In recent years, CMA CGM has shipped its containers aboard Danish carrier Maersk Line’s vessels under an agreement between the two companies. Both partners reviewed their agreement, turning it into a Vessel Sharing Agreement (VSA); now one out of four vessels on the St. Lawrence service, a weekly service between Europe and the Port of Montreal, will be the Antje Wulff, a 2,700 TEU (twenty-foot equivalent unit) container ship owned by CMA CGM.
“CMA CGM is a longstanding European partner of the Port of Montreal, which welcomes the world’s leading marine carriers. Our business relations are promised a bright future thanks to the new free trade agreement between Canada and the European Union that will promote trade on both sides of the Atlantic,” stated Sylvie Vachon, President and CEO of the Montreal Port Authority.
Founded in 1978 in Marseille, CMA CGM ranks third in the world and first in France in marine container shipping. The Antje Wulff is expected at the Port of Montreal at the end of April. It will provide freight transportation on the Montreal – Halifax – Rotterdam – Bremerhaven – Antwerp – Montreal service.