New biggest-ever-UK-flagged-container-ship, the 18,000teu CMA CGM Georg Foster, called at the Port of Southampton today, surpassing the previous record set by also CMA CGM.

CMA CGM has added a call in Turkey's Iskenderun port on its Bosphorus Express Line (BEX) service on Tuesday, joining Asia to the southern Turkish port.

CMA CGM has booked six 14,000 teu containerships at South Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI), with deliveries slated in late-2016 to early-2017, it was reported.

CMA CGM is launching a new service, WAZZAN, to improve its intra-Africa offerings and connect Morocco to North West Africa.

A volume increase of 10.5% and a 36.5% drop in per-teu bunker costs helped CMA CGM to a $406m profit in the first quarter.

This May, CMA CGM is bringing the UK flag’s biggest ship in the world - the 17,722 teu Kerguelen – to the port of Southampton.

The world’s third largest container line CMA CGM posted a 43.2% jump in net profit in 2014 to $584m, as it finalises orders for the largest containerships yet ordered.

United Arab Shipping Corp (UASC) is entering the North Atlantic trade through a partnership with CMA CGM and Hamburg Sud.

CMA CGM Group and Hamburg Süd are extending their cooperation with new services and slot sharing agreements.

CMA CGM has bought German shortsea shipping and logistics specialist OPDR (Oldenburg-Portugiesische Dampfschiffs-Rhederei).