CMA CGM and Maersk US flag carriers enter into slot exchange deals

CMA CGM’s shipping specialist serving the US Government, APL, and Maersk’s counterpart, Maersk Line Limited, have entered into a new slot exchange partnership across several trade routes.

In particular, Maersk will take 80 eastbound TEUs and 130 westbound TEUs on APL’s Transpacific and fully US-flagged EX1 service, while APL will secure 80 eastbound and 20 westbound slots on Maersk’s Indian Subcontinent – US East Coast (MECL) service.

Additionally, the MECL service, which is partially served with US-flagged tonnage, will add the port of Mundra to its rotation at the expense of the westbound Algeciras call. This change is scheduled for late in February.

The port rotations of the relevant loops are:

• EX1 – APL/CMA CGM tonnage – Qingdao (China), Shanghai (China), Busan (South Korea), Los Angeles (US), Oakland (US), Yokohama (Japan), Naha (Japan), Busan and back to Qingdao
• MECL – Maersk tonnage – Jebel Ali (UAE), Mundra (India), Pipavav (India), Nhava Sheva (India), Salalah (Oman), New York (US), Charleston (US), Savannah (US), Houston (US), Norfolk (US), New York, Tangier (Morocco), Salalah and back to Jebel Ali

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