In order to improve the coverage of the North Europe-Mediterranean trade and coinciding with a growing existing demand, the CMA CGM has extended its Femex service in the Black Sea with the addition of three new calls in Samsun (Turkey), Novorossiysk (Russia) and Constanta (Romania).

The new FEMEX service will also link, via its two hub ports of Malta and Tangiers, CMA CGM worldwide services with Black Sea ports. This will enable the group to offer its customers yet a wider coverage and fastest transit time.

Moreover, import transit time into Thessaloniki will be improved by five days, as this will be the first port of call of the southbound rotation beyond Malta.

The new rotation, as follows, will start from Hamburg on February 20 with CMA CGM Lavender: Hamburg, Antwerp, Southampton, Tangiers, Malta, Thessaloniki, Gebze, Ambarli, Haydarpasa, Samsun, Novorossiysk, Constanta, Ambarli, Gebze, Gemlik, Aliaga, Malta, Tangiers, Casablanca.