- Rodolphe Saadé, Chairman and CEO of the CMA CGM Group, signs with his partners the launch of Ocean Alliance Day 4 Product, which will start in April 2020
- Ocean Alliance, the world’s largest operational agreement between shipping companies
- 112 ships out of Ocean Alliance’s 325 container ships will be deployed by the CMA CGM Group
The CMA CGM Group, a world leader in shipping and logistics, announced Thursday (Jan09) that Rodolphe Saadé, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the CMA CGM Group, signed yesterday with the executives of COSCO SHIPPING, Evergreen and OOCL the launch of Ocean Alliance Day 4 Product, which will further strengthen the CMA CGM Group’s service offer. The new offer will start in April 2020.
Through Ocean Alliance, CMA CGM offers its customers more port calls, more direct links and better transit times, thus reinforcing its competitiveness. With the Day 4 Product, the Group’s customers will benefit from an optimized, ever-more tailored service offering with:
- The use of 325 container ships, 112 of which will be operated by the CMA CGM Group, which continues to play a major role within the alliance
- 38 services
- An estimated carrying capacity of around 3.8 million TEUs (Twenty-foot Equivalent Unit)
The evolution of the product Ocean Alliance highlights the commitment of CMA CGM to serve its customers even better:
- A comprehensive service offer on the Transpacific trade with 19 services,
- A strong offer between Asia and Europe with 7 services,
- A large offer between Asia and the Mediterranean with 4 services,
- 2 Transatlantic services linking North Europe to the East Coast of the United States and the Gulf of Mexico,
- The only alliance offering 4 services between Asia and the Middle East, 2 Asia-Red Sea services.
On the occasion of this announcement, Rodolphe Saadé, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the CMA CGM Group, stated: “One year after the extension of Ocean Alliance until 2027, the launch of the Day 4 Product will enable us to further strengthen the competitiveness and quality of CMA CGM’s offer. With this agreement, we are pursuing the continuous improvement of our services for the benefit of our customers.”
Ocean Alliance
- The world’s largest operational agreement between shipping companies
- 4 major actors in the shipping industry: CMA CGM, COSCO SHIPPING, Evergreen and OOCL
- Launched in Spring 2017
- Long Term duration agreement