The 16,022 teu CMA CGM JULES VERNE will make a round-trip voyage via the Suez Canal this week marking the first ship on the OCEAN Alliance MED2 service to return to the Suez route since January 2024.
The ship is scheduled to transit the Suez Canal westbound on 14 November 2025, and will make a return eastbound trip on 13 December 2025, saving 2 weeks compared to the regular transit via the Cape of Good Hope, with an ad hoc call at Beirut added on this voyage.
The MED2 service is branded as the