News / CMA CGM box ship braves Red Sea danger, with French naval escort

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Despite vowing to re-route vessels around the Cape of Good Hope, CMA CGM yesterday sent an ultra-large containership through the Red Sea and Bab al-Mandeb Strait.  

The French carrier’s Jules Verne was escorted by the French navy and reported no attacks. 

CMA CGM had told its ...

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