Two liner stalwarts are promising quicker transit times in the Atlantic as they prepare to launch a new service this weekend.

CMA CGM and CSAV are throwing a combined five vessels into the revamped New Victory Bridge service which also includes new port calls on either side of the Atlantic.



The route, set for an upgrade from Sunday, will link Northern Europe to the US South Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico, French owner CMA wrote in a statement on Friday.



Marseilles-based