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The CMA CGM Group signs an agreement to operate a logistics platform in cooperation with a Cuban company, in the presence of the President of the French Republic
The CMA CGM Group is pleased to announce that Rodolphe Saadé, CMA CGM Group’s Vice-Chairman, signed in Cuba in the presence of President François Hollande and of Mr Matthias Fekl the French Minister of State for Foreign Trade, on May 11th, an unprecedented agreement. This agreement covers the operation and development of a logistics platform on the port of MARIEL, in cooperation with the major Cuban logistics company: AUSA.
- CMA CGM is the first international company to sign such a logistics agreement in Cuba
- A new step in the development of CMA CGM LOG, the Group’s subsidiary dedicated to logistics services
CMA CGM, the first international company to sign such a logistics agreement
CMA CGM LOG, the CMA CGM Group’s subsidiary dedicated to logistics, will contribute to the operations of this new area.
The platform will be part of MARIEL ZEDM – Zona Especial de Desarrollo Mariel, Cuba Special Economic Zone project. ZEDM is a strategic 4,600 ha logistics and industrial project area for Cuba. This agreement is symbolic regarding Cuba’s goods and services development.
CMA CGM LOG will operate a 17 ha logistics platform with AUSA, including:
- 12,000 square meters warehouses
- 5,000 cubic meters of reefer warehouses
CMA CGM LOG will be in charge of :
- the goods unbundling and distribution on the island
- the exports consolidation
- the import and export goods warehousing
- containers distribution
- empty and full containers storage.
CMA CGM has been present in Cuba since 2000 and is one of the only three shipping companies to call the country. It is the first international company to sign such a logistics development agreement in Cuba.
A new step in the acceleration of the development of CMA CGM LOG, the Group CMA CGM’s entity dedicated to logistics
Created in 2001, CMA CGM LOG is the CMA CGM Group’s subsidiary specialized in freight forwarding and logistics solutions. Its 1,000 experts offer logistics solutions that are complementary to maritime services in 36 countries, including air freight, multimodal transport, custom clearance, warehousing and distribution… After a sustained growth in 2014 and the opening of offices in 6 new countries, CMA CGM LOG accelerates its development in 2015.
Mathieu Friedberg, Vice President Freight forwarding and Logistics activities :
"The platform of Mariel’s is a first step in Cuba’s land logistics development. It is also a new step in the acceleration of CMA CGM LOG’s international development, which recently announced the acquisition of LCL Logistix, one of India’s logistics leading companies."
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