Thursday, November 14, 2019

French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe Inaugurates CMA CGM's CEVA World Headquarters

From The Maritime Executive:
France's Prime Minister Edouard Philippe has inaugurated the new global headquarters of CEVA Logistics, now a subsidiary of the CMA CGM Group.

With the acquisition of CEVA Logistics in May 2019, the CMA CGM Group decided to transfer the headquarters from Switzerland to Marseille, France, and to consolidate all management teams and support functions. 170 employees of 25 different nationalities are already working at the CEVA Logistics headquarters, and another 30 are expected by the end of 2019.

The proximity to the Jacques Saadé Tower, the headquarters of the CMA CGM Group located in the same neighborhood, will promote synergies and the exchange of best practices, says CMA CGM....
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If interested see also: 
June 9, 2019 
Shipping: "The axe will fall on Ceva as CMA CGM's cost-cutting exercise gathers speed"  
Jan. 29, 2019
Shipping: "CMA CGM Launches Offer to Buy the Rest of CEVA Logistics Shares" 
Back in October 2018 the FT's David Keohane was the first reporter we saw with the story on how French shipping major CMA CGM was positioning themselves to guarantee they would be relevant and a player in five years, with their desire for logistics and supply-chain mavens Ceva:
Shipping group CMA CGM offers to buy full control of Ceva
April 2018 
Shipping: French Giant CMA CGM Looking to Expand Logistics Business with Investment in CEVA Logistics