New shipping line for fruit and vegetables between Morocco and France
Morocco
Thursday 16 September 2010
The new shipping line can supply all the Southeast of France.
The CMA CGMA, third at the world rank of sea transport in container, is going to launch an extension Morocco-France line.
As from October 29th, the line from Agadir, with stopovers in Tangier, Barcelona and Port Vendres is going to add a new service between Port Vendres and Marseille.
The line will include 2 vessels with a capacity of 1000 boxes specially conceived for the transport of 33 pallets in a temperature from 4 to 6°.
Fruit and vegetables pallets will arrive at Port Vendres every Tuesday and to Marseille every Thursday. The objective is to serve all national interest markets in South of France (Marseille, Cavaillon, Nice, Avignon) by answering the demands of agricultural exporters from North of Morocco.
Source: Provence, econostrum