CMA CGM reinforces Japan - US West Coast service

CMA CGM recently announced that it signed a cooperative agreement with The New World Alliance (MOL, APL, HMM) for a new weekly service linking Japan and the US West Coast named the ?uji?service.

Operating four vessels with nominal capacities ranging from 2,800 to 3,500 TEU, the new Fuji service offers a direct connection between 5 Japanese ports (Osaka, Kobe, Nagoya, Shimizu, Tokyo), and the US West Coast (Los Angeles).

Fuji guarantees some of the most competitive transit times on the market with a speedy 9 days linking Tokyo and Los Angeles.

This new development offers CMA CGM customers optimum coverage of the Japanese market, with five calls eastbound.

It comes after the opening of our new agency, CMA CGM (Japan) K.K., and symbolizes the group? commitment to developing its activities in the archipelago,?said CMA CGM Vice-President North America Lines Jean-Philippe Thenoz.<Korea Shipping Gazette>