The CMA CGM Foundation and the International Committee of the Red Cross have signed a partnership to ship 500 containers of humanitarian aid

Through its Containers of Hope program, the CMA CGM Foundation has established a partnership with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), an unaligned, neutral, and independent organization with a mandate to provide assistance to victims of conflict. The ICRC joins a long list of partners to the program that includes: UNICEF, Action Against Hunger, Doctors Without Borders, the French Red Cross, and the Crisis and Support Center of the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs.

The Containers of Hope program will ship 500 containers (TEU) of humanitarian aid on the ICRC’s behalf. In addition to mobilizing its fleet of vessels, the CMA CGM Group will muster its experts and Foundation staff to support international solidarity supply chains and work alongside the ICRC to coordinate the shipments.

The addition of the ICRC to the Containers of Hope program will enable the CMA CGM Foundation to expand its operations to new regions and ship essential products to limited access areas affected by conflicts and violence, primarily in Africa and the Middle East.

The Containers of Hope program, a vast humanitarian aid transport program created in 2012, has shipped over 22,000 tons of humanitarian aid by sea to over 51 countries at no cost. To help address the humanitarian crises affecting many countries, the CMA CGM Foundation offers the expertise and transport network of the CMA CGM Group, a world leader in maritime, inland, air and logistics solutions, to international humanitarian organizations.