''CMA CGM Fort Saint Louis'' is owned by the shipping company

CMA CGM CMA CGM S.A. is a French container transportation and shipping company. It is the world’s 3rd largest container shipping company, using 257 shipping routes between 420 ports in 160 countries. Its headquarters are in Marseille, France The name ...

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.

General information

Launched in June 2003 with three other sister-ships: * CMA CGM Fort Saint Pierre * CMA CGM Fort Sainte Marie * CMA CGM Fort Saint Georges Built in the Taiwanese shipyard

CSBC Corporation, Taiwan CSBC Corporation, Taiwan (, literally "Taiwan International Shipbuilding Corporation") is a company that produces ships for civilian and military use in Taiwan. It is headquartered in Kaohsiung, with shipyards in Kaohsiung and Keelung. It was a s ...

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Fort-de-France Fort-de-France (, , ; gcf, label=Martinican Creole, Fodfwans) is a Communes of France, commune and the capital city of Martinique, an overseas department and region of France located in the Caribbean. It is also one of the major cities in the ...

. The four vessels arrive at weekly intervals, which offers a regular supply of provisions from the French West Indies such as rum and bananas.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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