But there is a smaller and — we are sure they would say more discerning — group of people who will be jumping with joy at the announcement by CMA CGM, the world’s third-largest container-shipping group, that passenger cabins are available on board its latest acquisition.

The 16,020-teu CMA CGM Marco Polo — which was delivered last year from South Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) — is the world’s largest containership.