CMA CGM to launch China-Mexico express shipping service

More evidence of the burgeoning direct trade between China and Mexico was on show yesterday after French carrier CMA CGM announced it will launch a new express shipping service between the two countries.

The Marseille-headquartered shipping line said the forthcoming Mexico Express (M2X) service was “specifically designed to streamline your shipments from the Far East to Mexico’s West Coast. This initiative aligns with market dynamics in the region.”

The service will run on a weekly fixed day basis and be operated by eight ships of so far undisclosed capacity, with the following port rotation: Tianjin-Qingdao-Busan-Ensenada-Manzanillo-Lazaro Cardenas-Yokohama-Busan-Tianjin.

The carrier said reefer exports to Asia from Latin America would be transhipped over Lazaro Cardenas.

The first sailing with be on 11 May with the departure of the 4,250 teu ANL Wangaratta, which is currently deployed on the south-east Asia-west Australia AAXW feeder service jointly operated by CMA CGM, Cosco and OOCL, according to the eeSea liner database.

The move will see CMA CGM join the swelling ranks of carriers offering direct services from north-east Asia directly into Mexico on 15 May. OOCL and Cosco will jointly launch their TLP5 string, while MSC is set to introduce a new China-Mexico shuttle service the same day.