CMA CGM Group inaugurates new logistics platform in Douala

The CMA CGM Group has announced the inauguration of its new logistics platform, the 3CTC Terminal (CMA CGM Cameroon Container Terminal), on February 19th, 2015.

The 3CTC platform has been operational since January 7th, 2015, and its concession attributed for 25 years. It is located in a strategic area between Douala and the port, where it occupies 2 hectares.

With this new platform, the CMA CGM Group offers its clients a complete range of logistics solutions:

- Full and/or empty containers storage in a 1,200 square meters secured area Merchandises land transportation in Cameroon, Chad and Central African Republic.

This platform reinforces the Group’s presence in Cameroon. Its vessels call Douala twice a week, offering Cameroon industrials imports and exports solutions with the entire world.

The CMA CGM Group has the ambition to become a big player in Cameroon’s development, today more than ever.

The 3CTC platform illustrates CMA CGM land development strategy. With CCIS – CMA CGM Inland Services – its one and unique entity created to accompany this strategy, the Group opened a platform in Dakar, Senegal, last year, and has developed 14 terrestrial hubs, creating transport corridors between landlocked and coastal countries.

Rodolphe Saadé, Vice Chairman of the CMA CGM Group, notes: “This inauguration shows our determination to reinforce our presence in Africa and to develop both our inland and logistics activities there. It also confirms our desire to become a major player in Cameroon’s economic growth.”