French Line CMA CGM will start a new dedicated service between Asia and North Africa, via its hub of Malta, in June.

The service, to be called North Africa Express, will operate with seven ships of 3,000 TEUs, which will call at Shanghai, Ningbo, Hong Kong, Chiwan, Jakarta, Malta, Port Kelang, Jakarta, Chiwan.

The North Africa Express will provide connections with CMA CGM feeders to Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria, and Libya via the main hub of Malta. Highly competitive transit times – such as Chiwan to Algiers in 21 days or Shanghai to Tripoli in 24 days – will be offered. The first ship, the CMA CGM Jasmin, will leave Shanghai on 15 June.