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Environmental Investigation Agency (Washington, DC)

Sea Change in Sight in the Fight Against Global Forest Crimes

The Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) welcomes significant measures announced today by the Compagnie Maritime d'Affrètement-Compagnie Générale Maritime (CMA-CGM), the fourth largest shipping line in the world, including a total moratorium on the transport of wood from The Gambia, as well as the creation of a global blacklist of shippers involved in illegal trade of protected and endangered species. If implemented, augmented and followed by competitors - in particular AP Moller-Maersk, Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), China Ocean Shipping Company (COTSCO) and Hapag-Lloyd - these measures could herald a crucial game changer in the fight against global forest criminals. Read more. 

CMA CGM Group

The Compagnie Maritime d'Affrètement-Compagnie Générale Maritime (CMA-CGM), the fourth largest shipping line in the world, has announced a total moratorium on the transport of wood from The Gambia, as well as the creation of a global blacklist of shippers involved in illegal trade of protected and endangered species.

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