CMA CGM said it will launch in June a new weekly service dedicated to the West Coast of South America, linking Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Chile and Costa Rica.
The carrier will operate the ANDEX service with three geared 1,100-TEU vessels on a port rotation of Balboa, Panama; Buenaventura, Colombia; Guayaquil, Ecuador; Iquique, Chile; Callao, Peru; Buenaventura, Colombia; and Puerto Caldera, Costa Rica.
CMA CGM said the new regional service would widen its coverage of services crossing the Panama Canal, and open up new markets, particularly in North Chile and Ecuador. To this end, the rotation of the SAX service that connects Asia and the U.S. East Coast via Panama is being redesigned to include calls in Balboa both eastbound and westbound.
"ANDEX allows us to offer new destinations out of Asia and out of the United States, and to strengthen our regional coverage in response to growing demand from our customers on the West Coast of South America," explains Laurent Falgui¨¨re, vice president of Caribbean and Latin America lines.
"The service also offers very competitive transit times -- for example 23 days between Hong Kong and Buenaventura -- thanks to very reliable connections in Balboa. It also provides new opportunities between the U.S. East Coast and South America West Coast."
The first call of ANDEX in Balboa will take place on June 27.
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