CMA CGM, Mediterranean Sea-US East Coast expands to Turkish ports

CMA CGM announced the revamping of its Amerigo Express Service on September 6. The Amerigo Express was the first line to link the US East Coast directly from West Mediterranean ports 10 years ago.

The line expands its coverage to the East Mediterranean Sea, through 2 weekly direct calls at Istanbul and Izmir in Turkey, and increases the capacity of its vessels, from 1600 to 2700 teus.

This upgraded service will deploy 6 vessels, instead of the current 5. Its call at Malta, the main Mediterranean hub of CMA CGM, will allow many connections with the other services of the Group, especially towards North Africa, Lebanon, Greece, the Black Sea and the Adriatic Sea.

The new rotation will be : Istanbul (Mardas)-Izmir-Taranto-Malta-Livorno-Genoa - Fos-Barcelona-Lisbon-New York-Norfolk-Savannah-Miami-Malta-Taranto - Istanbul, with very attractive transit times linking Turkey to the United States in 19 days.

With the upgrading of the Amerigo Express service, CMA CGM aims at meeting trade and client demands on the Mediterranean Sea - United States?fast growing markets to be able to offer its customers a higher performing range of services.

The first vessel of the renewed service calling directly at Turkey will reach Istanbul on September 10th.