FirstCcall at Mobile Container Terminal for CMA CGM pex 3 service

On the occasion of the official opening of Mobile Container Terminal LLC (MCT), CMA CGM is pleased to announce the beginning of CMA CGM operations in this state-of-the-art Gulf Coast gateway, with the arrival of its PEX 3 service linking Asia to the US Gulf and East Coast.

Mobile Container Terminal LLC (MCT) is a joint venture between APM Terminals Americas and Terminal Link, a subsidiary of CMA CGM. Centrally located, it will provide customers with access to global networks covering all possible trade routes to and from the Port of Mobile.

“We are very pleased with the opening of Mobile Container Terminal which will allow us to expand our product offerings to our customers.” said Alain M. Schmid Deputy Vice President North America Lines.

The first CMA CGM vessel to call MOBILE will be the CMA CGM ORCA, scheduled to call the terminal on December 26th, 2008.

About CMA CGM - Led by its founder Jacques R. Saadé, CMA CGM is currently the world’s third largest container shipping Group. Operating a fleet of 400 vessels, including 100 company-owned, the Group serves 400 ports around the world. In 2007, it carried more than seven million TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent units). With a presence on all continents and in 150 countries through its network of 650 agencies, the Group employs 16,000 people worldwide, including 4,200 in France