Our activities

We send, store and transport all goods across the world

In 47 years, we have become a leading name in shipping and logistics thanks to a combination of rail, air, maritime and logistics solutions spanning the globe. We are able to send, store and transport goods across the world. Our focus is on optimizing and coordinating flows of goods.

Shipping times, methods of receiving goods, management and monitoring of transportation flows are central to the operations of the businesses we serve. To address these needs, we are adopting ever more agile shipping and logistics solutions. 

• A range of complementary activities provided by our subsidiaries across the world and in-depth knowledge of regional markets, allowing us to offer our customers a seamless, end-to-end transportation service wherever they are in the world
• With operations in 177 countries and more than 400 offices and 160,000 staff members.
• A modern and varied fleet of more than 650 vessels, including over 350 operated by CMA SHIPS.
• 420 commercial ports served worldwide with 250 shipping routes
• 2 port operators supported by the Group: TERMINAL LINK and CMA TERMINALS
• 1,000 warehouses operated by our subsidiary CEVA Logistics, representing over 11 million square meters
• 4 Boeing 777F cargo aircraft with a carrying capacity of 102 tons and a range of nearly 9,200 kilometers, and 1 Airbus A330-200F cargo aircraft. The Group continues to develop its freight business for the years ahead and has ordered 8 Airbus A350F. CMA CGM will be launch airline for this new aircraft.

• Shipping and intermodal transportation solutions to deliver your goods to anywhere in the world

Our customers’ needs are just as varied as the cargos we carry for them. To address this, we provide a global intermodal network combining maritime, air and land transportation services. This means we can offer one-stop, more responsible solutions tailored to the most demanding supply chain management needs. 

• Our end-to-end logistics solutions

We have reinvented logistics to offer simplified, optimized and customized end-to-end services. Whatever your industry, we implement complete transportation and logistics solutions to support your supply chains.

• Added-value services

We offer exceptional shipping and logistics solutions but that is not all: we are also already working on the freight solutions of the future. What makes us different? A range of added-value services to protect even the most sensitive cargos, take care of your goods, track your goods, boost your business or reduce your environmental impact. 

• Container expertise for all types of cargo

Whatever the type of goods being transported – perishable or durable, hazardous, in bulk or out of the ordinary – we respond to your needs using our unique expertise. We take care of the shipping and logistics of all types of cargos – standard, refrigerated, special or oversized – under optimum end-to-end security conditions, developing specific technologies.

OCEAN ALLIANCE, the No. 1 alliance for transpacific trade

With OCEAN ALLIANCE, we are reinventing our industry in order to serve you even better: this ten-year alliance formed in 2017 is the biggest operating agreement ever signed in shipping. Together with three other leading names in the market, we offer 38 services on East-West axes with 333 vessels, 123 of which are provided by CMA CGM.

This means an even wider choice of destinations, more frequent departures and shorter transit times. Our customers have access to all the services of the No. 1 alliance for international trade. Coupled with our shipping and logistics expertise and our global network of intermodal infrastructures, this provides a powerful boost for their business performance.

High standards in terms of security for people and goods

Ensuring optimum security throughout the transportation process is critical. With this in mind, we use all legal, technical and human resources available to protect our shipping operations from security threats (piracy, stowaways, illegal trafficking, etc.). For example, we have a broad range of anti-piracy measures in place on board our vessels, in particular on the Indian Ocean and in Western Africa. These measures are constantly adapted to respond to the level of and changes in attacks. They allow our crews to maintain their rotations under optimum security conditions.

In our logistics activity, CEVA Logistics implements appropriate measures to limit the risk of goods theft: video surveillance, guarding, employee training, etc.

We also have a demanding security policy in order to prevent any accidents that may result in serious damage to our vessels and terminals, warehouses of our subsidiary company CEVA Logistics, or the environment. In our CEVA Logistics warehouses, the highest standards of health and safety are respected, particularly with regard to the handling and storage of dangerous goods. Our employees are trained in safety rules and contribute to the continuous improvement of their working environment. All our logistics sites are certified ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 14001:2015 (environment) and some ISO 45001:2018 (health and safety).

Lastly, we have a general safety policy in place that aims to protect our staff members against safety, health, natural and technological risks. For example, any staff member traveling to risky countries or regions must first register with the Group Safety Department and find out about the procedures in place. We also ask our suppliers to adopt the same “safety first” approach.

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