First direct shipping link between Cork and New York

The new weekly service establishes a direct link between Cork and key US East Coast ports, providing Irish exporters and importers with a fixed-day schedule.

Simon Smith, General Manager, CMA CGM Ireland; Ann Doherty, CEO, Port of Cork Company, and Cathal McSweeney, Director of Public and International Affairs, Cork Chamber, pictured as the Port of Cork was added as a port of call on

The Port of Cork has secured a direct shipping route to New York and Savannah on the East Coast of the US with the addition of Cork as a port of call on CMA CGM’s Panama Direct transatlantic service. 

The addition of Cork by the French shipping and logistics leader marks a major enhancement in Ireland’s international shipping connectivity.