CMA CGM Fort Saint Louis

CMA CGM Fort Saint Louis is owned by the shipping company CMA CGM and sails under a French flag, with Marseilles as her home port. A container carrier, she plies a regular route between France and the French West Indies.[1]

General information

Launched in June 2003 with three other sister-ships:

Built in the Taiwanese shipyard CSBC Corporation, Taiwan. Bureau Veritas is the classification society.

The complete loop is made in 28 days and her ports of call are: Dunkirk, Rouen, Le Havre, Montoir-de-Bretagne, Pointe-à-Pitre and Fort-de-France. The four vessels arrive at weekly intervals, which offers a regular supply of provisions from the French West Indies such as rum and bananas.[2]

References

  1. http://www.cma-cgm.fr/le-groupe/activite/shipping/navires/9261889/cma-cgm-fort-st-louis
  2. Desse M, Hartog T, "Les littoraux de la Caraïbe : pratiques sociales et nouvelles dynamiques spatiales", Terres d'Amérique #7, Karthala, 2006
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