ICTSI Rio Brasil 1 kicked off its newest partnership with CMA CGM after receiving the inaugural call of the French shipping line’s Brazil Express Loop 2 (BRAZEX 2) service.
The BRAZEX 2 service formally launched at the Port of Rio de Janeiro with the arrival of the 2,284-TEU CMA CGM Malta on December 16. Operated by a fleet of five ships, the service rotates through Jamaica’s capital port Kingston, Port of Spain in Trinidad, the Brazilian ports of Rio de Janeiro, Santos, Navegantes and Vila de Conde and lastly Caucedo in the Dominican Republic, before heading back to Kingston.
“BRAZEX 2 offers optimized cargo routes to and from the Gulf, the Caribbean and the United States using the Port of Kingston in Jamaica as a transhipment hub. With the Port of Rio de Janeiro as the service’s first port of call in southeastern Brazil, our clients can take advantage of extremely competitive transit times for imports,” said Eduardo Galo, ICTSI Rio commercial director.
“We are honored and pleased that during this period of suppressed global supply, CMA CGM included ICTSI Rio in its regional coverage expansion. We will continue to work together to further strengthen our excellent partnership,” Galo said.
