Last of four Europe/West Indies ships delivered to CMA CGM
The French carrier CMA CGM has taken delivery of the “CMA CGM Fort St Georges,” the last of four new 2,262-TEU reefer carriers.
The ships will be deployed in CMA CGM’s north Europe/Guadeloupe/Martinique trade, a route dominated by the shipment of bananas from the Caribbean to Europe.
The new ships will replace smaller refrigerated containerships used by the carrier in this trade for the past 25 years.
Each new ship is equipped with 550 reefer plugs, providing a capacity to carry 1,100 TEUs in 40-foot containers, or the equivalent of 11,000 tons of bananas.
CMA CGM said that it has also purchased 2,500 new 40-foot high-cube reefer containers, and invested in port facilities in the French West Indies to accelerate handling operations.