French shipping lineCMA CGM, today (Tuesday) launched a second Midas service connecting India, the Indian Ocean, the Middle East and Southern and Western Africa.
“The CMA CGM Group is betting on the economic dynamism of both India and the countries of Africa and intends to benefit from the economic growth of the two regions,” said Bertrand Simion, CMA CGM director of Africa Lines.
The rotations will now be as follows:
Midas 1 will service West Africa from India and the Middle East. Two calls in South Africa have been inserted on the way back in order to offer reefer customers speedy transit times to the Middle East. This service will include 10 vessels of 4 250 TEU capacity with over 600 plugs for reefers on a 70-day rotation.
Midas 2 will service the Indian Ocean and South Africa from India and the Middle East in a shortened 42-day rotation. Six ships of 2 500 will be deployed on this service. A northbound and a southbound call is planned at Pointe des Galets in La Réunion where all ships will be operated by SAMR, a subsidiary of the CMA CGM Group.
The Loop 1 of the Midas service will call in the CT4 terminal of the port of Mundra, which is now operated by CMA CGM and its Indian partner.
“The duplication of the Midas service allows us to improve our service offering with competitive transit times and a greater capacity as well as the access to new markets between South Africa and the Indian Ocean,” said Simion.
