FRENCH LINE CMA-CGM is considering reinstating its eastbound Durban call on the Far East - South America service, suspended at the end of August because of congestion in the port. That’s the word from South African sales manager Pamela Yerushalmy who says the same applies to the West African service, where the suspended Durban call is likely to be resumed in the near future. Westbound calls on the Far East-South America service include a Durban call for import cargo. The suspended calls involve exports. Yerushalmy is based at the Johannesburg offices of ISS-Voigt Shipping, the South African agents for CMA-CGM, with responsibility for national sales and marketing. She returned last week from a 10-day trip around the country with the French line’s cross trade manager Patrice Derlon, who is based in Marseilles, and describes himself as head of the division which targets ‘the weird and wonderful.’ “I’m responsible for developing services to places that are not covered by direct services, no matter where they might be in the world,” he says. “Shipments of goods from your country, for instance, reach places like Skikda, Tangiers, Barbados and St Petersburg through our transhipment services. Today we are the world’s fifth largest container line and growing bigger and stronger all the time.”
