CMA-CGM reported third quarter revenue growth of 6.3% on a year earlier, with Transpacific volume growth providing the main impetus. Yet, like most of the rest of the shipping sector, profitability fell resulting in an EBITDA margin of 6.4% from 12.4% a year earlier. That meant CMA-CGM has fallen well behind Maersk (11.3% from 12.1%) and Hapag-Lloyd (12.8% from 12.9%). In turn the decline may suggest its investments in faster and more reliable delivery – including the Eagle Go service – have come at a cost. Those investments have though led CMA-CGM’s U.S. inbound, seaborne volumes to cli...