PARIS- * French container shipping group CMA CGM said it has agreed with COSO Shipping, Evergreen and OOCL to extend their Ocean Alliance partnership until 2027.
* The partners took up an option to extend by a further five years their alliance that was launched in 2017 for an initial five-year period, CMA CGM said in a statement on Thursday.
* Ocean Alliance is the world's largest operational agreement between shipping companies, CMA CGM said.
(Reporting by Gus Trompiz; Editing by Sudip Kar-Gupta) ((gus.trompiz@thomsonreuters.com; +33 1 49 49 52 18; Reuters Messaging: gus.trompiz.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net))
