{"id":37666,"date":"2026-06-18T15:07:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T15:07:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/37666\/"},"modified":"2026-06-18T15:07:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T15:07:12","slug":"pm-modi-cma-cgm-ceo-rodolphe-saade-discuss-major-expansion-of-indias-maritime-shipping-and-logistics-in-paris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/37666\/","title":{"rendered":"PM Modi, CMA CGM CEO Rodolphe Saade Discuss Major Expansion of India\u2019s Maritime Shipping and Logistics in Paris"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said that the duo discussed bolstering cooperation in &#8220;maritime shipping.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>What Did PM Modi and CMA CGM CEO Rodolphe Saade Discuss on India\u2019s Maritime and Logistics Expansion?<\/p>\n<p>He said that while PM Modi highlighted the Group&#8217;s growing presence, Saade stressed the plans of expanding work with India, including expanding logistics and innovation in the supply chain.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;PM @narendramodi met Mr Rodolphe Saade, Chairman and CEO of CMA CGM Group. Discussions focused on strengthening cooperation in maritime shipping, logistics and global supply chains,&#8221; the MEA spokesperson wrote in a post on X.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPM noted the Group&#8217;s strong and growing presence in India. Mr Saade highlighted @cmacgm&#8217;s plans for India, including ongoing investments, expansion plans and initiatives that are leading to skill development, shipbuilding, expansion in logistics and innovation in supply chain,&#8221; the post further added.<\/p>\n<p>The high-level meeting took place during the Prime Minister&#8217;s visit to the French capital.<\/p>\n<p>The CMA CGM Group is a global player in sea, land, air and logistics solutions. As the world&#8217;s third largest shipping company, it serves more than 420 ports across 5 continents with a fleet of over 650 vessels.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in the day, PM Modi also held meetings with Benoit Bazin, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Saint-Gobain, Martin Sion, the Chief Executive Officer of Alstom.<\/p>\n<p>With Bazin the discussions focused on opportunities in the materials and construction sector, with a particular emphasis on sustainability.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;PM noted Saint-Gobain&#8217;s strong presence and investments in India, which are creating opportunities for Indian youth. Mr Bazin shared Saint-Gobain&#8217;s plans for further investments and expansion in India,&#8221; Jaiswal said in a statement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said that the duo discussed bolstering cooperation in &#8220;maritime shipping.&#8221;&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":37667,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13062],"tags":[2213,26300,26302,26306,26295,26299,26298,26297,26304,26301,26296,18099,26303,2083,26305],"class_list":["post-37666","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cma-cgm","tag-cma-cgm","tag-global-supply","tag-india-investments","tag-india-logistics","tag-india-maritime","tag-india-shipbuilding","tag-logistics-expansion","tag-maritime-shipping","tag-materials-sector","tag-paris-meeting","tag-pm-narendra-modi","tag-rodolphe-saade","tag-saint-gobain","tag-supply-chain","tag-supply-innovation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37666","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37666"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37666\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37667"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}