Both ports are well equipped to handle a multitude of cargoes making them an excellent choice for the movement of goods. CSAL's sailings out of the US Gulf Coast will also be calling Walvis Bay, Namibia directly on the inbound South African voyage leg. Port rotation is planned as follows: New Orleans-Houston-Walvis Bay-Cape Town-Durban-Richards Bay.
CSAL was established in March 2008. Initially the service covered the ports of Montreal, Baltimore, Walvis Bay, Cape Town, Durban, Richards Bay and employed two Astrakhan Mark III type ships. In September 2008 the port of Savannah was added to the rotation and in the last few months the fleet was expanded to four modern multipurpose tween-deckers.