Like other and more than other leading companies shipping companies, the French CMA CGM is equipping the core business of maritime transport with activities related logistics with a growth path in this sector started with the acquisition in 2019 of CEVA Logistics and continued in 2021 with the acquisition of Commerce & Lifecycle Services of Ingram Micro, in 2022 with the acquisition control of Colis Privé and with the acquisition of the GEFCO, in 2024 with the acquisition of Bolloré Logistics and now with a new important and huge investment ( of 26 October 2018, of 9 December 2021, of 31 January and 8 April 2022 and 29 February 2024).

Today, in fact, CMA CGM announced an agreement to buy the FedEx Supply Chain, a subsidiary of the U.S.-based FedEx Corp, an enterprise value of $1.4 billion. The group French shipowner highlighted that the operation, whose is expected to be completed by the end of this year, will triple Almost the size of contract logistics activities in North America subsidiary CEVA Logistics.

With the resources and nearly 10,000 employees of FedEx Supply Chain, CEVA in North America will be equipped with a workforce of 20,000 people located in over 240 locations and will manage approximately 150 warehouses.

Upon completion of the transaction, CMA CGM and FedEx also plan to to enter into multi-year commercial agreements relating to the transport of air and sea, with the French company becoming a preferred ocean carrier for FedEx, offering maritime transport and freight transport under a non- exclusive. The two companies will also collaborate on solutions of air transport capacity to enhance their respective global networks, in order to optimise the use of aircraft, and the flexibility of long-term transport capacity radius.