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| | CMA CGM REPORTS LOWER PROFIT, RAPID GROWTH FOR 2001 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25) |
 | | CMA CGM, the expansion-driven French shipping line, posted a 74-percent fall in net profit for 2001, to 28 million euro ($25 million), despite a 17-percent increase in the volume of containers carried. |
 | | CMA CGM's revenues rose 11 percent last year, to 2.2 billion euro ($1.98 billion), from 2 billion euro in 2000. |
 | | CMA CGM now plans to continue to lower costs, through merging its head offices based in Paris and Marseilles into single headquarters in Marseilles, and diversifying into supply chain management and, to a limited extent, roll-on-roll-off shipping. |
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