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CMA-CGM Group Chairman and also CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Rodolphe Saad é, the other day authorized 2 tactical contracts covering building of 10 brand-new 15,000 TEU containerships, 5 of them LNG sustained and also 5 fitted with crossbreed scrubbers.
The contracts were authorized with Lei Fanpei, Chairman of the China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC), in the existence of French President Emmanuel Macron and also Chinese President Xi Jinping that gets on a state see to France.
Measuring 366 meters long, the ships will certainly be supplied from 2021 forward and also will certainly change 10 existing vessels on Asia-Mediterranean paths.
Designed to sustain the Group’s development, these ships will certainly additionally enhance its competition and also will certainly be outfitted with the current modern technologies for the security of the atmosphere.
Rodolphe Saad é and also Lei Fanpei additionally authorized an enthusiastic teamwork contract to establish extra 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 this power resource for vessels of this dimension.