CMA CGM Splits ASEA Service

CMA CGM Group is dividing its Asia-East Africa (ASEA) service into two distinct services starting December 2014, the worlds third largest shipping company said in a release. ASEA Kenya will provide 4-day reduction in transit times to Kenya on the following rotation: Singapore, Tanjung Pelepas, Port Kelang, Colombo, Mombasa, Colombo, Singapore; while ASEA Tanzania will provide 8-day reduction in transit times to Tanzania, on the following rotation: Singapore, Tanjung Pelepas, Port Kelang, Colombo, Male, Port Victoria, Dar Es Salam, Colombo, Singapore. 2,800 TEU vessel fleet will be deployed on the two services, which according to CMA CGM will be the largest capacity vessels in the area. The shipper says that the two new services will also improve the offer to Somalia with weekly calls, instead of the bi-weekly country call operated until now, cover the Indian Ocean with bi-weekly calls in the Maldives and Seychelles islands, as well as connect Asia to the following African land-locked countries: Uganda, Democratic Republic of Congo, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Burundi, Malawi, Rwanda and South Sudan. Press Release