France's CMA CGM is dispatching a vessel to help with humanitarian relief in the Lebanon crisis.

The liner company said one of its ro-ro vessels will be deviated from its usual service in the Mediterranean.

The vessel will sail from CMA CGM's home port of Marseilles to Beirut with a cargo of medical equipment and essential goods.

CMA CGM will bear the shipping and port operational costs as well as provide a storage facility in Marseilles until the vessel departs.