Service Announcements: Avianca Cargo, Livingston International and CMA CGM

Avianca Cargo receives fifth Airbus 330 freighter, CMA CGM calls Santos with largest ship ever in Brazil and Livingston International plans to hire more veterans.    Avianca Cargo received its fifth Airbus 330 freighter from Toulouse, France, with the plane operating its first flight on the Medellin, Colombia-Miami route.
   The new freighter will replace Avianca’s Boeing 767-300 model, leaving the fleet this month.
   “With a standardized fleet the company seeks to optimize cargo operations, strengthening maintenance processes, crew scheduling, ground support, and packaging and stacking procedures,” the carrier said. The A330 freighter has a capacity of up to 65 tons.
   Avianca also announced it has signed a memorandum of understanding with Airbus to acquire 100 A320neo passenger planes. The carrier has combined orders for nearly 200 Airbus aircraft, with nearly 130 currently in operation.

   CMA CGM will call the Port of Santos in Brazil on Feb. 6 with one of its latest vessels, the 10,622-TEU CMA CGM TIGRIS, marking the first time a vessel of that size will stop in Brazil.
   According to ocean carrier schedule and capacity database BlueWater Reporting, the vessel will serve on CMA CGM’s joint fixed-day weekly SEAS2 service with Hamburg Sud, CSCL, CSAV, CCNI, Hanjin and Maersk Line. CMA CGM subsidiaries ANL and Delmas take slots on the service, along with Hamburg Sud subsidiary Alianca, Hapag-Lloyd, and Maersk subsidiary Safmarine.
   The loop currently operates with 13 vessels with an average capacity of 8,986 TEUs. The full port rotation of the SEAS2 is Shanghai, Ningbo, Chiwan, Singapore, Port Kelang, Santos, Paranagua, Buenos Aires, Montevideo, Rio Grande, Port Itapoa, Santos, Durban, Port Keland, Sinfapore, Hong Kong and Shanghai.
   CMA CGM has 10 direct lines calling 20 Brazilian ports, and over 300 staff members working in 17 offices in Brazil.
 
   Livingston International plans to hire more military veterans in its U.S. offices.
   “At Livingston we recognize the contributions and sacrifice that veterans have made on behalf of our country. Our goal for this initiative is to support them as they transition out of military service and into civilian life,” said Matt Goodman, president of global trade management at Livingston and a military veteran.