The group said it will expand its existing trans-Atlantic services with creation of the New Vespucci service, and the addition of a port of call in Baltimore to its Liberty Solo service. The additions will bring to 15 the number of ports covered by the group's combined North America and North Europe services. The New Vespucci service will deploy fifteen 4,500 twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU) vessels with a rotation of Antwerp, Rotterdam, Bremerhaven, Le Havre, Southampton, New York, Norfolk, Charleston, Savannah, Charleston, Norfolk, New York and Antwerp. The service will be operated in cooperation with Hamburg Sud and UASC. The Liberty Solo service includes four of CMA CGM's 1,800 to 2,000-TEU vessels, with a new rotation of Rotterdam, Bremerhaven, Le Havre, New York, Baltimore, Charleston and Rotterdam.

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