CMA CGM mentioned on Friday, in the quarterly record, that it has actually purchased 4 23,000-TEU dual-fuel LNG-operates container vessels and also 6 7,900-TEU LNG vessels.

The company, nonetheless, did not disclose details pertaining to the orders.

China’s Jiangnan Shipyard and also Hudong-Zhonghua provided to CMA CGM 9 LNG titans with 23,000 systems.

In June 2021, CMA CGM invited the nine and also the last vessel in this collection, Sorbonne, right into the fleet. The LNG-fueled titans include WinGD’s dual-fuel engines and also GTT’s 18,600-cbm gas container.

On Sunday, a shipbuilding resource reported to LNG Prime that Jiangnan and also Hudong-Zhonghua were contending to win the brand-new orders with South Korean lawns for the 23,000-TEU vessels.
The resource, on the various other hand, pointed out that Hyundai Heavy Industries based in South Korea had actually won an order for 6 7,900-TEU LNG-fueled ships.

The vessels will certainly be operating on GTT’s Mark III Flex control system and also guy ME-GI engines, the resource pointed out.

They are tipped to be worth regarding $120 million, each.

Worth pointing out that brokers and also resources have actually claimed that CMA CGM had actually put an order at South Korea’s Samsung Heavy for 4 7,000-TEU LNG container vessels in March as well.
CMA CGM is just one of the globe’s biggest backers of LNG as gas. Previously, it claimed that the fleet would certainly increase by 44 vessels by 2024.

First- order for methanol-operated vessels
CMA CGM pointed out in the first-quarter record that 6 brand-new dual-fuel methanol-powered 15,000-TEU vessels would certainly sign up with the fleet by 2025.

This is the company’s initial order for vessels of this kind. It adheres to Maersk that purchased 12 methanol-powered vessels that gauge 16,000 TEU at Hyundai Heavy.

CMA CGM likewise did not share added details regarding the order. However, resources pointed out that or numerous South Korean lawns would certainly develop the vessels.

This initial order for methanol-powered vessels remains in line with CMA CGM’s approach to increase the power mix to accomplish net-zero carbon discharges by 2050.

The firm likewise included that the “e-methane ready” fleet flaunts 29 vessels that remain in solution. It included that it would certainly have 77 by 2026.