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CMA CGM's " ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT "

The CMA CGM Group recently announced that the CMA CGM ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT, the second of the world's largest and state of the art containership’s series, began its first voyage Friday, April 19th in Busan, South Korea.

Built by DSME (Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering) in South Korea, this giant of the seas, owned by CMA CGM, displays exceptional dimensions: 396 meters long, 54 meters wide, with a draft of 16 meters and sails under the UK flag. In line with the sustainable development policy of the group, the CMA CGM Alexander Von Humboldt is equipped with all the latest environmental technologies.

The CMA CGM Alexander Von Humboldt is the second in a series of three 16,000 TEU vessels, all to be named after great explorers. The delivery of the third vessel of the series, the CMA CGM Jules Verne, which will sail under the French flag, is expected at the beginning of May 2013.

The CMA CGM Alexander Von Humboldt will be christened, Tuesday May 30th, 2013 in Hamburg, in the presence of her godmother, Dr. Dorothee Stapelfeldt, Second Mayor of Hamburg, Mr. Olaf Scholz, Mayor of Hamburg, and Mr. Jacques R. Saade, CMA CGM Group Chairman and Chief Executive Officer.

Operated on the emblematic line of the group, the “French Asia Line (FAL 1)”, the CMA CGM Alexander Von Humboldt will call at Busan (April 19), Qingdao (April 21), Ningbo (April 24), Shanghai (April 26), Xiamen (April 29), Hong Kong (April 30), Chiwan (May 1), Yantian (May 2), Port Kelang (May 6), Suez (May 19), Tanger (May 23), Southampton (May 27), Hamburg (May 29), Bremerhaven (May 31), Rotterdam (June 2), Zeebrugge (June 3), Le Havre (June 5), Malta (June 11), Suez (June 14), Khor Al Fakkan (June 22), Jebel Ali (June 24), Port Kelang (July 3) and Ningbo (July 10).

The FAL1 operates the largest vessels of the CMA CGM fleet and offers its customers a fixed-day, weekly connection between Central and South China, the main exporting zones of the country, and Northern Europe. < Korea Shipping Gazette >