CMA CGM
CMA CGM (legal entity CMA CGM S.A.) is a mega-carrier headquartered in Marseille, France. Founded in 1978, the line has spent 48 years building out its container service network and today operates a fleet of 644 vessels under the SCAC code CMDU. Total operated capacity stands near 3,850,000 TEU, placing the carrier among the recognised operators on its core trade lanes.
CMA CGM is most active on the following corridors: Asia-Europe, Transpacific, Transatlantic, Africa, Latin America. Through its membership of the Ocean Alliance, the carrier shares vessel capacity with COSCO Shipping, Evergreen Marine, OOCL on East-West services. Direct customer contact is available via +33 4 88 91 90 00 or the carrier's web portal at cma-cgm.com.
CMA CGM sample transit times
Indicative point-to-point transit times for services on which CMA CGM appears in rotation. Actual ETAs vary with vessel rotation, port congestion, weather and trans-shipment patterns. We update these figures every quarter against published carrier schedules.
| Origin | Destination | Transit | Frequency | Corridor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shanghai, China | Rotterdam, Netherlands | 32 days | Daily sailings via 7 services | Asia-Europe |
| Ningbo, China | Hamburg, Germany | 35 days | Multiple weekly | Asia-Europe |
| Shenzhen, China | Felixstowe, United Kingdom | 30 days | Weekly | Asia-Europe |
| Yantian, China | Le Havre, France | 33 days | Weekly | Asia-Europe |
See all 8 corridors served by CMA CGM →
How to track a CMA CGM container
Tracking a CMA CGM container starts with confirming the prefix. Look at the container's left-hand corner casting plate or the painted code on the door — the four-letter ISO 6346 owner code is followed by six numeric digits and a single check digit. Blue Water Facts no longer publishes a per-carrier owner-prefix list (see /accuracy/ for why); confirm the operator via the carrier's own tracking portal or your bill of lading. Visit cma-cgm.com, navigate to the carrier's tracking or "track and trace" portal, and paste the full container number. The portal will return current vessel position, the next scheduled port call, the estimated time of arrival (ETA) and the most recent equipment events such as gate-in, loaded, discharged and gate-out.
If the carrier portal does not return a result, the most likely causes are: the container has not yet been gate-in at the origin terminal, the bill of lading number is in a different format (check whether the system expects an MBL versus an HBL), or the box is moving on a partner alliance vessel rather than a CMA CGM hull. In the last case, the schedule data lives with the operating carrier, not the equipment owner. CMA CGM's customer service can normally cross-reference the booking and route you to the correct alliance partner. Reach the carrier on +33 4 88 91 90 00 during European business hours.
Related ocean carriers
Operators most often compared with CMA CGM on overlapping trade lanes:
- COSCO Shipping — Shanghai, China, founded 1961. SCAC COSU.
- Evergreen Marine — Taoyuan, Taiwan, founded 1968. SCAC EGLV.
- OOCL — Hong Kong, founded 1969. SCAC OOLU.
- ANL — Melbourne, Australia, founded 1956. SCAC ANNU.
- Marfret — Marseille, France, founded 1953. SCAC MRFU.
- Deltamar Lines — Marseille, France, founded 1995. SCAC DLTA.