The 16,022 teu CMA CGM JULES VERNE has made an eastbound Suez Canal passage on
13 August 2024 and after a stop at Jeddah, the ship passed the Bab al-Mandab
Strait on 19 August without any incident. It marks the largest containership to
return to the Suez/Red Sea route since February this year, with all the other
main carriers still avoiding the passage to avoid attacks on vessels by Houthi
militants in Yemen.
The CMA CGM JULES VERNE is deployed on the Mediterranean Club Express (MEX)
using 15 s