Padmesh Prabhune

French container line CMA CGM will launch a new Asia Subcontinent Express 2 (AS2) service this December. The Marseille-based shipping company said the new service will be connected with CMA CGM’s network from Southeast Asia via Singapore to Indian Subcontinent ports.

According to the company the first container ship that will be deployed on the service will be the 6,350 TEU, 2008-built MV APL Minnesota. The new weekly service will connect major Asian ports linking Central / South China to Colombo, Nhava Sheva & Mundra within the Indian Subcontinent and will commence on 3 December from the port of Shanghai.

The port rotation of the new service will be Shanghai (China) – Ningbo (China) – Shekou (China) – Singapore – Colombo (Sri Lanka) – Mundra (India) – Nhava Sheva (India) – Singapore – Shanghai.

The service will offer Intra Subcontinent connection from Colombo to India, thus connecting with CMA CGM’s extensive network from Southeast Asia via Singapore to India Subcontinent ports.

Based in Marseille, the CMA CGM Group operates globally through a network of 650 agencies in more than 150 countries. It services 400 commercial ports out of 521 in the world with a fleet of more than 400 container ships. The CMA CGM Group was named the Best Global Shipping Line for the third consecutive year at the 2023 Asian Freight, Logistics and Supply Chain Awards (AFLAS) held in Singapore.

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