CMA CGM Upgrades Asia - E.Africa Service

CMA CGM to improve its ASEA service between Asia and East Africa with the launching of ASEA Kenya and ASEA Tanzania.

The CMA CGM Group’s Asia-East Africa (ASEA) service upgrade is scheduled to begin December 2014 with the launch of two new services. ASEA Kenya and ASEA Tanzania, will now accompany East African markets’ growth and replace the ASEA one single service, reducing transit times from Asia and improving reliability, the company said. CMA CGM intermodal and logistics solutions will connect African land-locked countries to Asia.

The ASEA service has been operated on one single service until now, and will be spread into two distinct services:

• ASEA Kenya, that will provide four days reduced transit times to Kenya on the following rotation: Singapore, Tanjung Pelepas, Port Kelang, Colombo, Mombasa, Colombo, Singapore
• ASEA Tanzania, that will provide eight days reduced transit times to Tanzania, on the following rotation: Singapore, Tanjung Pelepas, Port Kelang, Colombo, Male, Port Victoria, Dar Es Salam, Colombo, Singapore.

A 2,800 TEUs vessel fleet will be deployed on the two services. These will be the largest capacity vessels in the area, according to CMA CGM.

The group said ASEA Kenya and ASEA Tanzania service specialization will provide shorter transit times to Kenya and Tanzania; improve the offer to Somalia with weekly calls, instead of the bi-weekly country call operated until now; cover the Indian Ocean with biweekly calls in the Maldives and Seychelles islands; and connect Asia to the following African land-locked countries: Uganda, Democratic Republic of Congo, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Burundi, Malawi, Rwanda, South Sudan.

In addition to Kenyan and Tanzanian markets, the CMA CGM Group serves Mozambique with its two weekly services MOZEX and RHINO EXPRESS. 

The CMA CGM Group said it has been accompanying the East African market development and adapting its strategy to its clients’ demands since 2007, adding that the ASEA Kenya and ASEA Tanzania implementation is in line with this strategy. 

The CMA CGM Group’s presence is insured on the entire African continent through its commercial brands CMA CGM and DELMAS. CMA CGM and DELMAS lines complementarily led to service web and products transportation to Africa (from Europe, Asia, America, Middle-East and Indian Sub-Continent mainly) reinforcement.