{"id":67836,"date":"2025-09-23T01:25:45","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T22:25:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/cma-cgm-acquires-rail-logistics-firm-freightliner-uk\/67836\/"},"modified":"2025-09-23T01:25:45","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T22:25:45","slug":"cma-cgm-acquires-rail-logistics-firm-freightliner-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/cma-cgm-acquires-rail-logistics-firm-freightliner-uk\/67836\/","title":{"rendered":"CMA CGM Acquires Rail Logistics Firm Freightliner UK"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"meta\">&#13;<br \/>\n            <meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2025-09-22T18:13:12.0000000\"\/>&#13;<br \/>\n            <span class=\"date\">September 22, 2025<\/span>&#13;<br \/>\n            <meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2025-09-22T18:13:12.0000000\"\/>&#13;\n        <\/p>\n<div class=\"images-wrapper single\">\n<div class=\"images\">\n<div class=\"image active\">\n                <\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                        Source: CMA CGM&#13;\n                    <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div property=\"articleBody\">\n<p>CMA CGM on Monday announced the acquisition of Freightliner UK Intermodal Logistics, a rail logistics specialist, as the French shipping group continues to expand its presence in non-maritime transport.<\/p>\n<p>Financial terms of the deal, expected to close in early 2026, were not disclosed.<\/p>\n<p>Freightliner UK transports containers between British ports and inland terminals, handling 770,000 containers last year, CMA CGM said.<\/p>\n<p>Freightliner UK, which also runs lorry services, will operate as a standalone business within CMA CGM. Its current owner Freightliner Group will retain bulk cargo and non-UK activities.<\/p>\n<p>CMA CGM, the world&#8217;s third-largest container shipping line that is controlled by the French-Lebanese Saade family, has invested heavily in land and air logistics to be less reliant on a volatile shipping sector.<\/p>\n<p>Logistics accounted for around a third of its group sales last year.<\/p>\n<p><em>(Reuters &#8211; Reporting by Gus Trompiz; Editing by Kirsten Donovan)<br \/><\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>maritime professional<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#13; &#13; September 22, 2025&#13; &#13; &#13; Source: CMA CGM&#13; CMA CGM on Monday announced the acquisition of Freightliner UK Intermodal Logistics, a rail logistics specialist, as the French shipping group continues to expand its presence in non-maritime transport. Financial terms of the deal, expected to close in early 2026, were not disclosed. Freightliner UK &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":67837,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-67836","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-maritime-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67836","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67836"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67836\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/media\/67837"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67836"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}