Jul.21--FRENCH shipping giant CMA CGM's Australian affiliate, ANL, is taking over the Perkins Dili-Darwin-Singapore container and breakbulk service operated by Toll Marine Logistics.
The new agreement reached with Australian logistics group Toll will take effect in early August.
The service that Toll purchased in 2009 from Australian operator Perkins Shipping, will be renamed Perkins ANL Express (PAX) by ANL, and will begin operating under its new ownership at the same time, reported Alphaliner.
This service connects Singapore to Timor Leste (Dili) and the northern Australia port of Darwin. It currently provides eight-day sailings with two vessels, the 403 TEU Reliance and the 364 TEU Team Spirit, both of which are chartered.
ANL said assuming control of the service is an "excellent growth opportunity as Darwin has been a missing link in the ANL Australian port coverage".
ANL will be able to offer shipments from Darwin and Dili to transship in Singapore on ANL's and parent CMA CGM's international long haul services.
Toll's Australian coastal services to the Northern Territory and Queensland as well as its Melbourne-Burnie (Tasmania) ro-ro service are not included in the deal.