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CMA CGM Launches Container Service at Hungary's East-West Gate Terminal

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CMA CGM has deployed its first container train to the East-West Gate (EWG) intermodal terminal in Fényeslitke, Hungary, signaling a strategic repositioning of the facility away from its original China-to-Europe through-Ukraine routing. The arrival follows Maersk's earlier establishment of depot services at the same terminal and reflects growing confidence in alternative logistics corridors as major shipping lines adapt to geopolitical disruption and emerging industrial demand.

The terminal is now positioned as a hub connecting broad-gauge Ukrainian railways with Europe's standard-gauge network while capturing container volumes from battery and electromobility manufacturers in eastern Hungary, creating new opportunities for balanced cargo flows and containerized agricultural exports. This development represents a structural shift in Central European intermodal logistics, as ocean carriers and freight forwarders establish diversified routing options independent of traditional Asia-Europe-Ukraine pathways.

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