en.Wedoany.com Reported - CMA CGM has adjusted the voyage schedule of its SAFRAN service, which connects Northern Europe with the East Coast of South America. The main changes include swapping the port call order of Montevideo and Buenos Aires, meaning the Uruguayan port will now be called before the Argentine capital. Meanwhile, due to persistent operational restrictions, the service will cancel its call at Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil and include the port of Itapoá in its coverage.

This voyage update will take effect starting with the vessel "San Raphael Maersk," which is expected to arrive at the Port of Santos on June 5, 2026.

The complete updated port rotation for the SAFRAN service is as follows: Southampton, Rotterdam, Hamburg, Antwerp, Tangier, Santos, Paranaguá, Montevideo, Buenos Aires, Itapoá, Paranaguá, Santos, Tangier, and finally back to Southampton.

This adjustment involves ports in three South American countries—Uruguay, Argentina, and Brazil—reflecting CMA CGM's continuous optimization of its East Coast South America network. As Montevideo and Buenos Aires are the two main hub ports in the Río de la Plata basin, the change in call order will affect cargo transshipment efficiency in the region. The addition of the Port of Itapoá compensates for the service gap left by the cancellation of the Rio Grande do Sul call, maintaining the service's coverage density along the southern coast of Brazil.

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