CMA CGM announced the reshuffling of its Middle East services as from the end of July 2018.

The Ocean Alliance Day Two Product will offer in total 4 loops between Far East and Middle East ports with competitive transit time. CIMEX 1 and CIMEX 3 will be merged into one loop covering most of ports previously offered.

The coverage includes the ports in China Mainland/Hong Kong/Taiwan/Pusan/Southeast Asia and the major callings in Middle East region such as Jebel Ali, Abu Dhabi, Dammam, Sohar, Hamad, Bahrain, Jubail, etc.

The New CIMEX 1 rotation becomes:

Tianjin - Busan - Qingdao - Shanghai - Shekou - Singapore - Sohar - Jebel Ali – Hamad – Dammam - Jubail - Singapore - Tianjin