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WITH the phasing in on September 10 of the CMA CGM Puget, the North China Express (NCX) service is now run using nine of the same type of vessel, with a speed of 24 knots.
The 4,367-TEU CMA CGM Puget was ordered in November 2000 from Korea's Hanjin Heavy Industries.
The NCX service is the second service operated by the CMA CGM group that connects North Europe and Asia.
Together with the CMA CGM Normandie, Ville d'Antares, Lykes Tiger, Northern Dignity, Ville de Virgo,
Peninsular Bay, ANL Indonesia and Norasia Hamburg, this vessel will offer a regular, weekly fixed day service between Southampton, Hamburg, Rotterdam, Zeebrugge, Le Havre, Damietta, Jeddah, Port Klang, Pusan, Kwanyang, Xingang, Dalian, Qingdao, Xiamen, Singapore, Port Klang, Jeddah; Malta, Southampton.
With a homogenous fleet, capacity and speedwise, the NCX service will offer very attractive transit times to its customers, according to the company.
In 2004, CMA CGM will receive a further eight container vessels of 5,700 TEU, which have recently been ordered from Samsung Heavy Industries. These new units will be also deployed on the NCX service, the company said.
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