The world's third-largest container shipping group, operating across 420 ports in 160 countries. CargoPilot tracks the actual vessel — not just what the CMA CGM tracking portal reports.
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Headquarters
Marseille, France
Founded
1978
Fleet
600+ vessels
Capacity
4.1M TEU
Alliance
Ocean Alliance
Prefixes
29
About CMA CGM
The world's third-largest container shipping group, operating across 420 ports in 160 countries. Founded in Marseille in 1978, CMA CGM has expanded through major acquisitions including APL and CNC Line, making it a dominant force across both East–West and North–South trade corridors.
The Tracking Gap
CMA CGM updates their tracking system when a milestone is logged — often hours or days after it occurs. If your container's vessel is slow-steaming, anchored outside port, or waiting at a congested terminal, the CMA CGM tracking portal won't reflect that until it's officially logged. By then, the delay is already a problem.
CMA CGM Tracking Portal
CargoPilot Intelligence
Delay DetectedVessel Position
248nm from port
Current Speed
9.1 knots
Port Wait
~8hr avg queue
Vessel Status
Slow-steaming
AI-Revised ETA
CargoPilot Insight
Vessel slow-steaming for 36h. Destination port congestion adding 1–2 day dwell time. Revised ETA 4 days later than CMA CGM's published figure.
What CargoPilot Adds
Live vessel position
Track the actual ship via satellite AIS — not what CMA CGM's system has logged. Updated every few minutes.
Real speed & heading
See if the vessel carrying your container is on schedule, slow-steaming, or has deviated from its route.
AI-revised ETA
Our model factors in vessel speed, port congestion, and historical dwell times to give you a more accurate arrival estimate.
Delay alerts — early
Get notified 12–48 hours before delays are logged in CMA CGM's system. Enough time to act.
Port congestion context
Know whether delays are vessel-side or port-side. We monitor wait times and anchorage queues at destination.
Plain-English explanations
No cryptic codes. When something changes, we tell you what happened, why, and what it means for your cargo.
CMA CGM Container Prefixes
CMA CGM containers can be identified by their four-letter ISO 6346 owner code. All these prefixes belong to CMA CGM Group — CargoPilot tracks them all.
CargoPilot monitors your CMA CGM containers continuously — alerting you the moment something changes, before it becomes a problem.
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