Macandrews’ Services To Portugal Doubled

After the successful launch in April 2013 of the Butterfly service linking Dunkirk with
the ports of Portugal, the shortsea shipping company MacAndrews, a subsidiary of
the CMA CGM group, decided to double its service frequency. This means that since
the beginning of November 2015 the company has offered regular departures from
almost all the ports in Portugal and from Cartagena and Algeciras in Spain. Not only
does the doubling of this service meet an ever-growing demand from clients at both
import and export, but it adds to the grid of shortsea lines from the port of Dunkirk.
It is also a response to the ever-stronger determination of logistics chain operators
to provide virtuous transport, falling within the scope of the forthcoming COP21
conference.

Stephane Raison, CEO of Dunkerque-Port, welcomes the reinforcement of this
service: «This announcement is fully in line with the 2014-2018 Strategic Plan which
aims to integrate the port of Dunkirk in the dynamic of international trade, beyond
its immediate hinterland, as a maritime redistribution port for shortsea shipping. I am
grateful to the CMA CGM group and its subsidiary MacAndrews for their longstanding
confidence in the efficient and ongoing development of these transport links.»

MacAndrews’ CEO Geoffrey Smith comments: «Doubling the frequency will
reinforce MacAndrews’ position and support its strategy to offer modal transfer for
ambient, chilled and frozen goods. In competition with road transport, multimodal
transport offers many advantages such as cost, reliability and environmental protection
(lower energy consumption, reduced emissions, no traffic jams). In just a few years the
port of Dunkirk has become an important modal link in our Europe-wide network.»