CMA-CGM shifts 'Mascareignes' and 'EPIC' services to Khorfakkan Container Terminal

CMA-CGM's 'Mascareignes' service has re-located to Khorfakkan Container Terminal (KCT), situated in the emirate of Sharjah on the Eastern Coast of the UAE and operated by international ports and logistics group, Gulftainer, on behalf of the Sharjah Ports Authority, Gulftainer Company Limited reports.


This service serves a wide swathe of the Indian Ocean and is named after the Mascareignes (or Mascarene) Archipelago, consisting of the Islands of Madagascar, Reunion, the Seychelles, Rodriques and Mauritius.


The four-ship operation was inaugurated at KCT by the 1,450 TEU 'CMA CGM Maasai' late in March, and was commemorated by a small presentation from Gulftainer terminal manager Ed Finbow to the ship's Master Captain B. Sergeev.


Speaking of the new service, Finbow commented, "We already act as the major hub for CMA-CGM services, so it is a pleasure to see the start of an additional new service at KCT, one that we have never dealt with before and that opens up direct services to and from the Indian Ocean Islands, as well as Port Qasim in Karachi, and Mundra Port in India."


"In fact, March is turning out to be a great success for KCT, as CMA-CGM's EPIC service has also switched to Khorfakkan. We are looking forward to handling these two new services and we'll make sure CMA-CGM and our other customers continue to get the good service for which KCT is renowned, and on which they have come to depend," he added.


Gulftainer Group has over 30 years' experience operating in the UAE and around the world. In addition to operating two UAE ports on behalf of the Sharjah Port Authority - SCT and Khorfakkan Container Terminal - Gulftainer also has a number of projects and investments in several countries, including Iraq, Pakistan, Turkey and Russia as well as in Africa and the Indian subcontinent. Gulftainer's logistics subsidiary, Momentum Logistics, was established in 2008 to take over the Group's transportation and logistics business and has offices throughout the Middle East.


Gulftainer Company Limited was established in 1976 in the Emirate of Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates. The company's prime role is to manage and operate the container terminals in Port Khalid and also Khorfakkan on behalf of Sharjah Port Authority.


Complementing this work, Gulftainer also operates Ruwais port in the UAE on behalf of Borouge, the Port of Moroni in the Comoros Islands, and now facilities in Umm Qasr, Iraq. The company also established 'Momentum Logistics' in 2008, a major and rapidly expanding Third Party Logistics provider (3PL) handling Transport, Warehousing, Container Repair and Logistics Solutions.


As part of a broad based, privately owned group, Gulftainer Co. Ltd. is able to meet all the requirements of shipping lines and also serve all the logistics needs of all customers. Whilst the company has grown over the years, the management firmly believes in hands-on-control. The lines of communication are deliberately kept short to speed up decision making and maintain momentum.
(Source:http://en.portnews.ru)