The French company CMA CGM has announced the merger of the own container shipping service Adrinaf, which connects Malta's transhipment hub with the port of Taranto and the ports of call Adriatic ports of Venice, Koper, Rijeka and Bar, with their own TMX 3 service which, again through the Maltese hub of Marsaxlokk, connects the Adriatic ports of Ancona, Trieste and Koper with the Turks from Izmir, Gemlik and Gebze.

The rotation of the new TMX 3 service, which includes stopovers at the Libyan port of Benghazi, touches the ports of Izmir, Gebze, Gemlik, Malta, Ancona, Rijeka, Trieste, Venice, Koper, Bar, Taranto and Malta. The new service runs weekly and is operated with four container ships with a capacity of 1,300 teu.