CMA CGM backs Liverpool2 development, doubles feeders from Le Havre
THE world's third largest container shipping company, CMA CGM, has backed Peel Ports' GBP300 million (US$460 million) Liverpool2 development by doubling the frequency of its feeder service to the port.
CMA CGM now offers twice-weekly calls in Liverpool from its hub in Le Havre, France, and a new weekly call at Greenock, Scotland, and Cork, Ireland. Weekly calls to Dublin and Belfast were already established.
The company's expansion into Liverpool will take advantage of Peel Ports' established Green Highway Network, a shuttle service that carries freight 44 miles inland using the Manchester Ship Canal.
Commercial director of Peel Ports, Ross Thompson, said: "CMA CGM is a valued partner on vital Irish Sea routes, and this expansion demonstrates not only its commitment to Liverpool, but its confidence in the continuing growth in global trade to and from the port."
The new route will see deep sea containers, which have been transported to Europe from the Far East, coming in to the Port of Liverpool on a feeder service from Le Havre twice a week. The service will go on to call at Dublin, Belfast, Cork and Greenock once a week. The service will also allow empty containers that would otherwise be moved to Greenock via road or rail to be transported by sea. These containers will serve the Scottish drinks export market, and be shipped back to the Far East.
The Port of Liverpool handles 33 million tonnes of cargo every year, and is the UK's leading west coast port. When completed in 2015, the port's deep-water container terminal, to be known as Liverpool2, will be able to accommodate two of the new breed of post Panamax containerships at one time.
THE world's third largest container shipping company, CMA CGM, has backed Peel Ports' GBP300 million (US$460 million) Liverpool2 development by doubling the frequency of its feeder service to the port.
CMA CGM now offers twice-weekly calls in Liverpool from its hub in Le Havre, France, and a new weekly call at Greenock, Scotland, and Cork, Ireland. Weekly calls to Dublin and Belfast were already established.
The company's expansion into Liverpool will take advantage of Peel Ports' established Green Highway Network, a shuttle service that carries freight 44 miles inland using the Manchester Ship Canal.
Commercial director of Peel Ports, Ross Thompson, said: "CMA CGM is a valued partner on vital Irish Sea routes, and this expansion demonstrates not only its commitment to Liverpool, but its confidence in the continuing growth in global trade to and from the port."
The new route will see deep sea containers, which have been transported to Europe from the Far East, coming in to the Port of Liverpool on a feeder service from Le Havre twice a week. The service will go on to call at Dublin, Belfast, Cork and Greenock once a week. The service will also allow empty containers that would otherwise be moved to Greenock via road or rail to be transported by sea. These containers will serve the Scottish drinks export market, and be shipped back to the Far East.
The Port of Liverpool handles 33 million tonnes of cargo every year, and is the UK's leading west coast port. When completed in 2015, the port's deep-water container terminal, to be known as Liverpool2, will be able to accommodate two of the new breed of post Panamax containerships at one time.