Our Group

We offer the quick, safe and efficient transportation of goods. We forge new routes to enable more sustainable international trade. We come up with smarter ways of approaching the global supply chain, in keeping with the new challenges in your markets.

We have been honing this international transportation expertise for more than 40 years. Our shipping and air transportation services, coupled with innovative and increasingly environmentally friendly port services, logistics and intermodal solutions, help our customers to perform.

As a world expert in transportation and logistics, CMA CGM places customers and consumers at the heart of the supply chain

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Opening up new forms of more responsible and efficient global transportation

Opening up new forms of more responsible and efficient global transportation

In a globalized economy, goods are produced, sold and used in all four corners of the globe. Trading activity is growing in momentum. This environment, coupled with new consumer expectations, creates new challenges and imperatives for us and for our customers – both big businesses and small manufacturers. These include business challenges, in order to transport goods as quickly and efficiently as possible, as well as environmental and human challenges.

To address these shared concerns, CMA CGM group focus on five strategic priorities that drive our expertise as a global transportation company and our aim of developing trade that is more respectful of people and the planet:

  • Creating safer, more bespoke and intelligent shipping solutions.
  • Designing integrated logistics services that can be combined at sea, on land and in the air.
  • Rolling out innovative processes to step up the transition to new technologies and digitization in our industry.
  • Finding ways of developing that are more respectful of people and the planet.
  • Interacting with our staff members to improve their wellbeing and cultivate all the skills of a global transportation and logistics expert.

Global presence and local expertise to support international trade

CMA CGM group have been addressing your needs for more than 40 years and understand what is important to you. Above all, you want someone who is an expert in international transportation, offering fluid and efficient transportation solutions all over the world. Our 150,000 staff members use their passion and talent to help you achieve your goals.

It is primarily thanks to them – the 4,400 seafarers taking care of your goods, all our operational staff and those at our head office – that the Group has seen continuous growth since 1978. With our active training policy, extensive opportunities for growth, collaborative working relationships and measures to encourage diversity, we help all our staff members on a daily basis to become experts in their chosen area and fulfill their potential.

Our key strength lies in the diversity of our teams, a source of inspiration and innovation that we encourage across all our business units. It enables an in-depth understanding of what you expect all over the world. It encourages emulation and sharing of expertise, with transportation solutions to fully suit your needs and targeted services. 

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Solutions and services to better transport your goods all over the world

One of the main things our clients expect is to benefit from solutions and international transportation expertise that are tailored to their needs, regardless of their business and the nature and destination of their goods. We do not offer a standardized response: the scope and complementarity of our brands and subsidiaries ensures you benefit from a complete tailor-made service that fully addresses your concerns. Experts in integrated logistics and multimodal transportation solutions, in particular those at CEVA LOGISTICS, work hand in hand with our highly qualified and experienced staff all over the world. 

On all the world’s oceans, you can also count on our sophisticated and environmentally friendly fleet of ships. Your goods are shipped all over the world on board more than 500 modern vessels of all types, with a total carrying capacity of more than 3 million containers (TEU). Our container ships are among the most advanced and largest in the world. These ultra-sophisticated vessels carry containers fitted with pioneering innovations to guarantee the security and integrity of your cargo. And to protect air quality and accelerate the energy transition, we are the first shipping company to have launched liquefied natural gas-powered container ships, including the CMA CGM JACQUES SAADE, the first in a fleet of nine 23,000 TEU container ships.

The CMA CGM Group, which has set itself the target of becoming carbon neutral by 2050, opted to invest in dual fuel gas vessels as early as 2017. These ships currently run on LNG and biomethane, allowing for an almost complete reduction in air pollutants emissions (air quality), the first step in reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The engines used in these vessels already have the technical capacity to run on e-methane (instead of LNG), a net zero carbon fuel source. This “e-methane ready” fleet currently comprises 18 ships already in service and will count 44 ships by the end of 2024.

Our network of 48 port terminals, all situated in strategic locations, allows us to offer you an exceptional service. Our two operators, TERMINAL LINK and CMA TERMINALS, are constantly adding to this network by acquiring new complexes or developing new projects in key markets. On the ground, our staff provide you with their transportation expertise to develop agile solutions offering a high level of added value.

Shorter transit times, competitive departures schedule and unparalleled port coverage

What makes us stand out – and therefore makes you stand out – is the OCEAN ALLIANCE, a one-of-a-kind partnership that allows us to think even bigger. In 2017, the CMA CGM Group signed a strategic operational agreement with three leading names in the sector. 

This is the biggest agreement of its kind ever signed between shipping experts. Offering more than 38 shipping services and more than 330 vessels, it allows us to share our fleet with the biggest Asian companies in the sector across the world’s most important routes: 19 routes covering Asia – Northern Europe, the Mediterranean, the Red Sea and the Middle East, and 19 routes covering the North American region. This makes us the leading name in transpacific shipping. 

In 2019, the CMA CGM Group’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Rodolphe Saadé, along with the heads of COSCO SHIPPING, Evergreen and OOCL, signed off the launch of the Ocean Alliance Day 3 Product, adding to the range of services offered by the CMA CGM Group. This new service began in April 2019.

On the back of the success of the last Ocean Alliance product, the Day 3 Product will offer the CMA CGM Group’s clients an optimized range of services.