Cargo Business Newswire

Monday, January 26, 2015

CMA CGM adds Port of New Orleans to new weekly service

CMA CGM adding the Port of New Orleans to its Victory Bridge Service, which will be launched Feb. 2 when the CMA CGM Jamaica visits the Port’s Napoleon Avenue Container Terminal.

The new weekly service will call on New Orleans, Antwerp, Belgium; Rotterdam, Netherlands; Bremerhaven, Germany; and Veracruz and
Altamira, Mexico.

The French shipping giant has called on the Port of New Orleans since 2009 and operates its weekly Gulf Bridge Express to the Caribbean and South and Central American ports from New Orleans.

"Shippers will now have greater options, which will further strengthen our connections to not only Europe, but also the Mediterranean, Africa, India Sub-Continent, Middle East and Red Sea," said Port President and CEO Gary LaGrange.