For several months, the CMA CGM vessels have traveled the world to deliver more than 15,000 tons of great festive French products: chocolate, wine, Champagne and perfumes. 

Since October, the vessels of CMA CGM, the third largest shipping group in the world, and the first in France, scoured the planet so that, for Christmas, all the tables in the world are supplied with the most famous and festive French products.

In Montreal, New York, Sydney and Shanghai, bottles of Champagne and Cognac, cheeses, chocolates and French perfumes will either be on the Christmas menu or at the bottom of the Christmas tree. More than 15,000 tons of festive products, were delivered around the world by CMA CGM vessels.

• Containers loaded with the most famous perfume brands have already left Le Havre in early November on CMA CGM Columba for a 48-day journey to Yantian in China through Beirut, Jeddah, Port Kelang, Singapore, Tianjin Xingang, Dalian, Busan, Qingdo and Shanghai.
• 40 TEUs refrigerated containers filled with French cheeses and chocolate arrived in Montreal on November 17 aboard CMA CGM MONTREAL.
• Containers with bottles of Cognac arrived in New York City in mid-November, aboard CMA CGM CORCOVADO. The ship is now on its way to the southern hemisphere where it will unload more bottles of the famous spirits in Melbourne and Sydney, in Australia.

These products travel either in conventional containers called "dry" or, for the most fragile products, refrigerated containers called "Reefers". Thanks to an advanced technology that combines control of temperature and humidity, the Reefers containers allow the chocolate truffles as well as the bottles of wine or of Champagne to keep all their taste and qualities until Christmas Eve dinner.

CMA CGM Group is proud to offer its expertise in the field of maritime transport to ensure that all throughout the year but especially at Christmas, the routing of the best French products everywhere in the world.