The CMA CGM Group, has successfully completed the record loading of 15 sports motor yachts for customer Aurora Yacht Logistics, an international yacht logistics provider that works closely with CMA CGM globally to ship production yachts and sail race yachts. The luxury vessels were loaded onto the CMA CGM Abu Dhabi currently operating on the PAD (Panama Direct Line) service. This around the world service connects Europe, the USA East Coast, Central America, the South Pacific, Australia, and New Zealand.
The operations took place at the DP World terminal within Port of Brisbane with yachts of 43 to 72 feet being loaded onto the 195 metre (636 foot) CMA CGM Abu Dhabi. The lifting of 15 sports motor yachts is a global record for the CMA CGM Group.
“The PAD service carries a wide variety of agricultural and manufactured cargo from Oceania to the Americas and Europe, including specialised and complex shipments such as this record operation. Since the beginning of the year, the CMA CGM Group has transported more than 70 yachts to and from Australia,” said Shane Walden, ANL & CMA CGM Group Agencies Managing Director.
CMA CGM Group is present in 177 countries, it employs 160,000 people, of which nearly 6,000 in Marseilles where its head office is located. CMA CGM serves more than 420 ports across 5 continents with a fleet of over 650 vessels. In 2024, CMA CGM carried over 23 million TEU (twenty-foot equivalent unit) containers. Its subsidiary CEVA Logistics operates 1,000 warehouses and handled 15 million shipments in 2024. The Group’s air freight division operates a fleet of cargo aircraft under the CMA CGM AIR CARGO and Air Belgium brands.
The CMA CGM Foundation provides humanitarian aid in crisis situations, and is committed to education for all and equal opportunities throughout the world. To date, the CMA CGM Foundation has transported 63,000 tons of humanitarian aid to 97 countries and supported over 550 educational projects.
