CMA CGM will officially launch its new KEA service to provide “efficient, reliable and enhanced coverage” on the US East Coast to/from Oceania trade, the company said.
KEA will complement its existing RTW PAD product and make it “the only carrier able to offer two weekly departures on this trade.”
Southbound, CMA CGM will provide full US East Coast coverage including New York, Philadelphia, Savannah, and Charleston, with an import call in Tauranga. Northbound, the service will offer extended port coverage including Port Chalmers and Charleston.
The stated rotation is Philadelphia / Charleston / Balboa / Tauranga / Sydney / Melbourne / Port Chalmers / Tauranga / Manzanillo / Cartagena / Philadelphia / Charleston.
The first vessel is m/v “Spirit of Melbourne”.
CMA CGM is a freight transport company headquartered in Marseille, France, operating container shipping services and related logistics and port and terminal activities.
