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CMA CGM upgrades Asia-East Africa coverage

CMA CGM upgrades Asia-East Africa coverage
CMA CGM is to split its existing Asia-East Africa (ASEA) service into two services covering Kenya and Tanzania.  

Reducing transit times to Kenya by four days, ASEA Kenya will leave from Singapore, calling at Tanjung Pelepas, Port Klang, Colombo, Mombasa and Colombo before returning to Singapore.

Meanwhile ASEA Tanzania, reducing transit times to Tanzania by eight days, will leave Singapore, before calling at Tanjung Pelepas, Port Kelang, Colombo, Male, Port Victoria, Dar Es Salam and Colombo, before returning to Singapore.  A fleet of 2,800 teu vessels deployed on the two services.

CMA CGM indicates the move will improve its coverage of the Indian ocean with with bi-weekly calls in the Maldives and Seychelles islands, as well as connecting Asia with the landlocked African nations of Uganda, Democratic Republic of Congo, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Burundi, Malawi, Rwanda, and South Sudan.