The CMA CGM Group is very pleased to announce the arrival of the CMA CGM JULES VERNE (16 000 containers twenty-foot equivalent). Sailing under the French flag, she is the world's largest containership.

The CMA CGM JULES VERNE will begun its first rotation from Pusan, South Korea 3rd May. Operated on the emblematic line of the Group, the ˜French Asia Line' (FAL 1), the CMA CGM JULES VERNE having port calls at Pusan, Qingdao, Ningbo, Shanghai, Xiamen, Chiwan, Yantian, Port Kelang, Suez, Malta, Marseilles, Tanger, Southampton, Hamburg, Bremerhaven, Rotterdam, Zeebrugge, Le Havre, Malta, Suez, Khor Al Fakkan, Jebel Ali, Port Kelang and Ningbo.

To celebrate the 35th anniversary of the CMA CGM Group, the CMA CGM JULES VERNE will be deviated from its rotation and call exceptionally in Marseilles, where she will be inaugurated, Tuesday, June 4th, in the presence of Mr. François Hollande, President of the French Republic.

The CMA CGM JULES VERNE symbolizes the dynamism of the French leading shipping group. Founded and leaded by Jacques R.Saadé and based in Marseille since its creation in 1978, the CMA CGM Group has grown to become the world's third largest container shipping group. CMA CGM is a key player in the global economy.