CMA CGM Adds Morrocco Links Ahead of Fruit & Veg Export Season

CMA CGM and its subsidiary OPDR are launching five maritime services in October and November to connect Morocco with the largest importers of this African country’s citrus fruits and vegetables during the export season.

The five new services will offer fourteen weekly departures from Morocco to top consumers in Rusia, North America, Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

The port of Agadir will be served with three weekly calls serving Northern Europe and Russia, via the DUNKRUS, CISS and AGAX services.

Under the CMA CGM brand, the group will directly connect Morocco to France, Spain, Belgium and the Netherlands via:

• the DUNKRUS service, which will start on October 27 with the following rotation: Agadir, Dunkirk, Rotterdam, Antwerp, Vlissingen, Le Havre, Rouen, Vigo, Tangier, Casablanca, Agadir;
• the AGAPOV service, which will start on October 29, and call at: Agadir, Port Vendres, Barcelona, Valencia, Casablanca, Agadir, Port Vendres, Algeciras, Tangiers, Ghazaouet, Casablanca and Agadir.

OPDR will link Morocco to Spain and Northern Europe via:

• the CISS service, starting on November 7. Its rotation will be: Agadir, Huelva, Setúbal, Tilbury, Rotterdam, Hamburg, Rotterdam, Tilbury, Tenerife, Las Palmas, Agadir;
• the AGAX service, starting on October 15, with the following rotation: Agadir, Casablanca, Portsmouth, Rotterdam, Antwerp, Casablanca, Gibraltar, Seville, Las Palmas, Agadir.