CMA CGM has actually authorized a contract for the order of 10 brand-new ultra-large containerships with China State Shipbuilding Corporation with distribution from 2021.

The brand-new containerships will certainly be 366 meters in size and also have 15,000 TEU capability.

To abide by IMO 2020 gas policies, 5 of the ships will certainly be powered by LNG and also 5 will certainly be fitted with scrubbers.

CMA CGM means to release the vessels on the Asia-Mediterranean profession changing various other vessels.

The order was revealed Tuesday as Rudolphe Saad é, Chairman and also Chief Executive Officer of the CMA CGM Group, authorized 2 critical contracts with Lei Fanpei, Chairman of the CSSC, in the existence of French President Emmanuel Macron and alsoChinese President Xi Jinping

The order comes as President Xi Jinping remains in France advertising China’s brand-new “SilkRoad” effort.

“Through this strategic partnership with the China State Shipbuilding Corporation, we once again opt for LNG propulsion and we reinforce our efforts to develop ever more efficient and environmentally-friendly vessels. We thereby reassert our leading role in the energy transition of the shipping industry,” stated Saad é.

CMA CGM and also CSSC additionally authorized a participation contract to create a lot more reliable and also environmentally-friendly vessels.

In November 2017, the Group revealed an order for 9 22,000-TEU container ships powered by LNG, coming to be the initial delivery firm on the planet to select LNG for vessels of this dimension.

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