Largest container vessel to call Indonesia arrives Jakarta

TIN news:  CMA CGM OTELLO arrived Indonesia as the largest container vessel to call the country, at the Jakarta International Container Terminal. The occasion also celebrated her impending maiden voyage for the industry’s first direct service from Indonesia to the United States, on 24 April, according to a company’s statement.

The 8,238-TEU vessel is one of 17 vessels that will ply the sea route of the weekly JAX or PE1 service with transit time of 23 days from Jakarta to Los Angeles. It is deployed for the Java Sea Express (JAX) service and Pendulum Loop 1 (PE1) service by CMA CGM and APL respectively – two operating brands of the CMA CGM Group. 

The service is a result of the partnership between IPC and CMA CGM Group. Coupled with IPC’s terminals, equipped with post-panama cranes, the collaboration has enabled the calling by very large container carriers of the CMA CGM Group at the Jakarta International Container Terminal.

Mr. Jean-Yves Duval, Senior Vice President, CMA CGM Asia, said: “Indonesia is strategic to the developments of the CMA CGM Group in Southeast Asia. We are fully behind Indonesia’s aspiration for a mega maritime network across the island nation and seek to exploit opportunities to make a meaningful contribution.”