As of February 13th, this new weekly service under the name of VASCO Express will deploy eight vessels of 1,700 teus and a reefer capacity involving 350 reefers plugs.
The vessels will rotate between the port of Rio de Janeiro, Santos, Paranagua, Itajai, Rio-Grande, Salalah, Khor-Fakkan, Nhava-Sheva, Port-Louis, Durban, Rio de Janeiro with highly competitive transit times (20 days between Rio-Grande and Khor-Fakkan).
This new service will enable CMA CGM to meet the growing market Demand for refrigerated containers, between South America and the Middle East.
CMA CGM 'VASCO Express' will use the port of Salalah to serve the Red Sea market with CMA CGM dedicated feeders.
The first vessel will leave Brazil on the 13th February with the M/V CMA CGM Rio-Grande.
