CMA CGM to Enhance Its Europe-West Africa Coverage
French container shipping company CMA CGM is to upgrade its EURAF 4 and EURAF 5 services connecting Europe and West Africa by .improving the EURAF 4 with weekly calls at Bata and Malabo and the EURAF 5 with a direct call in Cameroon, both effective July 26
According to MANA, Within the new EURAF 5 service, the present service Equatorial Guinea Express will be discontinued as from MGISELE AETA Algeciras July 18, CMA CGM said.
In addition, direct service from West Mediterranean to Equatorial Guine will have shortened transit time up to six days. Bata will be reached from Livorno in 20 days, Malabo from Valencia in 19 days.
The EURAF 4 service port coverage will be as follows: Livorno – Genoa – Marseilles – Barcelona – Valencia – Algeciras – Tangiers – Lome – Bata – Malabo – Onne (fortnightly) – Port Gentil – Libreville – Douala – Lome NB (fortnightly) – San Pedro (fortnightly) – Algeciras – Livorno.
The EURAF 5 service port coverage will be the following: Le Havre – Antwerp – Lisbon – Tangiers – Algeciras – Pointe Noire – Luanda – Lobito (fortnightly) – Namibe (fortnightly) – Douala (fortnightly) – Abidjan – Tangiers NB – Le Havre.