The French CMA CGM Group inspected Zhoushan Changhong International.

Release time:

2016-01-12


On January 12, Mr. Farid T. Salem, President of the world-renowned shipping company CMA CGM, Mr. Philippe Lespine, President of Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore, and a delegation of over 20 people led by Mr. Juan Kang, Director of the China International Marine Engineering Design Institute, visited the Changhong International Industrial Park. The leaders of the industrial park warmly welcomed the guests from both China and abroad and engaged in friendly discussions.

The visit lasted for 2 days, with the main purpose of understanding the operational development of Changhong International, as well as inspecting our company's construction scale and the capacity and plans for building large container ships, and seriously discussing the next steps for tripartite cooperation. President Dai Jiming provided detailed introductions to the guests about the company's current main products, production status, R&D capabilities, and construction plans for large container ships; the shipbuilding process was introduced in various workshops. The inspection team highly praised the company's production and hardware facilities. Our spacious and clean production environment, along with high-precision production equipment, left a deep impression on the guests.

CMA CGM was founded in 1978.It is headquartered in Marseille, France, and is the largest container shipping company in France and the third largest in the world. Currently, CMA CGM operates 470 container ships globally and has established 655 subsidiaries and offices in 160 countries and regions. The company's routes cover 170 shipping lines, serving 521 commercial ports worldwide, and it employs 22,000 people globally. In 2014, its total revenue reached 16.7 billion USD, making it a leader among liner companies.