CMA CGM has announced the launch of its new BIGEX 3 and BIGEX 4 services, to provide the most comprehensive and fast offer of direct links between India, the Middle East Gulf and the Red Sea.
According to the French shipping line, both weekly services will provide optimal transit times and reefer plug capacity to meet trade demands.
This new service will connect India with the Red Sea, providing a direct route with shorter transit times from India to Jeddah.
CMA CGM noted that the BIGEX 3 has a weekly frequency, and will commence from Nhava Sheva on 22 February with the following rotation:
Nhava Sheva – Mundra – Salalah – Jeddah – Nhava Sheva
Similarly, the BIGEX 4 also has a weekly frequency but will commence operations two days later from Nhava Sheva on 24 February with the following rotation:
Nhava Sheva – Mundra – Dammam – Umm Qasr – Nhava Sheva
Recently, AD Ports Group’s subsidiary CMA Terminals, signed an agreement with the CMA CGM Group to jointly develop a new multipurpose terminal in the Republic of Congo.