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CMA CGM adds 7,000 refrigerated containers

The French contaner carrier says it expects to handle 1 million TEUs of reefer cargo next year.

   CMA CGM Group said it has acquired 7,000 refrigerated containers and now has a reefer fleet amounting to 185,000 TEUs.
   The company said it is carrying 850,000 TEUs of refrigerated cargo annually and is targeting an annual volume of 1 million TEUs by next year.
   CMA CGM said its reefer volumes “are increasing by 13 percent per year in a 6.5-percent growing market.”

Chris Dupin

Chris Dupin has written about trade and transportation and other business subjects for a variety of publications before joining American Shipper and Freightwaves.