Lloyd Triestino joins CMA CGM’s Asia/Black Sea service

Lloyd Triestino joins CMA CGM’s Asia/Black Sea service

   Lloyd Triestino, the Trieste-based subsidiary of Evergreen Marine, will take space from CMA CGM on the French carriers’ weekly

Asia/Mediterranean/Black Sea “Bosphorous Express” service from the start of December.

   Lloyd Triestino will market the service as “China-Black Sea (CBS)”.

   Lloyd Triestino’s participation on the service will commence with the westbound sailing of the vessel “CMA CGM Marmara” from Ningbo on Dec. 7. The first eastbound sailing for Lloyd Triestino will be made by “CMA CGM Greece” from Piraeus on Dec. 8.

   The “Bosphorous Express” was started in September this year. It uses seven ships of around 2,300 TEUs and has a full port rotation of Ningbo, Shanghai, Xiamen, Chiwan, Port Kelang, Colombo, Port Said, Piraeus, Istanbul, Constanta, Odessa, Port Said, Port Kelang, Ningbo, Shanghai, Xiamen and Chiwan.