In order to improve the reliability of its service, CMA CGM has decided to review the port coverage of FAL 1
As from m/v CMA CGM JULES VERNE voy. 115 FLE, FAL 1 service will no longer call the port of Zeebrugge. Last vessel calling Zeebrugge will be m/v CMA CGM VASCO DE GAMA voy. 113FLE on August 29th, 2016
Container ship CMA CGM Jules Verne - Image courtesy: Gyssels Gilbert
As from m/v CMA CGM ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT voy. 109 FLE, FAL 1 service will no longer call the port of Dalian. Last vessel calling Dalian will be m/v CMA CGM MAGELLAN voy. 107FLE (ETA Dalian on September 16th, 2016)
Once those 2 changes are implemented, FAL 1 new rotation will be the following:
Southampton - Dunkirk - Hamburg - Rotterdam - Le Havre - Malta - Khor Al Fakkan - Jebel Ali - Shanghai - Tianjin Xingang - Busan - Qingdao - Shanghai (WB) - Ningbo - Yantian - Port Kelang - Algeciras - Southampton
Source: CMA CGM