SIIM and CMA CGM have signed a strategic agreement for 2026 covering the weekly transport of more than 70 refrigerated containers of pineapples and bananas from Latin America to Dunkirk, according to a press release.
With this flow, SIIM will consolidate more than 5,000 containers originating from Africa and Latin America in 2026. The companies state that the partnership confirms Dunkirk’s position as France’s leading port for tropical fruits and reinforces a logistics and food supply chain described as high-performing.
After several months of jointly developing a logistics solution from Latin America, CMA CGM and SIIM, a subsidiary of the Omer-Decugis & Cie Group, formalised an agreement covering bananas and pineapples from Colombia, Costa Rica and Ecuador to Dunkirk.
The deal represents an annual volume of more than 80,000 tonnes carried by CMA CGM. From January 2026, more than 70 refrigerated containers per week will be transported on the new configuration of the NEWFI (PCRF XL) service linking Latin America to Northern Europe, with Dunkirk as the exclusive discharge point and first European port of call. These flows, previously routed through Rotterdam and Antwerp, will now be directed to Dunkirk and handled by SIIM, which specialises in the production, import and ripening of tropical fruits and vegetables.
Vincent Omer-Decugis, Chairman and CEO of Omer-Decugis & Cie, stated that the bilateral agreement means 50% of SIIM’s pineapple and banana volumes will transit via Dunkirk, in addition to 20,000 tonnes from Africa, and aligns with the group’s 2030 development plan.
The agreement supports Omer-Decugis & Cie’s ambition to make Dunkirk its main port of destination for fresh fruit and vegetable imports in containers, with more than 10,000 TEU routed through the port in 2026.
