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CMA CGM to launch NEW TIKAL 2, offering optimized connections from/to West Coast Central America

Dec 14, 2021

CMA CGM is pleased to announce the launch of the NEW TIKAL 2, a complementary service to the current NEW TIKAL, offering optimized connections from/to WEST COAST CENTRAL AMERICA.

With this new loop, CMA CGM becomes a vessel operator on the trade, and we enhance our allocation to match customers’ strong demand from/to Acajutla and Puerto Quetzal.

Service will start in January 2022.

NEW TIKAL 2 main features will be the following:

  • Frequency: Weekly
  • Rotation: 3 vessels (21 days) | Lazaro Cardenas – Manzanillo (MX) – Puerto Quetzal – Acajutla – Corinto – San Lorenzo – Puerto Quetzal – Lazaro Cardenas
  • Transit times SB: Lazaro Cardenas to Acajutla: 7 days | Manzanillo to Puerto Quetzal: 11 days
  • First sailing SB: ETD 25/01 Lazaro Cardenas
  • First sailing NB: ETD 08/02 San Lorenzo

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