CMA CGM has announced its intention to invest 20 billion dollars in its U.S. operations that are operated through the subsidiary American President Lines (APL) that the group French shipowner acquired in 2016 through the merger with Singapore's Neptun Orient Lines (NOL) ( of 9 and 23 November and 7 December 2015 and 10 June and 19 July 2016). The Communication follows the stated purpose Tuesday of the new US President Donald Trump of revitalize the national shipbuilding industry through the granting of tax incentives ( of 5 March 2025), a purpose to which the announcement explicitly refers of the CMA CGM.

"I am proud - said the president and managing director of CMA CGM, Rodolphe Saadé - di consolidate our long-standing relationship with the United States through this $20 billion commitment for the future maritime and for the country's logistical capabilities. In the In the next four years," Saadé specified, "we will increase significantly our U.S.-flagged fleet, We will expand the capacity of major container ports on both coasts, we will develop state-of-the-art warehouses throughout the world. country and we will establish a major air transport hub in Chicago. This will create 10,000 new jobs and will further strengthen our partnership with American customers and public authorities". CMA CGM has been present in the USA for 35 years where it employs about 15,000 workers.

Currently, the American President Lines fleet is consisting of ten American-flagged container ships, of which three with a name that begins with the acronym APL of not recent construction and seven all taken over in 2024 that bring each the name of an American president. APL ships make part of the Maritime Security Program (MSP) to which they are enrolled commercial vessels used in international trade that can also be used for the needs of the American Department of Defense. The program announced by CMA CGM plans to increase the U.S. flag fleet to 30 ships

Regarding the intention to develop one's own business in US container ports, where the French group handles more than five million containers every year, CMA CGM has specified that this will be carried out in port calls such as those in New York, Los Angeles, Dutch Harbor, Houston and Miami. As for air transport, in addition to the creation of a new airport hub in Chicago, the French group announced that will deploy five new Boeing 777 freighter aircraft with American drivers. In the logistics sector, the development and the establishment of 400 warehouses in the USA.