香榭丽舍号是一艘由CMA CGM拥有的液化天然气动力集装箱船，于10月1日晚间险些遭遇灾难。该船自2020年起投入服务，载箱量为23000个标准箱，当时正驶经巴布曼德布海峡时遭到无人机袭击。据《世界报》获悉，护航该船穿越海峡及红海的法国海军拉格多克号护卫舰拦截了该无人机。集装箱船曾被迫改变航向和航速。法国武装部队参谋总部向《世界报》证实：“法国护卫舰对被判定为威胁的无人机使用了舰炮并将其击落。”
The Champs Elysées, a liquefied natural gas-powered container ship owned by CMA CGM, narrowly avoided disaster on the night of October 1. The ship, in service since 2020 and with a capacity of 23,000 containers, was targeted with a drone as it sailed through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait. Le Monde has learned that the Languedoc, a French Navy frigate escorting the vessel through the strait and the Red Sea, intercepted the approaching drone. The container ship had had to change course and speed. "The French frigate used its gun against a drone deemed threatening and shot it down," the French armed forces general staff confirmed to Le Monde.
自法国总统埃马纽埃尔·马克龙于9月24日宣布法国将向沙特阿拉伯亚努卜派遣防御性军事手段以保护港口及其油库以来，为法国航运巨头CMA CGM工作的水手们的担忧有所加剧。他们担心也门胡塞武装的袭击，胡塞武装正与沙特阿拉伯交战并加大了攻击力度。自9月以来，胡塞武装已控制也门的红海海岸线以及红海南端的巴布曼德布海峡，尽管他们声称仅针对与沙特利益相关的船只。法国船东旗下无沙特籍船舶，但其在沙特王国的港口投入巨资， notably 在吉达。
Since French President Emmanuel Macron announced on September 24 that France would send defensive military means to Yanbu, Saudi Arabia, to protect the port and its oil terminal, concern has risen a notch among sailors working for the French shipping giant CMA CGM. They fear being targeted by Yemen's Houthi rebels, who are in conflict with Saudi Arabia and have stepped up their attacks. Since September, the Houthis have controlled Yemen's Red Sea coastline as well as the Bab el-Mandeb Strait at the southern mouth of the Red Sea, although they have said they are only targeting ships linked to Saudi interests. The French shipowner has no Saudi-ed vessels in its fleet, but it has invested heavily in the kingdom's ports, notably in Jeddah.