PUBLISHER: Freight News (www.freightnews.co.za)
Maltese-flagged new-generation ultra-large container vessel, CMA CGM Benjamin Franklin, sailed from South Africa on Tuesday after it had undergone cargo hold strengthening work.
The SA Maritime Safety Authority (Samsa) said in a statement on Thursday that the vessel had departed from Algoa Bay as efforts continued to locate the more than three dozen containers it lost in the Indian Ocean during heavy storms last week. The vessel, one of the world’s biggest cargo containerships, had called at Algoa Bay to seek shelter from the adverse weather and to have her cargo hold strengthened in preparation for the rest of her journey to Western Europe.