CMA CGM partners with Multiparques in Agnola

The French-owned ocean liner carrier and the integrated logistics group Multiparques will develop joint logistics facilities in Lobito.    CMA CGM Group and Multiparques Group signed agreements to develop and operate a new terminal in Lobito, Angola, in West Africa. The new terminal is scheduled to be operational in 2015.
   According to a statement from CMA CGM, the partnership was motivated by a desire to strengthen the company’s network in Africa, and more specifically in Angola, where the carrier has seven services with regular calls.
   CMA CGM Group Logistics and Reefer Senior Vice President Alexis Michel said of the partnership, “Lobito is Angola’s second port, and its location and train transportation connections make it a strategic entry point in West Africa. This not only allows Benguela and Huambo — two major Angola cities — service, but also thanks to the new railroad renovation, to link the city to the Democratic Republic of Congo and Zambia Copperbelt mining region to the sea. Those different elements promise the Port of Lobito to a great intermodal future.”
   CMA CGM, along with subsidiary line Delmas, offers service to all 43 African countries via 26 direct services calling the African continent, including 15 with direct calls in West Africa.