the Pearl River Express line.
CMA CGM said the decision to deploy the mega vessels on this service falls in line with its growth strategy set by the group in the United States and around the world. The shipper called the trans-Pacific market the most active and dynamic market to date, and said its flagships will support its development as well as that of its customers.