CMA CGM will improve its Pacific Express 3 service, which connects the US Gulf Coast and East Coast to Asia, Africa and the Mediterranean, from March 9, 2016.

The new rotation will be: Houston – Mobile – Miami – Jacksonville – Charleston – Tangier – Singapore – Hong Kong – Chiwan – Shanghai – Ningbo – Pusan, and will first be operated by the CMA CGM Chateau d’If, on voyage 062PGW.

The upgraded service will offer direct access to Singapore and Charleston as new ports of call, improved connections from the US Gulf Coast to West and North Africa via the Tangier hub, and faster transit times to Southeast Asia from all PEX 3 ports of load, according to CMA CGM.